NCAA Tournament March Madness
#251 La Salle
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La Salle’s profile is easy to read: its few bright spots are wins over Coppin St, Monmouth and a neutral-site victory over Drexel, but those results come against teams that won’t bolster a résumé on their own, while the season’s most damaging moments are the lopsided road loss at Temple and the nonconference setbacks around Penn State and Villanova plus razor-thin defeats at Penn and in a neutral game with Merrimack. Road and neutral success is where committees separate contenders from pretenders and La Salle has shown it can’t yet win consistently away from home, so upcoming chances such as the trip to LIU Brooklyn and other winnable road dates are important opportunities to change the picture, but the schedule also includes stiff tests at Michigan, St Louis and Davidson that could further expose the team. Home dates against Fordham and St Joseph’s and conference matchups with teams like George Mason and VCU offer realistic paths to rack up necessary wins, yet without a signature victory over a strong opponent in a hostile or neutral setting the résumé remains short on the kind of proof selection panels prize.
| Date | Opponent | Ranking | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11/5 | Coppin St | 364 | W87-59 |
| 11/8 | Monmouth NJ | 213 | W73-60 |
| 11/11 | @Temple | 163 | L90-63 |
| 11/15 | (N)Penn St | 110 | L83-69 |
| 11/19 | Villanova | 37 | L70-55 |
| 11/28 | (N)Hofstra | 119 | L63-58 |
| 11/29 | @Penn | 245 | L73-71 |
| 11/30 | (N)Merrimack | 271 | L66-60 |
| 12/6 | (N)Drexel | 284 | W69-64 |
| 12/13 | @LIU Brooklyn | 234 | 36% |
| 12/19 | @High Point | 88 | 10% |
| 12/21 | @Michigan | 1 | 0% |
| 12/31 | George Mason | 68 | 17% |
| 1/3 | @G Washington | 81 | 8% |
| 1/7 | @Rhode Island | 106 | 13% |
| 1/10 | St Louis | 42 | 11% |
| 1/14 | @Richmond | 100 | 12% |
| 1/17 | St Bonaventure | 107 | 28% |
| 1/21 | Dayton | 69 | 17% |
| 1/28 | @Fordham | 226 | 35% |
| 1/31 | St Joseph's PA | 176 | 47% |
| 2/3 | @Loyola-Chicago | 291 | 47% |
| 2/7 | @St Louis | 42 | 3% |
| 2/11 | VCU | 43 | 11% |
| 2/18 | @Duquesne | 147 | 21% |
| 2/21 | Rhode Island | 106 | 28% |
| 2/24 | G Washington | 81 | 20% |
| 3/1 | @Davidson | 134 | 18% |
| 3/4 | Fordham | 226 | 57% |
| 3/7 | @St Joseph's PA | 176 | 26% |