NCAA Tournament March Madness

#203 Louisiana Tech

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Louisiana Tech’s profile leaves little margin for error, so the clearest path to the NCAA field is earning the conference’s automatic berth. The resume has bright spots in neutral-site wins over MTSU and Missouri State and an important road victory at Liberty plus a dominant road showing at Delaware that prove the team can win away from home against quality opponents. Those positives are outweighed by damaging results, most notably blowout losses at Nevada and at MTSU and a string of losses away to mid‑ma jor opponents such as Ga Southern, Jacksonville State, Florida International and Kennesaw that undermine consistency. Because selection committees put extra weight on avoiding bad losses and showing resume-building wins away from home, Louisiana Tech’s good moments aren’t enough on their own, leaving the conference tournament as the only controlled way for this team to guarantee a place in the field.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/4@Nevada75L77-50
11/15Jackson St341W68-51
11/19@Indiana St201L60-51
11/26Indiana St201W75-73
11/29Alcorn St346W83-58
12/3@Ga Southern235L77-69
12/13Louisiana313W65-44
12/17@Tulane211L61-53
12/29UTEP276W75-63
1/2@MTSU178L88-51
1/4@WKU170L66-61
1/8Liberty125L72-56
1/10Delaware293W70-68
1/14MTSU178W59-58
1/17@Jacksonville St209L64-60
1/23Kennesaw163W82-76
1/28@UTEP276W69-59
1/31@Sam Houston St111L83-67
2/4New Mexico St184L72-63
2/7Sam Houston St111W87-78
2/12@Missouri St206W79-78
2/14@Florida Intl194L77-64
2/18Jacksonville St209W77-71
2/21@Kennesaw163L58-55
2/26Missouri St206W72-70
2/28Florida Intl194L84-76
3/5@Liberty125W76-71
3/7@Delaware293W81-38
3/12(N)MTSU178W80-69
3/13(N)Missouri St206W69-66
3/14(N)Kennesaw163L71-60