NCAA Tournament March Madness

#164 Colgate

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Projected seed: 13 (automatic qualifier)

Colgate’s resume mixes respectable mid‑major victories and an eye‑opening road win at Siena with damaging defeats in true road tests at Michigan State and Illinois and an agonizing loss at Cornell, and that contrast is exactly what makes the committee cautious. The team has helped itself with neutral‑site wins over SUNY Albany and Fordham and a comfortable home victory over Drexel, but it lacks a marquee victory over a power‑conference opponent and the lopsided road setbacks leave questions about its ability to win away from home. Upcoming trips to St Bonaventure and Florida are its clearest chances to change perception before conference play wraps up, and the long Patriot League slate gives plenty of opportunities to strengthen the case, so the overall standing reflects both the best moments that bolster the profile and the worst results that hold it back.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3@Michigan St11L80-69
11/7Northeastern230L68-65
11/11Drexel275W90-83
11/14@Illinois17L84-65
11/17@Siena150W72-69
11/20@Cornell158L95-94
11/28(N)SUNY Albany316W69-67
11/30(N)Fordham221W72-62
12/10@St Bonaventure11524%
12/21@Florida132%
12/28Harvard20168%
12/31@Lafayette33273%
1/3@Army34877%
1/7American Univ23473%
1/10Lehigh29782%
1/14@Loyola MD31868%
1/17Bucknell30684%
1/21@American Univ23452%
1/24Boston Univ24975%
1/28Holy Cross30984%
1/31@Lehigh29764%
2/4Army34891%
2/7@Bucknell30666%
2/11@Holy Cross30966%
2/14Navy19266%
2/16@Boston Univ24955%
2/21Loyola MD31885%
2/25Lafayette33288%
2/28@Navy19244%