NCAA Tournament March Madness

#302 Lehigh

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Lehigh’s profile is one that can be salvaged but only if it seizes the Patriot League’s automatic bid, because its resume pairs a few valuable road victories and a neutral-site win with a string of damaging defeats that leave little room for error. The program’s best moments came away from home with wins at Colgate and at Boston University and a neutral victory over Texas State that show the team can win in hostile environments, while its worst moments are the heavy road losses at Houston, West Virginia and Rutgers and several puzzling slips to mid‑major opponents that have hollowed out its nonconference résumé. The remaining schedule hands Lehigh clear chances to rebuild — a home date with Colgate, trips to Loyola Maryland and Holy Cross and a favorable home game against Bucknell among them — but unless those opportunities are converted the only dependable route into the tournament is to run the table in league play and claim the automatic qualification.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3@Houston7L75-57
11/9@West Virginia58L69-47
11/14@Rutgers158L84-72
11/18St Francis PA353W79-62
11/21Columbia162L82-67
11/25@Marist161L78-55
11/28(N)UC Santa Barbara137L72-70
11/29(N)Texas St286W78-74
12/2@Binghamton362L80-71
12/6LIU Brooklyn216L87-82
12/21@Monmouth NJ200L76-62
12/31Army338L85-78
1/3@Bucknell326L72-65
1/7Holy Cross330W66-58
1/10@Colgate199W78-77
1/14@Boston Univ289W93-91
1/17Navy181L82-79
1/19Loyola MD329W88-81
1/24Lafayette318W64-59
1/28@Army33851%
1/31Colgate19939%
2/4@Loyola MD32947%
2/7@Holy Cross33047%
2/11American Univ20640%
2/14@Lafayette31844%
2/18@Navy18117%
2/21Boston Univ28958%
2/25@American Univ20621%
2/28Bucknell32668%