NCAA Tournament March Madness

#286 Sacred Heart

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Sacred Heart’s résumé looks like a team that will likely need the Metro Atlantic automatic bid because its bright spots are concentrated in a few road wins at Siena, at Rider and at Mt St Mary's and solid home results against peer programs such as Canisius, Niagara and Holy Cross, while those positives are offset by lopsided losses at Villanova and at Penn State and a rough trip to Towson that reveal a clear gap versus higher‑level opponents. Upcoming road tests at Quinnipiac and at Merrimack present the clearest chances to repair the résumé and home dates like the return with Rider and the meeting with Mt St Mary's are opportunities to build momentum, so unless Sacred Heart takes advantage of those conference opportunities its most realistic path to the NCAA field runs through winning the league tournament.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/7@Duquesne135L92-80
11/11@Villanova27L94-60
11/15@Queens NC188L81-64
11/21Holy Cross328W79-66
11/24@Central Conn293L108-106
11/29@Penn St125L90-59
12/3@Mt St Mary's297W87-80
12/7Iona231L81-69
12/13@NJIT336W65-49
12/16@MA Lowell319L87-82
12/19Dartmouth240W85-63
12/22@Towson168L72-47
12/29Merrimack208L80-72
1/2@Niagara350L64-61
1/4@Canisius343L82-78
1/9Marist162L76-72
1/11Quinnipiac181L70-60
1/14@Siena173W86-80
1/19@Rider355W105-85
1/22Canisius343W69-66
1/24Niagara350W71-70
1/30@Quinnipiac18119%
2/1@Merrimack20824%
2/5Fairfield26857%
2/7@Manhattan33352%
2/13St Peter's23849%
2/15Rider35582%
2/20@Fairfield26835%
2/22@Marist16217%
2/27Mt St Mary's29763%