NCAA Tournament March Madness

#234 American Univ

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

American’s profile reads like a team with some respectable home wins against the likes of Maine, Longwood and Drexel but with damaging road defeats at Wake Forest and a humbling loss at George Washington that undercut those positives. A competitive trip to Rutgers showed the roster can hang in hostile settings yet the absence of a signature neutral or true road victory leaves the résumé thin against higher-quality opponents. The Patriot League schedule still offers clear chances to rebuild credibility, most notably with Colgate on the road and with matchups that include VCU and Virginia away from home, but those are difficult tests and the committee will be watching how the team performs outside its home gym. Until American turns one of those tough road opportunities into a quality win its profile will be defined more by a soft nonconference slate and a few bad losses than by résumé-building victories.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3@Wake Forest55L88-74
11/9Penn226W84-78
11/12@G Washington65L107-67
11/18@Rutgers129L80-71
11/28Maine332W74-61
11/29Siena151L59-55
11/30Longwood295W92-66
12/3Drexel273W75-73
12/6MD E Shore33882%
12/18@VCU404%
12/22@Virginia192%
12/31Loyola MD31876%
1/3@Boston Univ24941%
1/7@Colgate16627%
1/10Holy Cross30774%
1/12Navy19153%
1/18@Army34966%
1/21Colgate16648%
1/24@Holy Cross30753%
1/28@Loyola MD31856%
1/31Lafayette33180%
2/4Bucknell31576%
2/7@Navy19131%
2/11@Lehigh29751%
2/14Army34984%
2/18@Bucknell31555%
2/21@Lafayette33161%
2/25Lehigh29772%
2/28Boston Univ24964%