NCAA Tournament March Madness

#66 McNeese St

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Projected seed: 12 (automatic qualifier)

That placement makes sense because McNeese St has signature road and neutral wins to hang its hat on, most notably a neutral-site victory over Washington and true road wins at Rhode Island and Houston Christian along with strong neutral results against Murray State and MTSU, which demonstrate the team can win away from home and in multi-team settings. Those resume builders are counterbalanced by costly blemishes that a committee will weigh heavily, especially the lopsided loss at Michigan and road setbacks at Santa Clara and Incarnate Word that undercut the profile. The remainder of the Southland slate presents clear chances to fortify the case with road tests at SE Louisiana, Lamar and SF Austin plus a string of home opportunities against Incarnate Word, Houston Christian and others, so clean results down the stretch will cement the standing while any further bad road outings would push it backward.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/7@Santa Clara43L79-67
11/14Louisiana331W88-62
11/23(N)G Washington71W92-86
11/24(N)Murray St90W73-60
11/25(N)MTSU148W72-62
12/1@Incarnate Word243L71-67
12/5Northwestern LA282W92-54
12/9@Rhode Island109W66-64
12/12East Texas A&M284W102-66
12/15@Houston Chr308W78-68
12/29@Michigan2L112-71
1/2Lamar220W82-70
1/5SF Austin93W66-64
1/10SE Louisiana263W73-61
1/12Nicholls St231W94-68
1/17@UTRGV187L79-76
1/19@TAM C. Christi175W69-53
1/24New Orleans223W82-63
1/26@SE Louisiana26385%
1/27@SE Louisiana26385%
1/31@Lamar22079%
2/2@SF Austin9350%
2/7Incarnate Word24393%
2/9Houston Chr30897%
2/14@East Texas A&M28488%
2/16@Northwestern LA28288%
2/21TAM C. Christi17587%
2/23UTRGV18788%
2/28@New Orleans22379%
3/2@Nicholls St23180%