NCAA Tournament March Madness

#81 Yale

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Projection: likely out

Yale’s resume fits a middle-of-the-bracket profile because the Elis have shown they can win away from home and on neutral courts while also carrying a few damaging setbacks that limit their ceiling. Eye-catching nonconference neutral wins over Charleston and Akron and strong road performances at Navy and Vermont pair with league road victories at Penn and at Harvard and a neutral-site win over Cornell in the Ivy tournament to demonstrate they can beat quality opponents outside of New Haven. The flip side is a lopsided loss at Alabama, road defeats at Princeton and Rhode Island, and a late neutral loss to Penn that underscore vulnerability against top-tier teams and keep the résumé from being airtight. With little room left to add a true marquee victory, the committee will balance those road and neutral successes against the bad losses and place Yale squarely in the middle of the bracket.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/7@Navy142W97-68
11/11@Quinnipiac219W97-60
11/15Stony Brook227W86-79
11/18Rhode Island135L86-77
11/21(N)WI Green Bay210W73-67
11/23(N)Col Charleston172W74-63
11/24(N)Akron64W97-94
11/30@Vermont240W77-74
12/7IL Chicago105W80-66
12/10(N)SUNY Albany324W93-82
12/29@Alabama18L102-78
1/5@Brown290W70-53
1/10@Princeton252L76-60
1/17Cornell164W102-68
1/19Columbia189W91-74
1/24@Penn150W77-60
1/30Dartmouth274W83-68
1/31Harvard152L67-65
2/6Brown290W81-69
2/9@Howard207W87-81
2/13@Dartmouth274W83-70
2/14@Harvard152W76-75
2/21Penn150W74-70
2/27@Cornell164L72-69
2/28@Columbia189W60-54
3/7Princeton252W78-53
3/14(N)Cornell164W88-76
3/15(N)Penn150L88-84