NCAA Tournament March Madness

#212 LIU Brooklyn

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Projected seed: 16 (automatic qualifier, play-in game) (automatic qualifier)

LIU Brooklyn’s placement in a play-in spot is logical because the resume is built mostly on wins over lesser opponents and a handful of true road victories while outings against power-conference teams produced lopsided defeats. The season’s high points are road triumphs at IUPUI, Air Force, Missouri State and Lehigh along with home wins over La Salle and Central Connecticut, but those are offset by humbling losses at Notre Dame, Illinois and Georgia and an unexpected setback at Le Moyne, and a close loss at Mississippi State showed competitiveness without delivering a marquee scalp. With the rest of the schedule featuring Wagner, Stonehill, Central Connecticut, New Haven and familiar conference foes, LIU can accumulate wins to secure positioning but will have limited opportunities to add a statement victory, so the clearest route into the field runs through taking the conference title rather than relying on at-large consideration.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3@Notre Dame81L89-67
11/6@IUPUI317W94-90
11/11@Air Force340W76-72
11/15James Madison239W88-79
11/20@Fordham200L69-53
11/22@Illinois8L98-58
11/24@Missouri St206W75-61
12/2Winthrop126L94-92
12/6@Lehigh307W87-82
12/13La Salle219W70-60
12/16@Mississippi St85L87-83
12/20@Florida Intl185L86-79
12/29@Georgia26L89-74
1/2Central Conn268W84-78
1/4@Chicago St356W74-55
1/8Mercyhurst299W60-58
1/10St Francis PA357W67-63
1/17@F Dickinson344W66-59
1/19@Le Moyne266L83-77
1/23@Stonehill34271%
1/25Wagner32884%
1/29Le Moyne26672%
1/31@Central Conn26851%
2/5New Haven33885%
2/7Stonehill34287%
2/12@Wagner32866%
2/14@New Haven33869%
2/19@St Francis PA35780%
2/21@Mercyhurst29957%
2/26Chicago St35691%
2/28F Dickinson34488%