NCAA Tournament March Madness

#208 LIU Brooklyn

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

LIU Brooklyn’s profile shows a team that can win on the road but lacks a resume-changing victory and carries a handful of damaging losses, which explains its standing. The Blackbirds’ best moments are road wins at IUPUI, Air Force and Missouri State and a solid showing at Mississippi State, proof that they can travel and beat respectable opponents, but those highlights are tempered by heavy setbacks at Illinois, Notre Dame and Georgia plus a road loss at Fordham and a home defeat to Winthrop that undermine any at-large narrative. Most of the resume is built against lower-tier opposition and the remaining regular-season games at New Haven, Wagner, St. Francis PA, Mercyhurst, Chicago State and F Dickinson give them a clear path to rack up wins and enter the Northeast conference tournament with momentum. Without a marquee victory over a high-major, the cleanest path to the national field for LIU runs through winning the conference tournament.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3@Notre Dame82L89-67
11/6@IUPUI312W94-90
11/11@Air Force347W76-72
11/15James Madison223W88-79
11/20@Fordham159L69-53
11/22@Illinois6L98-58
11/24@Missouri St215W75-61
12/2Winthrop132L94-92
12/6@Lehigh300W87-82
12/13La Salle239W70-60
12/16@Mississippi St90L87-83
12/20@Florida Intl202L86-79
12/29@Georgia43L89-74
1/2Central Conn287W84-78
1/4@Chicago St350W74-55
1/8Mercyhurst291W60-58
1/10St Francis PA356W67-63
1/17@F Dickinson330W66-59
1/19@Le Moyne289L83-77
1/23@Stonehill344W66-63
1/29Le Moyne289W83-61
1/31@Central Conn287W80-59
2/5New Haven333W60-55
2/7Stonehill344W61-54
2/12@Wagner324W67-57
2/14@New Haven33371%
2/16Wagner32484%
2/19@St Francis PA35682%
2/21@Mercyhurst29157%
2/26Chicago St35091%
2/28F Dickinson33086%