NCAA Tournament March Madness

#284 Lehigh

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Projected seed: 16 (automatic qualifier, play-in game) (automatic qualifier)

Lehigh looks like a team that can beat its peers but cannot yet sell a national résumé, because heavy road defeats at Houston and West Virginia and a poor trip to Rutgers outweigh a close neutral loss to UC Santa Barbara and a neutral-site win at Texas State that stop short of a signature non-conference victory. The program’s best work came in league play, with road wins at Colgate and Boston University and a run of important conference victories including Bucknell and Colgate that show it can close out rivals, but damaging results away from home, including a lopsided loss at Navy and setbacks to lower-tier opponents, will keep the selection committee skeptical. Without an eye-catching win to erase those blemishes the clean path to the national tournament runs through winning the Patriot League tournament and claiming the conference’s automatic berth.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3@Houston5L75-57
11/9@West Virginia59L69-47
11/14@Rutgers124L84-72
11/18St Francis PA354W79-62
11/21Columbia189L82-67
11/25@Marist204L78-55
11/28(N)UC Santa Barbara130L72-70
11/29(N)Texas St245W78-74
12/2@Binghamton359L80-71
12/6LIU Brooklyn216L87-82
12/21@Monmouth NJ180L76-62
12/31Army337L85-78
1/3@Bucknell331L72-65
1/7Holy Cross329W66-58
1/10@Colgate249W78-77
1/14@Boston Univ261W93-91
1/17Navy142L82-79
1/19Loyola MD322W88-81
1/24Lafayette325W64-59
1/28@Army337L67-64
1/31Colgate249W77-76
2/4@Loyola MD322L89-84
2/7@Holy Cross329L76-67
2/11American Univ238W90-82
2/14@Lafayette325W78-69
2/18@Navy142L72-49
2/22Boston Univ261W70-67
2/25@American Univ238W78-73
2/28Bucknell331W89-79
3/5Holy Cross329W69-66
3/8Colgate249W76-69
3/11Boston Univ261W74-60