NCAA Tournament March Madness

#292 Houston Chr

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Houston Christian's résumé points squarely to the Southland tournament as its only realistic route to the national field because the highlight reel is thin and the damage is clear. The staff and committee will note the road victory at New Orleans and a handful of home wins over league opponents like Incarnate Word and Lamar, but those wins are overshadowed by lopsided nonconference losses at Iowa State and UC San Diego and by a string of defeats away at places such as McNeese State and Nicholls State that expose a poor resume away from home. A tight trip to North Texas showed the team can compete on the road yet it does little to erase consecutive neutral-site setbacks and other bad results that leave no claim to a resume strong enough for an at-large selection. With few signature wins over respected opponents outside the league and most success coming at home, the only secure path onto the bracket is to capture the Southland's automatic berth.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/8@UC San Diego118L78-60
11/13ULM351W72-61
11/25(N)Bellarmine278L74-69
11/26@Citadel347W72-65
11/29@Ga Southern235L80-62
12/2@North Texas136L77-75
12/6@New Orleans193W85-76
12/13SE Louisiana285L74-71
12/15McNeese St68L78-68
12/17@Nicholls St236L79-64
12/29@Iowa St6L89-61
1/3@Incarnate Word266L73-56
1/5TAM C. Christi174L81-65
1/10@SF Austin91L85-67
1/12@Lamar237L64-56
1/17East Texas A&M289W81-70
1/19Northwestern LA281W82-80
1/24UTRGV115L68-51
1/27Incarnate Word266W81-75
1/31@TAM C. Christi174L73-71
2/2@UTRGV115L74-57
2/7@SE Louisiana285L55-47
2/9@McNeese St68L73-69
2/14New Orleans193W61-60
2/16Nicholls St236W72-68
2/21@Northwestern LA281L71-53
2/23@East Texas A&M289W69-68
2/28SF Austin91L77-56
3/2Lamar237W75-53
3/8(N)New Orleans193L73-60