NCAA Tournament March Madness

#234 LIU Brooklyn

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

LIU Brooklyn’s profile is defined by eye-catching road victories at IUPUI, Air Force, Missouri State and Lehigh and a solid home win over James Madison that show the program can win away from home, which the committee values; those highs are undermined by a heavy loss at Illinois and damaging setbacks at Fordham and at home against Winthrop plus a road defeat at Notre Dame that highlight a lack of signature wins over top power-conference opponents. The schedule still offers meaningful chances to improve with a home test against La Salle and tough road trips to Mississippi State, Florida International and Georgia, followed by a long conference stretch against Wagner, Central Connecticut, Stonehill, New Haven, St Francis PA and Le Moyne that should produce expected wins and a few useful road tests. Taken together, the mix of genuine road scalps, clear bad losses and concrete opportunities to add quality explains why the committee’s judgment is cautious but attentive to the upside.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3@Notre Dame60L89-67
11/6@IUPUI346W94-90
11/11@Air Force330W76-72
11/15James Madison186W88-79
11/20@Fordham226L69-53
11/22@Illinois9L98-58
11/24@Missouri St260W75-61
12/2Winthrop114L94-92
12/6@Lehigh304W87-82
12/13La Salle25264%
12/16@Mississippi St8210%
12/20@Florida Intl18130%
12/29@Georgia252%
1/2Central Conn25966%
1/4@Chicago St35875%
1/8Mercyhurst32879%
1/10St Francis PA35990%
1/17@F Dickinson36077%
1/19@Le Moyne30554%
1/23@Stonehill34367%
1/25Wagner31476%
1/29Le Moyne30574%
1/31@Central Conn25944%
2/5New Haven34284%
2/7Stonehill34384%
2/12@Wagner31456%
2/14@New Haven34267%
2/19@St Francis PA35977%
2/21@Mercyhurst32860%
2/26Chicago St35889%
2/28F Dickinson36090%