NCAA Tournament March Madness

#122 Maryland

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Projection: likely out

Maryland’s profile features a handful of encouraging results, most notably a road victory at Marquette and a neutral-court win over UNLV, but those highlights are outweighed by a string of damaging setbacks and an otherwise thin résumé. Heavy neutral losses to Gonzaga and Alabama and lopsided defeats at Illinois and Michigan State expose a team that has struggled in hostile environments, while a home loss to Michigan and losses at other power-conference venues deepen the concern. Upcoming league dates at home against Purdue and Ohio State and road trips to places like Nebraska and Rutgers provide real opportunities to add meaningful wins, yet the remaining slate also includes several awkward matchups where victories are anything but assured. With few signature scalps and multiple bad losses that selection committees prize over cluster wins, the cleanest path to the NCAA Tournament runs through winning the conference tournament and securing the automatic berth.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3(N)Coppin St364W83-61
11/7Georgetown93L70-60
11/11Alcorn St344W84-64
11/15@Marquette110W89-82
11/19Mt St Mary's297W95-90
11/24(N)UNLV134W74-67
11/25(N)Gonzaga10L100-61
11/26(N)Alabama17L105-72
12/2Wagner323W89-63
12/6@Iowa23L83-64
12/13Michigan2L101-83
12/20@Virginia16L80-72
12/28Old Dominion225W73-58
1/2Oregon98L64-54
1/7Indiana31L84-66
1/10@UCLA39L67-55
1/13@USC47L88-71
1/18Penn St125W96-73
1/21@Illinois4L89-70
1/24@Michigan St7L91-48
2/1Purdue99%
2/5Ohio St4026%
2/8@Minnesota8225%
2/11Iowa2317%
2/15@Rutgers15547%
2/18@Northwestern6220%
2/21Washington4831%
2/25@Nebraska113%
3/1Rutgers15568%
3/4@Wisconsin4112%
3/8Illinois48%