NCAA Tournament March Madness

#327 Lafayette

Bubble Watch | Bracketology

Chat with the Bracketologist | How does this work?


Projection: need to automatically qualify

The projection makes sense because Lafayette has picked up meaningful conference wins, including road victories at Loyola MD, American, and Army and solid home results over Bucknell and Holy Cross, but those flashes are undermined by lopsided road losses at major-conference opponents such as Texas, West Virginia, and Georgia Tech and by ugly results away from campus. The team showed it can compete in a tight nonconference game at Penn yet lacks a clear marquee victory that would put it safely in the field. The remaining schedule offers chances to bolster the resume with home dates against American and Army and a trip to Holy Cross while a road trip to Colgate looms as the most dangerous test. Given the quality of the losses and the scarcity of top-end wins, the most reliable path to the tournament is to win the Patriot League tournament.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3@St Joseph's PA153L85-76
11/8@Texas35L97-60
11/13Cornell146L97-78
11/17@West Virginia55L81-59
11/21@Stonehill344L74-70
11/28Le Moyne289L76-63
11/29Ball St322W55-37
11/30Monmouth NJ206L88-74
12/5Mercyhurst290W79-71
12/8@Penn174L74-72
12/18@Charlotte177L81-67
12/20@Georgia Tech162L95-81
12/31Colgate213L85-77
1/3@Loyola MD315W79-64
1/7Boston Univ281L83-67
1/10@Navy158L76-50
1/14@Bucknell331L76-69
1/17Holy Cross328W74-55
1/21@Boston Univ281L77-73
1/24@Lehigh300L64-59
1/28Bucknell331W81-79
1/31@American Univ248W67-65
2/4Navy158L65-50
2/7@Army338W63-60
2/11Loyola MD315L68-54
2/14Lehigh300L78-69
2/18@Holy Cross32839%
2/22American Univ24841%
2/25@Colgate21315%
2/28Army33868%