NCAA Tournament March Madness

#115 Hofstra

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Projected seed: 14 (automatic qualifier)

Hofstra’s résumé is built around signature road victories at Pittsburgh and Syracuse that demonstrate it can win away from major programs, but those highs are tempered by damaging road setbacks at Iona, NC A&T and William & Mary and by a home defeat to Elon that expose inconsistency. A tough nonconference slate that included trips to UCF and Temple and a neutral win over La Salle shows the team sought quality opponents, yet close losses and the stumble at Stony Brook reveal vulnerability in hostile environments. The remaining conference run, which features College of Charleston, Monmouth, Northeastern, Towson, UNC Wilmington, Hampton, Stony Brook again and Drexel, gives Hofstra multiple opportunities to log the kind of road and neutral wins committees prize and to wash away its poorer results, so its current placement reflects both the upside of its best moments and the damage done by its worst ones.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3@UCF45L82-78
11/7@Iona231L81-73
11/14@Bucknell327W83-77
11/19@Temple152L81-76
11/28(N)La Salle222W63-58
11/29(N)Merrimack208W78-58
11/30@Penn189W77-60
12/3@Columbia164L72-70
12/7@Pittsburgh100W80-73
12/13@Syracuse77W70-69
12/21Quinnipiac181W74-66
12/29Campbell205W86-72
1/3@Drexel212W70-67
1/8@Towson168W78-67
1/10Monmouth NJ198W67-64
1/15@Stony Brook241L76-71
1/17Elon175L89-85
1/22@NC A&T296L79-78
1/24@William & Mary130L89-82
1/29Col Charleston17173%
1/31@Monmouth NJ19858%
2/5Northeastern25285%
2/7Towson16873%
2/12@Col Charleston17152%
2/14@UNC Wilmington11739%
2/19Hampton24384%
2/21@Northeastern25268%
2/28Stony Brook24183%
3/3Drexel21280%