NCAA Tournament March Madness

#315 New Hampshire

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

New Hampshire’s resume points to needing the America East automatic berth because its few bright moments have come against weak opposition while a string of damaging defeats at power-conference sites and a lack of signature road wins leave little for an at-large case. The team’s best results—the home victory over Boston University, a narrow escape against Stonehill, a road win at Maine and solid home wins over Binghamton and SUNY Albany—demonstrate it can close out games in league play but those wins are against modest opponents and do not erase blowouts at Clemson, Providence, Nebraska and St. Louis. Close road losses at Dartmouth, NJIT, UMBC, Fairfield and Vermont show competitiveness but not the kind of quality away wins that committees prize. Upcoming conference dates, including home and away meetings with Massachusetts Lowell and road trips to Bryant and Vermont along with further games against NJIT, UMBC, Maine, Binghamton and SUNY Albany, offer chances to build momentum, yet a conference tournament championship is the clearest and most reliable path back to the NCAA field.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3@Clemson29L88-38
11/9@Harvard183L86-75
11/15@George Mason76L61-44
11/18@Providence71L98-66
11/26Brown264L59-47
11/30@Fairfield268L72-68
12/3@Dartmouth240L69-68
12/6Boston Univ292W88-82
12/17Stonehill341W59-58
12/21@St Louis25L93-79
12/30@Nebraska11L86-55
1/3Vermont209L80-61
1/8@NJIT336L80-76
1/10@UMBC254L75-74
1/19@Maine345W65-48
1/22Binghamton362W88-82
1/24SUNY Albany304W80-72
1/29MA Lowell31962%
1/31@Bryant34953%
2/7@Vermont20918%
2/12NJIT33667%
2/14UMBC25446%
2/19@MA Lowell31940%
2/21Maine34572%
2/26@Binghamton36268%
2/28@SUNY Albany30436%
3/3Bryant34974%