NCAA Tournament March Madness

#146 Lipscomb

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Lipscomb's resume is built on contrast: a resume-enhancing road victory at Marshall and a string of comfortable conference wins sit alongside brutal road losses at major programs and damaging setbacks at Mercer, UNC Asheville and Belmont that blunt the season's upside. Selection committees value the fact that the team can win away from home, yet the lopsided defeats at prominent venues raise questions about its ability to compete with top opponents. The nonconference grind explains part of the volatility, and the remaining schedule hands Lipscomb clear opportunities to repair its standing—most notably a tough trip to Cincinnati and a run of conference games at home and on the road against Jacksonville, North Florida, Stetson, FGCU, Bellarmine and Austin Peay—so how those games play out will determine whether the profile looks like an at-large resume or one that needs an automatic ticket.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3@Vanderbilt8L105-61
11/9@Mercer162L92-77
11/11@UNC Asheville250L69-64
11/19@Belmont71L75-68
11/22W Carolina280W83-62
11/26@Marshall157W90-67
11/29@SE Missouri St227W88-77
12/3Tennessee Tech295W83-80
12/7Alabama A&M284W92-58
12/16@Duke6L97-73
12/29@Cincinnati62L89-62
1/1Jacksonville31789%
1/3North Florida33993%
1/8@Stetson34683%
1/10@FGCU17447%
1/15Bellarmine24679%
1/17Austin Peay19171%
1/22Stetson34693%
1/24FGCU17469%
1/29@Jacksonville31775%
1/31@North Florida33981%
2/5@Austin Peay19150%
2/7Cent Arkansas23678%
2/11E Kentucky26882%
2/14@Queens NC21454%
2/18@Bellarmine24660%
2/21North Alabama26481%
2/25@West Georgia31073%
2/28@E Kentucky26864%