NCAA Tournament March Madness

#319 MA Lowell

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Lowell’s résumé makes clear why its path to the national field runs through the America East tournament: a nonconference slate marked by heavy defeats at Connecticut, Iowa, Wake Forest and Massachusetts and a general failure to win on the road has left the committee with little to reward. The program’s best moments — road wins at Stonehill, Bryant and Binghamton and a home victory over Sacred Heart — come against weak opponents and do not erase the damage of lopsided losses on neutral floors and power-conference trips. Close defeats at St. Peter’s and Quinnipiac show the team can compete but still register as bad losses on a resume that lacks signature victories, and the remaining schedule offers mostly winnable conference dates with a difficult stop at Vermont and a stretch of road tests that are the last realistic chances to improve the profile. That combination of scant quality wins, damaging blowouts and limited success away from home is why an automatic berth is the only reliable route for Lowell into the tournament.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/7@Connecticut13L110-47
11/10New Haven338L73-67
11/13@Columbia164L86-72
11/16@Wake Forest74L109-75
11/19@Bradley144L87-77
11/22@St Peter's238L68-66
11/26@Stonehill341W75-64
12/6@Massachusetts179L80-60
12/13@Quinnipiac181L75-71
12/16Sacred Heart286W87-82
12/21@Boston Univ292L88-76
12/29@Iowa23L90-62
1/3SUNY Albany304W83-71
1/8@Bryant349W77-63
1/10@Binghamton362W73-68
1/15NJIT336L73-64
1/22Vermont209L77-68
1/24@UMBC254L79-56
1/29@New Hampshire31538%
1/31@Maine34549%
2/5@NJIT33644%
2/7@SUNY Albany30434%
2/12Bryant34973%
2/19New Hampshire31560%
2/21Binghamton36284%
2/26@Vermont20917%
2/28UMBC25444%
3/3@Maine34549%