NCAA Tournament March Madness

#295 Lehigh

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Lehigh projects to need an automatic berth because its résumé shows bright moments against conference rivals and a few neutral wins but lacks the kind of quality road and neutral victories that earn an at-large call. Its nonconference slate features tough trips to Houston and West Virginia and a rough road outing at Rutgers that left little margin for doubt, while a narrow neutral loss to UC Santa Barbara and a neutral victory over Texas State are promising but not enough to counter home setbacks to Columbia and LIU Brooklyn and a damaging road blowout at Navy. The team’s best evidence comes from gritty road wins at Colgate and Boston University and a string of home wins over Patriot League foes that demonstrate it can win its league, yet too many losses away from its gym and too few signature wins away from mid‑major company mean the only clear path to the Big Dance runs through winning the conference’s automatic qualification.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3@Houston6L75-57
11/9@West Virginia56L69-47
11/14@Rutgers133L84-72
11/18St Francis PA354W79-62
11/21Columbia189L82-67
11/25@Marist204L78-55
11/28(N)UC Santa Barbara128L72-70
11/29(N)Texas St244W78-74
12/2@Binghamton359L80-71
12/6LIU Brooklyn215L87-82
12/21@Monmouth NJ187L76-62
12/31Army337L85-78
1/3@Bucknell331L72-65
1/7Holy Cross330W66-58
1/10@Colgate245W78-77
1/14@Boston Univ263W93-91
1/17Navy140L82-79
1/19Loyola MD326W88-81
1/24Lafayette327W64-59
1/28@Army337L67-64
1/31Colgate245W77-76
2/4@Loyola MD326L89-84
2/7@Holy Cross330L76-67
2/11American Univ243W90-82
2/14@Lafayette327W78-69
2/18@Navy140L72-49
2/22Boston Univ263W70-67
2/25@American Univ243W78-73
2/28Bucknell331W89-79
3/5Holy Cross330W69-66
3/8Colgate24549%