NCAA Tournament March Madness

#326 Lafayette

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Lafayette’s résumé carries clear highs and damaging lows that explain why its path is uphill; the résumé’s best moments came in wins over midlevel nonconference opponents and in competitive road showings at Penn and at Stonehill that demonstrated fight away from home, but those are outweighed by heavy defeats on the road at Texas, West Virginia and Georgia Tech and ugly losses against St. Joseph’s and Cornell that leave the team without a signature win against a power-conference opponent. The Patriot League schedule still offers meaningful opportunities to reshape perceptions, with home dates against Bucknell and Loyola Maryland and tough trips to Navy and Colgate plus a late run that includes Army and Lehigh. To change how a selection body views this season Lafayette will need clean wins in conference, preferably on the road or at neutral sites, and an end to the type of lopsided results that have done the most resume damage.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3@St Joseph's PA204L85-76
11/8@Texas46L97-60
11/13Cornell162L97-78
11/17@West Virginia67L81-59
11/21@Stonehill344L74-70
11/28Le Moyne302L76-63
11/29Ball St314W55-37
11/30Monmouth NJ245L88-74
12/5Mercyhurst318W79-71
12/8@Penn214L74-72
12/18@Charlotte193L81-67
12/20@Georgia Tech125L95-81
12/31Colgate18431%
1/3@Loyola MD33442%
1/7Boston Univ29150%
1/10@Navy20717%
1/14@Bucknell30835%
1/17Holy Cross32361%
1/21@Boston Univ29129%
1/24@Lehigh31938%
1/26Bucknell30857%
1/31@American Univ23821%
2/4Navy20734%
2/7@Army32739%
2/11Loyola MD33464%
2/14Lehigh31960%
2/18@Holy Cross32338%
2/21American Univ23840%
2/25@Colgate18414%
2/28Army32761%