NCAA Tournament March Madness

#135 Duquesne

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Duquesne’s profile reads like a team with flashes of legitimacy but not enough resume equity to rely on an at-large ticket; the club has eye-catching road wins at Davidson and Loyola‑Chicago and a dominant home blowout of Canisius, yet those bright spots are outweighed by damaging defeats at Villanova and Boise State and a string of bad results against high‑end conference foes such as St Louis, VCU and Dayton that will stick with committee voters. The road and neutral success that matters is thin beyond those Davidson and Loyola‑Chicago victories, and the nonconference slate offers no marquee scalp to erase the blemishes. The remaining schedule presents a mix of winnable home chances against La Salle, Richmond and a return visit from Davidson and risky road trips to Dayton, St Louis and George Mason that can either repair or further damage the case. Given the balance of good moments and resume holes, the clearest, most reliable path to the tournament is to secure the Atlantic Ten’s automatic bid.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3Niagara350W83-63
11/7Sacred Heart286W92-80
11/11Queens NC188W87-81
11/15@Villanova27L87-77
11/19Loyola MD322W92-78
11/22(N)Northeastern252L93-86
12/2William & Mary130L83-79
12/6Stony Brook241W84-75
12/10@Boise St54L86-64
12/13@Nevada63L78-75
12/22Canisius343W103-59
12/30@Davidson132W89-83
1/3VCU46L93-80
1/7@St Joseph's PA157L97-90
1/13Dayton85L71-65
1/17@Fordham200W74-63
1/20St Louis25L81-77
1/24@Loyola-Chicago318W71-59
1/28St Bonaventure146L87-79
2/1Rhode Island10351%
2/4@George Mason7622%
2/7G Washington6437%
2/14@St Bonaventure14642%
2/18La Salle22278%
2/21@Dayton8524%
2/25Davidson13260%
2/28@St Louis257%
3/4@Rhode Island10329%
3/7Richmond11656%