NCAA Tournament March Madness Bubble Watch: Marist

NCAA Tournament March Madness

#152 Marist

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Marist’s profile is anchored by a clear defensive identity and a pile of expected conference victories but it lacks a true signature win and carries a damaging home loss to Harvard that keeps the resume thin. The team showed it can compete with higher-level opposition in a tight game at Xavier and assembled solid nonconference victories over Dartmouth, Army, Lehigh, and Mount St. Mary’s that build momentum without elevating the national perception. Road results have been mixed—a helpful trip to Dartmouth contrasted with uneven showings away from home—and upcoming chances at Georgia Tech and on the conference road circuit at Quinnipiac and Siena are the few opportunities to change how the resume reads. With the remaining slate largely made up of winnable league games at home against opponents such as Iona and St. Peter’s, the clearest path to significantly improving the profile runs through a strong conference tournament run that produces a marquee win and covers ongoing offensive inconsistency.

Date	Opponent	Ranking	Outcome
11/3	@Xavier	81	L66-62
11/9	@Dartmouth	277	W75-56
11/16	Harvard	201	L56-54
11/21	Army	348	W76-65
11/25	Lehigh	297	W78-55
12/5	Mt St Mary's	308	W64-56
12/7	Manhattan	304	85%
12/13	@Bryant	312	69%
12/16	@Georgia Tech	138	32%
12/21	Stony Brook	219	72%
12/29	@Quinnipiac	148	37%
1/2	@St Peter's	330	74%
1/4	Iona	184	67%
1/9	@Sacred Heart	275	60%
1/11	@Rider	340	77%
1/17	Fairfield	293	82%
1/19	Merrimack	285	81%
1/22	@Siena	150	38%
1/24	Quinnipiac	148	59%
1/30	@Canisius	352	82%
2/1	@Niagara	347	79%
2/5	Rider	340	90%
2/7	@Fairfield	293	64%
2/12	@Merrimack	285	63%
2/15	Siena	150	60%
2/20	@Manhattan	304	68%
2/22	Sacred Heart	275	80%
3/1	St Peter's	330	88%