NCAA Tournament March Madness

#168 Towson

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Towson's profile is anchored by an imposing defense and a couple of resume-building neutral wins over Rhode Island and Liberty plus a road victory at Elon, but those positives are offset by heavy nonconference defeats at Houston, Kansas and UCF and by damaging setbacks to Monmouth, Hofstra and NC A&T. The lack of a marquee road win against a top opponent and the mix of ugly losses and inconsistent results like the Drexel game leave the committee with too many questions to hand an at-large bid, so the most reliable route to the NCAA field is to secure the Coastal's automatic berth. The remaining conference slate and the league tournament offer clear opportunities to improve the résumé, notably the road test at Hofstra and home chances against UNC Wilmington, Hampton and Stony Brook, but Towson must prove it can produce steady offense in hostile settings to change the projection.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3(N)Loyola MD329W67-56
11/8@Houston7L65-48
11/14Norfolk St304W51-41
11/18@James Madison229L81-75
11/24(N)Rhode Island110W62-55
11/25(N)Liberty94W72-69
11/26(N)UC San Diego106L87-73
12/3Cornell178W93-80
12/7@UCF44L86-61
12/16@Kansas14L73-49
12/22Sacred Heart289W72-47
12/29@William & Mary131L84-70
12/31@Hampton245L63-62
1/3Monmouth NJ198L62-48
1/8Hofstra115L78-67
1/10@Northeastern255W87-78
1/15Col Charleston171W61-52
1/19Drexel211W59-58
1/22@Elon174W72-59
1/24@NC A&T294L80-73
1/29UNC Wilmington11748%
1/31Hampton24575%
2/7@Hofstra11527%
2/12Stony Brook24074%
2/14@Monmouth NJ19846%
2/15@Monmouth NJ19846%
2/21@Drexel21148%
2/22@Drexel21148%
2/26Elon17462%
2/28Campbell20368%
3/3@Stony Brook24053%