NCAA Tournament March Madness

#276 Longwood

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Longwood is the kind of team that needs to win its conference tournament to reach the field because its résumé mixes useful league wins such as the home victory over Winthrop, road wins at NC Central and Morgan State and a neutral-site win over Maine with damaging nonconference setbacks at Pittsburgh, Columbia and American University; a competitive outing at Wake Forest showed it can hang with higher-level competition but inconsistent defense and those heavy road losses undermine any at-large case. The best moments prove it can close tight conference games and handle midmajor road tests while the worst results reveal a vulnerability away from home that committees value harshly. The remaining slate gives clear chances to reshape the narrative with road tests at Winthrop and visits to Charleston Southern and Gardner‑Webb plus a home date with Radford, and a run through those games would change how the résumé is viewed while more splits or poor results would leave the team dependent on earning the automatic qualifier.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/7@Pittsburgh98L78-60
11/12James Madison239W82-72
11/15Binghamton362W90-82
11/18MD E Shore327L83-82
11/23@Columbia168L95-70
11/28(N)Siena186L70-63
11/29(N)Maine351W65-61
11/30@American Univ210L92-66
12/6@Morgan St361W84-80
12/13Delaware St359L81-76
12/17@Wake Forest70L71-68
12/20@NC Central349W74-72
12/31Winthrop126W82-70
1/3@High Point96L80-67
1/7@UNC Asheville217L72-61
1/10Presbyterian274W77-70
1/17@Radford256L85-83
1/21Gardner Webb363W91-56
1/24Charleston So22750%
1/29@SC Upstate29443%
1/31High Point9620%
2/4@Gardner Webb36380%
2/7@Winthrop12613%
2/12UNC Asheville21748%
2/14SC Upstate29465%
2/19@Presbyterian27438%
2/21@Charleston So22729%
2/28Radford25656%