NCAA Tournament March Madness

#178 Navy

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Projected seed: 16 (automatic qualifier)

Navy’s projection follows from a résumé that pairs clear dominance over lesser opponents with a troubling lack of signature victories; the neutral-site thumping of Gardner Webb and comfortable road win at Boston University show the team can close games, and home wins over Patriot League foes such as Bucknell, Holy Cross, Lafayette and Army build a baseline of competence, but damaging losses away at North Carolina and Penn State and blown-out defeats at places like Yale and UNC Wilmington leave the committee without a marquee road or neutral win to point to. Remaining regular-season chances are mostly league matchups against Loyola Maryland, Lafayette, American, Bucknell, Lehigh and Army and the two meetings with Colgate, with the trip to Colgate and the home rematch standing out as the clearest opportunities to change perception; without a standout nonconference scalp, Navy looks like a team that will need to capture the conference’s automatic berth to reach the national field.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3@Presbyterian277W76-55
11/7Yale70L97-68
11/11@Penn St125L80-71
11/18@North Carolina28L73-61
11/22NJIT336W86-70
11/26(N)Gardner Webb363W84-51
11/28@UNC Wilmington117L87-57
11/29(N)SE Louisiana259L69-65
12/3@Delaware St359W66-59
12/7Air Force346W61-56
12/19Coppin St364W88-55
12/31Boston Univ292W82-77
1/3@Holy Cross328W65-58
1/7Bucknell327W76-55
1/10Lafayette317W76-50
1/12@American Univ221L65-51
1/17@Lehigh305W82-79
1/21Holy Cross328W85-68
1/24Army337W84-56
1/28@Boston Univ292W58-50
1/31Loyola MD32287%
2/4@Lafayette31770%
2/7American Univ22169%
2/9@Bucknell32772%
2/14@Colgate20445%
2/18Lehigh30584%
2/21@Army33776%
2/25@Loyola MD32271%
2/28Colgate20467%