NCAA Tournament March Madness

#325 Louisiana

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Louisiana’s profile rests on modest bright spots and a long list of damaging defeats. The road victory at ULM and the home win over Southeastern Louisiana are the program’s clearest proof points, and competitive outings against Tulane and UNC Wilmington showed the team can hang in tight games. What drags the résumé down are a string of blowouts away from home, most notable at Stanford, Santa Clara and UC Davis, plus lopsided losses at McNeese State and Louisiana Tech that exposed offensive inconsistency. Those road and neutral failures leave the squad with thin signature wins and make the rest of the league slate loom large. Upcoming home dates with Norfolk State, Southern Miss and Georgia State and the return trip to ULM offer straightforward chances to rebuild momentum, while true road tests at Texas State, South Alabama, Appalachian State, Old Dominion, Troy and James Madison represent the opportunities that would actually move the needle. Until the résumé includes a quality road or neutral triumph and fewer ugly defeats, the committee will treat the profile as fragile.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3@Ball St316L75-64
11/7SE Louisiana278W58-52
11/11Tulane198L66-62
11/14@McNeese St64L88-62
11/18@Stanford81L93-66
11/21@Santa Clara80L80-43
11/24@UC Davis167L77-56
11/28Jackson St335L51-45
12/3@Lamar261L65-55
12/6UNC Wilmington116L70-63
12/13@Louisiana Tech188L65-44
12/18@Southern Miss191L62-54
12/20@ULM358W76-62
12/28Norfolk St25443%
12/31South Alabama19332%
1/3Southern Miss19132%
1/8ULM35876%
1/10Troy14221%
1/14@Texas St25623%
1/17@South Alabama19315%
1/22@Appalachian St24722%
1/24@Old Dominion21718%
1/29Georgia St33162%
1/31Ga Southern21536%
2/4@James Madison20517%
2/12Coastal Car22238%
2/19Arkansas St13921%
2/21Texas St25643%
2/24@Troy1429%
2/27@Arkansas St1398%