NCAA Tournament March Madness

#207 Vermont

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Projected seed: 16 (automatic qualifier, play-in game) (automatic qualifier)

Vermont’s résumé mixes encouraging road and neutral-site victories with a string of damaging setbacks, and that balance explains its projected standing. Road wins at Brown and Northeastern along with an out-of-region victory at Pepperdine and a neutral win over Princeton demonstrate the team can win away from home and beat strong mid-major opponents, and home wins over Merrimack, Siena and UMBC show it can control its league slate. Those positives are undermined by a heavy defeat at Oregon State, neutral losses to Liberty and Rhode Island, a road setback at Buffalo and a home loss to Yale which leave the team without a marquee scalp to sell to the committee. The remainder of the regular season, including trips to Maine, Binghamton and UMBC and home dates with NJIT and Bryant, gives Vermont clear chances to erase doubts, but unless it finishes the league slate strong the most secure path to the field runs through the conference tournament.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/9@Brown265W89-84
11/15@Northeastern251W85-74
11/18@Buffalo171L94-90
11/24(N)Liberty86L79-73
11/25(N)Rhode Island104L80-65
11/26(N)Princeton227W79-74
11/30Yale70L77-74
12/3@Oregon St218L80-58
12/6@Pepperdine275W65-56
12/14Merrimack216W66-59
12/17Siena172W83-69
12/20Iona230L83-78
12/30@Princeton227L75-69
1/3@New Hampshire315W80-61
1/8Binghamton362W60-59
1/15Maine345W67-62
1/19@SUNY Albany313L75-68
1/22@MA Lowell321W77-68
1/24@Bryant352W62-52
1/29UMBC258W64-55
1/31NJIT33285%
2/5@Maine34574%
2/7New Hampshire31582%
2/12@Binghamton36287%
2/14Bryant35290%
2/19@UMBC25850%
2/21@NJIT33268%
2/26MA Lowell32183%
3/3SUNY Albany31382%