NCAA Tournament March Madness

#302 Louisiana

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Louisiana’s profile makes the need to win the conference’s automatic bid feel inevitable because the resume is littered with bad road losses that overwhelm a handful of respectable wins; the signature moment away from the conference came at James Madison and home wins over Georgia State and Central Michigan give the roster something to point to, but brutal nonconference road defeats at Stanford, Santa Clara and UC Davis and an embarrassing showing at McNeese State have the committee seeing more damage than redemption. Conference play has produced some gritty home victories but no neutral-site statement to erase those early blemishes, and with the remaining road dates at Troy and Arkansas State serving as the final chances to change the narrative, the absence of true high-end wins combined with multiple ugly losses makes the automatic bid the realistic route.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3@Ball St325L75-64
11/7SE Louisiana291W58-52
11/11Tulane175L66-62
11/14@McNeese St61L88-62
11/18@Stanford74L93-66
11/21@Santa Clara35L80-43
11/24@UC Davis153L77-56
11/28Jackson St337L51-45
12/3@Lamar210L65-55
12/6UNC Wilmington103L70-63
12/13@Louisiana Tech233L65-44
12/18@Southern Miss238L62-54
12/20@ULM348W76-62
12/28Norfolk St309W63-54
12/31South Alabama190L63-58
1/3Southern Miss238L74-67
1/8ULM348W85-79
1/10Troy161L90-70
1/14@Texas St249L59-54
1/17@South Alabama190W59-56
1/22@Appalachian St181L72-58
1/29Georgia St296W82-72
1/31Ga Southern272W69-60
2/4@James Madison219W64-61
2/7C Michigan276W85-80
2/12Coastal Car237L69-65
2/16@Old Dominion244L83-72
2/19Arkansas St140L79-62
2/21Texas St249W67-54
2/24@Troy16113%
2/27@Arkansas St14012%