NCAA Tournament March Madness

#300 Houston Chr

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Houston Christian’s resume makes clear why its only realistic ticket to the big dance runs through the Southland tournament: the schedule is littered with respectable but not marquee home wins over teams like ULM, Citadel and New Orleans while its nonconference ledger features heavy setbacks at UC San Diego and at Iowa State and a tight loss at North Texas that won’t move the needle. The committee will notice a string of damaging road defeats and a defense that has been exposed away from home, and those blemishes outweigh the program’s best moments such as home victories over East Texas A&M and Northwestern Louisiana. The remaining slate gives the chance to pile up conference wins at home against the likes of UTRGV and Incarnate Word but also includes brutal tests at McNeese St and TAM C. Christi where an upset would be required to create a résumé that could avoid the need for an automatic berth.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/8@UC San Diego104L78-60
11/13ULM358W72-61
11/25(N)Bellarmine293L74-69
11/26@Citadel352W72-65
11/29@Ga Southern244L80-62
12/2@North Texas133L77-75
12/6@New Orleans215W85-76
12/13SE Louisiana270L74-71
12/15McNeese St66L78-68
12/17@Nicholls St228L79-64
12/29@Iowa St5L89-61
1/3@Incarnate Word237L73-56
1/5TAM C. Christi181L81-65
1/10@SF Austin95L85-67
1/12@Lamar220L64-56
1/17East Texas A&M288W81-70
1/19Northwestern LA287W82-80
1/24UTRGV19940%
1/26Incarnate Word23747%
1/31@TAM C. Christi18118%
2/2@UTRGV19921%
2/7@SE Louisiana27033%
2/9@McNeese St664%
2/14New Orleans21543%
2/16Nicholls St22845%
2/21@Northwestern LA28736%
2/23@East Texas A&M28836%
2/28SF Austin9517%
3/2Lamar22044%