NCAA Tournament March Madness

#248 Louisiana Tech

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Louisiana Tech’s résumé makes clear why its only secure route to the NCAA tournament is the conference automatic bid: there are solid home moments, namely wins over Jackson State and Louisiana plus the reversal of Indiana State and the close victory over Delaware, but those results came mostly in Ruston and do little to erase damaging road setbacks at Nevada and at Middle Tennessee or the repeated struggles away at Georgia Southern, Tulane, WKU and Jacksonville State. The profile shows a defense that can carry them in wins yet an offense that has not delivered consistent road punch, so without a signature neutral or true road victory against a strong opponent the committee will view the résumé as fragile. The remaining schedule includes manageable home chances and a couple of sit-up road tests such as a trip to Liberty and a late game at Delaware where the Bulldogs can improve their case, but at this point the cleanest path to the Big Dance is to run the table in the Conference USA tournament.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/4@Nevada65L77-50
11/15Jackson St332W68-51
11/19@Indiana St194L60-51
11/26Indiana St194W75-73
11/29Alcorn St341W83-58
12/3@Ga Southern244L77-69
12/13Louisiana330W65-44
12/17@Tulane190L61-53
12/29UTEP279W75-63
1/2@MTSU132L88-51
1/4@WKU169L66-61
1/8Liberty94L72-56
1/10Delaware297W70-68
1/14MTSU132W59-58
1/17@Jacksonville St235L64-60
1/23Kennesaw15944%
1/24Kennesaw15944%
1/28@UTEP27947%
1/31@Sam Houston St11015%
2/4New Mexico St12435%
2/7Sam Houston St11031%
2/12@Missouri St20632%
2/14@Florida Intl18528%
2/18Jacksonville St23559%
2/21@Kennesaw15923%
2/26Missouri St20654%
2/28Florida Intl18550%
3/5@Liberty9411%
3/7@Delaware29751%