NCAA Tournament March Madness Bubble Watch: East Texas A&M

NCAA Tournament March Madness

#317 East Texas A&M

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

East Texas A&M’s résumé is defined by a couple of safe wins and some damaging road defeats, with a neutral-site victory over Army and a road win at F Dickinson standing out as the bright spots while heavy trips to New Mexico and Hawaii and a loss at Rice expose an inability to win in hostile environments. Those nonconference setbacks leave the team with few marquee wins to sell a selection committee and the rest of the schedule is a mixed bag: conference opportunities against the likes of SF Austin, McNeese State, Lamar and Nicholls State can shore up the profile but looming road dates at Connecticut and Texas A&M are unlikely to change the narrative. Given that most of the resume is built on low-major victories and poor true road results, the most realistic route to the NCAA field is to secure the Southland’s automatic bid rather than rely on at-large consideration.

Date	Opponent	Ranking	Outcome
11/5	@New Mexico	104	L76-54
11/9	@Hawaii	106	L100-74
11/14	@Rice	215	L71-64
11/24	@F Dickinson	360	W70-65
11/25	(N)Army	350	W84-67
12/5	@Connecticut	13	0%
12/7	Cent Arkansas	285	55%
12/12	@McNeese St	77	4%
12/15	@SE Louisiana	264	29%
12/21	@Texas A&M	68	3%
12/29	SF Austin	145	29%
12/31	Lamar	208	41%
1/3	@Nicholls St	265	30%
1/5	@New Orleans	185	19%
1/10	UTRGV	190	38%
1/12	TAM C. Christi	242	48%
1/17	@Houston Chr	282	33%
1/19	@Incarnate Word	205	21%
1/24	@Northwestern LA	303	37%
1/26	@Lamar	208	22%
1/31	Nicholls St	265	51%
2/2	New Orleans	185	37%
2/7	Northwestern LA	303	59%
2/9	@SF Austin	145	13%
2/14	McNeese St	77	12%
2/16	SE Louisiana	264	51%
2/21	Incarnate Word	205	40%
2/23	Houston Chr	282	55%
2/28	@UTRGV	190	19%
3/2	@TAM C. Christi	242	27%