NCAA Tournament March Madness

#285 Merrimack

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Merrimack’s resume reads like a team with flashes of legitimacy and some damaging setbacks: the road victory at Boston University and the neutral-site win over La Salle show it can win away from home and close out tight games, while home wins over Rider and Maine add necessary league credibility, but the blowout losses at Auburn and Florida and the neutral setbacks to North Dakota State and Hofstra undermine any claim of a signature résumé and expose a vulnerability against high-major competition. Those brutal defeats are the story the committee will remember more than the handful of modest wins, and the lack of a marquee road triumph leaves little margin for error. The remaining conference slate features meaningful road tests at Princeton, Vermont, Siena and Iona and manageable home opportunities against Mount St. Mary’s and Saint Peter’s, so timely victories away from home and the avoidance of any more lopsided losses are the only clear paths to changing how the season is viewed.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3(N)S Dakota St163L75-66
11/6@Auburn20L95-57
11/11@Tarleton St197L76-62
11/15@Boston Univ249W91-79
11/19Maine325W72-65
11/21@Florida12L80-45
11/28@Penn225L77-65
11/29(N)Hofstra137L78-58
11/30(N)La Salle252W66-60
12/4Rider340W68-66
12/7Fairfield29363%
12/10@Princeton25534%
12/14@Vermont20926%
12/29@Sacred Heart27537%
1/2Mt St Mary's30866%
1/4Manhattan30466%
1/9@Siena15018%
1/11@St Peter's33051%
1/17Quinnipiac14835%
1/19@Marist15219%
1/22@Iona18423%
1/24St Peter's33072%
2/1Sacred Heart27559%
2/5@Mt St Mary's30844%
2/7@Rider34055%
2/12Marist15237%
2/15@Quinnipiac14817%
2/20Siena15036%
2/22Iona18443%
2/27@Canisius35262%
3/1@Niagara34757%