NCAA Tournament March Madness

#300 Mercyhurst

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Mercyhurst’s profile is built around a lone meaningful road victory at Loyola-Chicago and a string of comfortable home wins over the likes of Morgan State, Binghamton and Central Connecticut, yet those highlights are overwhelmed by severe defeats at high-major venues such as Northwestern, West Virginia, Davidson and Syracuse and damaging losses on the road to Canisius and LIU Brooklyn. Those heavy setbacks blunt the value of its best wins and leave the resume short on signature neutral-site results, so the committee will view the team as lacking the résumé needed for an at-large ticket. The remaining slate against New Haven, Chicago State, St. Francis PA, F Dickinson, Le Moyne, Wagner, LIU Brooklyn, Central Connecticut and Stonehill gives Mercyhurst clear opportunities to rebuild momentum, but unless the Lakers pile up decisive road or neutral victories the only realistic route to the NCAA Tournament is taking the conference’s automatic berth.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3@Northwestern62L70-47
11/6@Loyola-Chicago318W73-65
11/12@Canisius343L58-55
11/15Morgan St356W86-72
11/20@Miami OH88L76-71
11/23@Marshall177L69-60
11/30@West Virginia58L70-38
12/5@Lafayette317L79-71
12/13@Davidson132L80-47
12/17@Syracuse77L76-62
12/20Binghamton362W82-61
1/2F Dickinson342L74-67
1/4Le Moyne261W74-60
1/8@LIU Brooklyn219L60-58
1/10@Wagner323W70-69
1/17Stonehill341L62-57
1/19Central Conn293W79-61
1/23@New Haven338W61-57
1/25Chicago St358W61-59
1/29New Haven33873%
1/31@Chicago St35865%
2/5St Francis PA35380%
2/7@F Dickinson34252%
2/12@Le Moyne26131%
2/14@St Francis PA35361%
2/19Wagner32368%
2/21LIU Brooklyn21943%
2/26@Central Conn29337%
2/28@Stonehill34152%