NCAA Tournament March Madness

#252 Northeastern

Bubble Watch | Bracketology

Chat with the Bracketologist | How does this work?


Projection: need to automatically qualify

Northeastern’s resume reads like a team that has flashed the right stuff in a few spot-on moments but otherwise given the committee too many reasons to hesitate: road wins at Colgate and Harvard and a neutral victory over Duquesne prove it can handle hostile environments, yet a home setback to Boston University and a home loss to Stony Brook combine with a string of road defeats at Princeton, Holy Cross, Campbell and power-conference stops such as Syracuse and Wake Forest to create an inconsistent profile, and the defense’s trouble containing opponents in those high-scoring outings underscores why resume damage feels real. The remaining slate — a home date with Charleston, trips to Hofstra and Stony Brook, home chances against William and Mary and Drexel and additional road opportunities at William and Mary and Hampton before a late home game with Monmouth — is the practical path to adding the kind of quality road or neutral wins the committee rewards, so unless those opportunities are seized the only sure path to the big dance is winning the conference crown.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3Boston Univ292L76-75
11/7@Colgate204W68-65
11/11@Harvard183W77-60
11/15Vermont209L85-74
11/20@Princeton224L70-57
11/22(N)Duquesne135W93-86
11/28@Wake Forest74L86-73
12/3@Holy Cross328L76-59
12/7Central Conn293W73-56
12/20@Syracuse77L91-83
12/22@Rhode Island103L85-77
12/29@Elon175L103-91
12/31@NC A&T296W85-74
1/3@Campbell205L97-82
1/8UNC Wilmington117L87-78
1/10Towson168L87-78
1/15Elon175W85-78
1/19@Monmouth NJ198L81-68
1/22Stony Brook241L95-80
1/24@Drexel212L83-78
1/31Col Charleston17145%
2/5@Hofstra11515%
2/7@Stony Brook24136%
2/12William & Mary13035%
2/19Drexel21253%
2/21Hofstra11532%
2/26@William & Mary13017%
2/28@Hampton24337%
3/3Monmouth NJ19851%