NCAA Tournament March Madness

#325 Lehigh

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Lehigh’s résumé is a mix of a few encouraging moments and a longer string of damaging results. The bright spots are a neutral-site victory over Texas State, a solid home win over St. Francis PA, and a narrow neutral loss at UC Santa Barbara that suggested the team can compete off its floor. Those positives are outweighed by heavy road defeats at Houston and West Virginia, disappointing nonconference setbacks at Marist, LIU Brooklyn and Binghamton, and blemishes in league play such as the trip to Bucknell and the home loss to Army. Committees reward signature road and neutral wins and punish ugly losses away from home, and Lehigh currently lacks the caliber of resume-building victories to make an at-large case. With meaningful Patriot League opportunities remaining, including a trip to Colgate and key home dates with Bucknell and other league foes, the clearest route to the NCAA field runs straight through the conference tournament.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3@Houston11L75-57
11/9@West Virginia70L69-47
11/14@Rutgers158L84-72
11/18St Francis PA362W79-62
11/21Columbia137L82-67
11/25@Marist139L78-55
11/28(N)UC Santa Barbara165L72-70
11/29(N)Texas St266W78-74
12/2@Binghamton363L80-71
12/6LIU Brooklyn183L87-82
12/21@Monmouth NJ221L76-62
12/31Army327L85-78
1/3@Bucknell311L72-65
1/7Holy Cross32662%
1/10@Colgate18014%
1/14@Boston Univ29130%
1/17Navy20334%
1/19Loyola MD34569%
1/24Lafayette31358%
1/28@Army32740%
1/31Colgate18031%
2/4@Loyola MD34547%
2/7@Holy Cross32640%
2/11American Univ23440%
2/14@Lafayette31336%
2/18@Navy20317%
2/21Boston Univ29152%
2/25@American Univ23421%
2/28Bucknell31157%