NCAA Tournament March Madness
#159 Cornell
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Projection: need to automatically qualify
Cornell’s résumé is a study in contrast: an offense that can overwhelm opponents produced a statement road victory at Bucknell and a dramatic home win over Colgate, yet the same team has been undone by porous defense in true road tests at Kent, Illinois State, George Mason and Towson. Tough nonconference setbacks away and a brutal trip to Michigan State have dulled the shine of those signature moments, so the remaining slate — nonconference games at Samford and SUNY Albany and the Ivy League grind with road trips to Yale, Princeton and Penn plus home tests against Harvard and Princeton — is where the profile gets repaired. Road wins in the league would recast earlier blemishes while more defensive lapses on the road would cement the narrative that scoring alone won’t be enough, and that mix of big wins, damaging losses and upcoming Ivy opportunities explains the team’s current standing.
| Date | Opponent | Ranking | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11/7 | @Kent | 123 | L110-102 |
| 11/9 | @Illinois St | 116 | L76-65 |
| 11/13 | @Lafayette | 332 | W97-78 |
| 11/18 | Army | 348 | W86-73 |
| 11/20 | Colgate | 164 | W95-94 |
| 11/30 | @Bucknell | 315 | W101-72 |
| 12/2 | @George Mason | 57 | L99-81 |
| 12/3 | @Towson | 131 | L93-80 |
| 12/7 | @Samford | 239 | 54% |
| 12/21 | @SUNY Albany | 316 | 69% |
| 12/29 | @Michigan St | 11 | 2% |
| 1/5 | Columbia | 134 | 52% |
| 1/10 | Dartmouth | 277 | 79% |
| 1/17 | @Yale | 77 | 15% |
| 1/19 | @Brown | 228 | 52% |
| 1/24 | @Harvard | 201 | 47% |
| 1/30 | Princeton | 255 | 77% |
| 1/31 | Penn | 225 | 73% |
| 2/7 | @Columbia | 134 | 30% |
| 2/13 | @Princeton | 255 | 57% |
| 2/14 | @Penn | 225 | 52% |
| 2/21 | Harvard | 201 | 68% |
| 2/27 | Yale | 77 | 32% |
| 2/28 | Brown | 228 | 73% |
| 3/7 | @Dartmouth | 277 | 60% |