NCAA Tournament March Madness

#235 Central Conn

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Central Conn’s profile is defined by a pair of eye‑opening road wins at Boston College and Rutgers that prove the team can win away from home against tougher opposition, but those signature moments are tempered by a blowout showing at Quinnipiac and clear defeats at Seton Hall and Massachusetts that highlight inconsistency. The drama of a wild, close victory over Sacred Heart doesn’t carry the same weight as those true road upsets, and the bulk of the remaining schedule is filled with lower‑tier opponents and familiar conference foes, meaning most upcoming results will pad the ledger rather than create new marquee résumé items. Road trips to Northeastern and LIU Brooklyn offer the most realistic chances to add another resume-building win away from home while home dates against Fairfield and New Haven and matchups with Stonehill, Le Moyne, St. Francis PA, Mercyhurst and Chicago State provide opportunities to clean things up. Because the résumé hinges on a couple of notable road scalps but is blemished by a handful of damaging losses and lacks many remaining high-end tests, the team still needs a defining late resume boost — most plausibly via strong showings on the road or a deep run in the conference tournament — to change how committees will view the profile.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/6@Quinnipiac148L71-49
11/11@Boston College124W60-59
11/16@Massachusetts187L84-77
11/21@Rutgers128W67-54
11/24Sacred Heart275W108-106
12/3@Seton Hall66L77-61
12/7@Northeastern22938%
12/13@Binghamton34968%
12/18Fairfield29371%
1/2@LIU Brooklyn23338%
1/4New Haven35185%
1/8Stonehill34383%
1/10@Le Moyne32056%
1/17@St Francis PA35471%
1/19@Mercyhurst32759%
1/23F Dickinson35989%
1/25@Stonehill34365%
1/29@Wagner31455%
1/31LIU Brooklyn23361%
2/5Chicago St35688%
2/7Wagner31475%
2/12@New Haven35168%
2/14@F Dickinson35974%
2/19Le Moyne32076%
2/21@Chicago St35672%
2/26Mercyhurst32779%
2/28St Francis PA35487%