NCAA Tournament March Madness

#208 Merrimack

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Merrimack’s profile makes it clear that the conference tournament is the most straightforward path to the NCAA field because its resume is built around solid road and neutral wins rather than signature victories over high-level opponents; the road wins at Princeton and Boston University and a neutral-site triumph over La Salle show the team can win away from home, but those positives are counterbalanced by damaging road beatings at Auburn and Florida and a neutral loss to Hofstra that leave questions about how the team stacks up against top competition. The remaining schedule offers realistic chances to pad the résumé with trips to Rider, Canisius and Niagara and home tests against Iona and Siena that could create momentum, yet without an eye-catching scalp or a league tournament run the committee is likely to treat Merrimack’s best results as respectable mid-major wins rather than résumé-changing victories.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3(N)S Dakota St192L75-66
11/6@Auburn26L95-57
11/11@Tarleton St182L76-62
11/15@Boston Univ292W91-79
11/19Maine345W72-65
11/21@Florida8L80-45
11/28@Penn189L77-65
11/29(N)Hofstra115L78-58
11/30(N)La Salle222W66-60
12/4Rider355W68-66
12/7Fairfield268W74-63
12/10@Princeton224W59-56
12/14@Vermont209L66-59
12/29@Sacred Heart286W80-72
1/2Mt St Mary's297W75-65
1/4Manhattan333W73-66
1/9@Siena173W63-59
1/11@St Peter's238L76-63
1/17Quinnipiac181W83-71
1/19@Marist162W68-55
1/22@Iona231L61-60
1/24St Peter's238W67-59
2/1Sacred Heart28676%
2/5@Mt St Mary's29758%
2/7@Rider35579%
2/12Marist16251%
2/15@Quinnipiac18133%
2/20Siena17354%
2/22Iona23165%
2/27@Canisius34373%
3/1@Niagara35076%