NCAA Tournament March Madness

#186 Vermont

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Projected seed: 14 (automatic qualifier)

Vermont’s profile features clear high points and worrying lapses that explain its standing: impressive road victories at Brown and Northeastern and a neutral-site win over Princeton demonstrate the team can win away from home, while solid home triumphs over Merrimack and Siena and a road victory at Pepperdine add valuable proof it can close out manageable opponents. Those positives are offset by damaging defeats, most notably the heavy loss at Oregon State and neutral losses to Liberty and Rhode Island that call its ceiling into question, plus narrow setbacks at Buffalo, at Princeton and at home to Yale that show a habit of falling short in tight games against stronger teams. The defense’s inconsistency in those losses stands out to anyone weighing resumes, but the remaining America East slate — including home dates with Binghamton and Maine and pivotal road trips to Albany and Bryant among other conference tests — gives Vermont a clear path to strengthen its résumé, while any unexpected slips would leave the team reliant on winning the conference tournament to secure its place.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/9@Brown244W89-84
11/15@Northeastern225W85-74
11/18@Buffalo167L94-90
11/24(N)Liberty107L79-73
11/25(N)Rhode Island121L80-65
11/26(N)Princeton249W79-74
11/30Yale82L77-74
12/3@Oregon St223L80-58
12/6@Pepperdine253W65-56
12/14Merrimack247W66-59
12/17Siena176W83-69
12/20Iona216L83-78
12/30@Princeton249L75-69
1/3@New Hampshire336W80-61
1/8Binghamton36396%
1/15Maine34890%
1/19@SUNY Albany32268%
1/22@MA Lowell30062%
1/24@Bryant31366%
1/29UMBC26775%
1/31NJIT35391%
2/5@Maine34877%
2/7New Hampshire33688%
2/12@Binghamton36387%
2/14Bryant31383%
2/19@UMBC26755%
2/21@NJIT35379%
2/26MA Lowell30081%
3/3SUNY Albany32285%