NCAA Tournament March Madness

#323 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 PA197L85-76
11/8@Texas46L97-60
11/13Cornell163L97-78
11/17@West Virginia65L81-59
11/21@Stonehill342L74-70
11/28Le Moyne301L76-63
11/29Ball St315W55-37
11/30Monmouth NJ235L88-74
12/5Mercyhurst320W79-71
12/8@Penn218L74-72
12/18@Charlotte193L81-67
12/20@Georgia Tech134L95-81
12/31Colgate18631%
1/3@Loyola MD32840%
1/7Boston Univ29351%
1/10@Navy20216%
1/14@Bucknell30333%
1/17Holy Cross32963%
1/21@Boston Univ29330%
1/24@Lehigh31135%
1/26Bucknell30355%
1/31@American Univ25423%
2/4Navy20234%
2/7@Army33442%
2/11Loyola MD32863%
2/14Lehigh31157%
2/18@Holy Cross32941%
2/21American Univ25443%
2/25@Colgate18615%
2/28Army33464%