NCAA Tournament March Madness

#297 East Texas A&M

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

This resume reads like a team that has shown it can win the games it should but has been overwhelmed in every true test away from home. The best moments are a neutral-site victory over Army, a road win at F Dickinson and a home victory against Central Arkansas, but those are outweighed by brutal road losses at New Mexico, Connecticut, Hawaii and McNeese State that expose a major gap against higher-level opponents. The remainder of the schedule is mostly conference opponents where wins would stabilize the profile and a trip to Texas A&M represents the lone realistic chance for a statement result, yet most remaining games are against lower-tier Southland foes so there are limited opportunities to erase the damage of those bad losses. Committee eyes will land on the contrast between the modest quality of the résumé’s wins and the severity of its defeats on the road, which is why the team’s safest path to the field runs through the conference tournament.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/5@New Mexico77L76-54
11/9@Hawaii105L100-74
11/14@Rice213L71-64
11/24@F Dickinson359W70-65
11/25(N)Army338W84-67
12/5@Connecticut7L83-59
12/7Cent Arkansas244W75-68
12/12@McNeese St70L102-66
12/15@SE Louisiana27334%
12/21@Texas A&M543%
12/29SF Austin14330%
12/31Lamar22748%
1/3@Nicholls St26131%
1/5@New Orleans22326%
1/10UTRGV19842%
1/12TAM C. Christi21947%
1/17@Houston Chr27534%
1/19@Incarnate Word19722%
1/24@Northwestern LA29037%
1/26@Lamar22727%
1/31Nicholls St26153%
2/2New Orleans22347%
2/7Northwestern LA29059%
2/9@SF Austin14314%
2/14McNeese St7012%
2/16SE Louisiana27356%
2/21Incarnate Word19742%
2/23Houston Chr27556%
2/28@UTRGV19822%
3/2@TAM C. Christi21926%