NCAA Tournament March Madness

#225 Penn

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Penn’s résumé combines promising moments with damaging setbacks, which explains why its standing feels precarious. Road success at Drexel and home victories over programs such as St. Joseph’s and La Salle show the team can close out winnable games, yet road defeats at American and Providence and a heavy loss to Hofstra undercut that promise. The nonconference slate featured tests at major venues and there remain meaningful chances away from home at Rutgers and George Mason that could alter the narrative, while Ivy League dates including the road trip to Princeton and matchups with Harvard, Yale and Columbia offer clear opportunities to build the résumé or to suffer costly slips. Committees will focus on the scarcity of eye‑catching road or neutral scalps and the damage of the bad losses, so Penn must deliver marquee wins away from its gym and cleaner conference road performances to move confidently forward.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/9@American Univ234L84-78
11/11@Providence71L106-81
11/17St Joseph's PA181W83-74
11/21@Drexel273W84-68
11/28Merrimack285W77-65
11/29La Salle252W73-71
11/30Hofstra137L77-60
12/6(N)Villanova397%
12/8Lafayette33281%
12/20@Rutgers12819%
12/28@George Mason577%
12/31NJIT35086%
1/5@Princeton25544%
1/10Brown22861%
1/17@Dartmouth27747%
1/19@Harvard20134%
1/24Yale7722%
1/30@Columbia13420%
1/31@Cornell15927%
2/7Princeton25566%
2/13Columbia13439%
2/14Cornell15948%
2/21@Yale779%
2/27Dartmouth27769%
2/28Harvard20156%
3/6@Brown22839%