NCAA Tournament March Madness

#208 Lamar

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Lamar projects to needing the conference automatic bid because its résumé shows solid mid‑major wins but no eye‑catching triumph away from home or on a neutral floor to sway a committee, and several damaging defeats undercut its case. The high points are true road victories at Montana and at ULM and a solid win over Louisiana that demonstrate the team can close on the road against peer opponents. The low points are losses at high‑major stops like TCU and San Diego State, a neutral‑site setback to Oakland, and a home loss to Stephen F. Austin, all of which diminish at‑large appeal. The Cardinals have been uneven away from their own court, trading impressive road wins with costly road losses at New Orleans and McNeese State, and the remaining conference slate including a road trip to Stephen F. Austin and key home games offers opportunities to improve the résumé, but as currently constructed the combination of modest best wins and several damaging losses makes the automatic qualifier the clearest path to the tournament.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/10@TCU50L78-65
11/17@ULM358W79-66
11/23@Montana144W68-63
11/24(N)Oakland119L83-68
12/3Louisiana324W65-55
12/6TAM C. Christi184L57-49
12/10@San Diego St43L89-71
12/16UTRGV175L83-72
12/20NE Omaha257L85-82
12/29@Northwestern LA272W76-61
12/31@East Texas A&M295W69-62
1/2@McNeese St68L82-70
1/5@SE Louisiana260L60-52
1/10Incarnate Word247W63-51
1/12Houston Chr304W64-56
1/17@Nicholls St246W90-80
1/19@New Orleans202L89-76
1/24SF Austin98L88-81
1/27East Texas A&M295W82-61
1/31McNeese St6823%
2/2SE Louisiana26072%
2/7@SF Austin9817%
2/9Northwestern LA27274%
2/14@TAM C. Christi18435%
2/16@UTRGV17533%
2/21New Orleans20261%
2/23Nicholls St24669%
2/28@Incarnate Word24747%
3/2@Houston Chr30461%