NCAA Tournament March Madness

#204 Colgate

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Colgate’s path explains the projection because its résumé is built more on conference grind than on any marquee non-conference statement, with the home win over Drexel and true road wins at Siena and Loyola Maryland standing out as the team’s best moments while heavy defeats at Michigan State, Illinois and Florida and narrow non-conference losses to Northeastern and Cornell highlight why the committee won’t view this profile as safe for an at-large nod, their defense and lack of a demonstrable victory over a nationally recognized opponent undercutting the résumé. Remaining Patriot League dates at Lehigh, Bucknell, Holy Cross, Navy and Boston University present routine chances to improve seeding and shore up momentum but none replaces the value of a league title, so the sensible conclusion is that Colgate’s only reliable route into the field runs through winning the conference tournament.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3@Michigan St7L80-69
11/7Northeastern252L68-65
11/11Drexel212W90-83
11/14@Illinois4L84-65
11/17@Siena173W72-69
11/20@Cornell180L95-94
11/28(N)SUNY Albany304W69-67
11/30(N)Fordham200W72-62
12/10@St Bonaventure146L85-77
12/21@Florida8L90-60
12/28Harvard183L78-69
12/31@Lafayette317W85-77
1/3@Army337W76-69
1/7American Univ221W64-62
1/10Lehigh305L78-77
1/14@Loyola MD322W86-80
1/17Bucknell327W95-76
1/21@American Univ221L70-66
1/24Boston Univ292W80-79
1/28Holy Cross328W79-74
1/31@Lehigh30561%
2/4Army33787%
2/7@Bucknell32767%
2/11@Holy Cross32867%
2/14Navy17855%
2/16@Boston Univ29258%
2/21Loyola MD32283%
2/25Lafayette31783%
2/28@Navy17833%