NCAA Tournament March Madness

#316 Lafayette

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Lafayette’s résumé is weighed down by damaging nonconference defeats on the road at Texas and West Virginia and by losses at Georgia Tech, Charlotte and St. Joseph’s, while a home setback to Cornell and a loss to Colgate left little in the way of signature wins. The high points — a true road victory at Loyola Maryland and comfortable wins over Ball State, Mercyhurst and Holy Cross — are respectable but come against limited competition and do not outweigh the team’s struggles away from home. Narrow defeats at Penn and at Boston University show the team can contend in spots but not consistently close out stronger opponents. With the remaining Patriot League slate including difficult trips to Colgate and American alongside more winnable dates at Bucknell, Army and Lehigh, there are some chances to improve the profile, yet without a meaningful résumé-changing victory the clearest path to the NCAA tournament is to secure the conference’s automatic bid.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3@St Joseph's PA173L85-76
11/8@Texas41L97-60
11/13Cornell187L97-78
11/17@West Virginia57L81-59
11/21@Stonehill342L74-70
11/28Le Moyne266L76-63
11/29Ball St313W55-37
11/30Monmouth NJ213L88-74
12/5Mercyhurst299W79-71
12/8@Penn178L74-72
12/18@Charlotte179L81-67
12/20@Georgia Tech127L95-81
12/31Colgate192L85-77
1/3@Loyola MD329W79-64
1/7Boston Univ291L83-67
1/10@Navy193L76-50
1/14@Bucknell324L76-69
1/17Holy Cross326W74-55
1/21@Boston Univ291L77-73
1/24@Lehigh30735%
1/26Bucknell32463%
1/31@American Univ21018%
2/4Navy19333%
2/7@Army33544%
2/11Loyola MD32964%
2/14Lehigh30757%
2/18@Holy Cross32641%
2/22American Univ21037%
2/25@Colgate19216%
2/28Army33566%