NCAA Tournament March Madness

#116 St Bonaventure

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Projection: likely out

St Bonaventure’s résumé reads like a team that has shown it can win away from home but has also suffered a couple of damaging, highly visible setbacks that undercut those positives. Road victories at FL Atlantic and Buffalo and a neutral-site win over Bradley prove they can navigate hostile environments, and home wins over opponents such as Colgate add depth to the ledger. Those highlights are tempered by the neutral loss at North Carolina and the neutral defeat to Ohio, results that selection committees tend to penalize because they’re both low-leverage chances to build a resume and unmistakable blemishes. The bulk of the Atlantic Ten slate gives the Bonnies clear avenues to improve with road tests at VCU, Richmond, Dayton and George Washington and several winnable profile-building games at home, so a big road upset or strong string of conference road results would change the narrative; without those signature moments the combination of solid but not elite wins and a couple of costly neutral losses leaves their standing more borderline than comfortable.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3(N)Bradley122W69-63
11/8Canisius347W89-70
11/12Siena176W75-66
11/15Youngstown St172W84-80
11/20Robert Morris185W75-61
11/25(N)North Carolina23L85-70
11/27(N)East Carolina279W67-58
11/30@FL Atlantic111W70-65
12/6@Buffalo179W77-69
12/10Colgate186W85-77
12/13(N)Ohio189L88-83
12/20Le Moyne301W92-81
12/31@VCU4315%
1/7Richmond11059%
1/10Fordham19979%
1/14@St Joseph's PA19759%
1/17@La Salle26170%
1/20Loyola-Chicago29790%
1/23St Louis4130%
1/28@Duquesne12541%
1/31George Mason8749%
2/3@Dayton6423%
2/7@Fordham19959%
2/14Duquesne12563%
2/18St Joseph's PA19779%
2/21@Richmond11037%
2/25Rhode Island10858%
2/28@George Mason8728%
3/4@G Washington8026%
3/7Davidson13366%