NCAA Tournament March Madness
#218 Hampton
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Projection: need to automatically qualify
Hampton’s résumé is defined by a couple of encouraging moments—a gritty road victory at Brown and comfortable home wins over Loyola Maryland and Maryland Eastern Shore—but those highlights are undermined by a damaging blowout at Virginia and a collection of losses away from home and on neutral floors, including trips to Milwaukee and Boston College and a neutral setback to Holy Cross. The team lacks a marquee road or neutral win over a respected opponent, and the Virginia result in particular will leave a lasting mark with evaluators. The remaining slate includes neutral nonconference opportunities against Howard, Jackson State and Grambling where the program can add necessary resume-building victories, and conference play brings high-leverage road tests at UNC Wilmington and Hofstra plus a pivotal home date with William & Mary. Unless Hampton can grab a signature win away from home or on a neutral court, its most straightforward route into the national field will be through securing the Coastal’s automatic berth.
| Date | Opponent | Ranking | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11/3 | @WI Milwaukee | 229 | L90-86 |
| 11/11 | @Virginia | 23 | L91-53 |
| 11/14 | @Brown | 230 | W72-63 |
| 11/16 | (N)Holy Cross | 307 | L67-61 |
| 11/18 | @Boston College | 138 | L63-52 |
| 11/21 | @Norfolk St | 232 | L62-60 |
| 11/25 | @MD E Shore | 337 | W74-68 |
| 12/3 | Loyola MD | 318 | W93-71 |
| 12/13 | (N)Howard | 311 | 68% |
| 12/18 | (N)Jackson St | 319 | 69% |
| 12/19 | (N)Grambling | 284 | 62% |
| 12/29 | Stony Brook | 219 | 61% |
| 12/31 | Towson | 130 | 40% |
| 1/3 | @UNC Wilmington | 101 | 15% |
| 1/8 | @Campbell | 214 | 38% |
| 1/10 | @Col Charleston | 188 | 34% |
| 1/19 | NC A&T | 328 | 81% |
| 1/22 | Monmouth NJ | 215 | 61% |
| 1/24 | UNC Wilmington | 101 | 32% |
| 1/29 | @Drexel | 274 | 48% |
| 1/31 | @Towson | 130 | 21% |
| 2/5 | Elon | 213 | 60% |
| 2/7 | William & Mary | 122 | 38% |
| 2/13 | (N)NC A&T | 328 | 73% |
| 2/19 | @Hofstra | 137 | 22% |
| 2/21 | @Stony Brook | 219 | 39% |
| 2/26 | Col Charleston | 188 | 56% |
| 2/28 | Northeastern | 228 | 63% |
| 3/3 | @William & Mary | 122 | 20% |