NCAA Tournament March Madness
#133 New Mexico St
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Projection: need to automatically qualify
New Mexico State’s résumé is built around a handful of resume-boosting nonconference wins over New Mexico and UC Irvine and a comfortable neutral-site victory over Georgia State that show the team can win outside its own gym. Those bright spots are counterbalanced by a neutral loss to South Alabama and a road defeat at Abilene Christian that weaken the road-and-neutral narrative the committee prizes. The league slate still provides clear opportunities to repair that picture with road tests at Liberty, WKU, MTSU, Louisiana Tech and UTEP and important home dates against Missouri State, Florida International and Delaware, so wins in those spots would erase the worst blemishes. Right now the profile reads like a team with quality wins but a few damaging setbacks, meaning late-season road and neutral victories are critical to solidify its standing.
| Date | Opponent | Ranking | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11/15 | New Mexico | 78 | W76-68 |
| 11/21 | Samford | 243 | W81-72 |
| 11/25 | (N)UC Irvine | 124 | W57-45 |
| 11/26 | (N)Georgia St | 338 | W77-58 |
| 12/2 | (N)South Alabama | 172 | L77-75 |
| 12/6 | @Abilene Chr | 222 | L77-69 |
| 12/13 | (N)Tulsa | 80 | 32% |
| 12/21 | Sam Houston St | 121 | 57% |
| 1/2 | @Florida Intl | 181 | 52% |
| 1/4 | @Missouri St | 260 | 66% |
| 1/8 | WKU | 147 | 66% |
| 1/10 | MTSU | 155 | 68% |
| 1/15 | @Liberty | 113 | 33% |
| 1/17 | @Delaware | 233 | 61% |
| 1/22 | Missouri St | 260 | 84% |
| 1/24 | Florida Intl | 181 | 73% |
| 1/28 | Delaware | 233 | 80% |
| 1/31 | @Kennesaw | 166 | 49% |
| 2/4 | @Louisiana Tech | 189 | 54% |
| 2/7 | @UTEP | 235 | 61% |
| 2/11 | Liberty | 113 | 55% |
| 2/14 | @Jacksonville St | 239 | 62% |
| 2/21 | UTEP | 235 | 80% |
| 2/26 | @WKU | 147 | 44% |
| 2/28 | @MTSU | 155 | 46% |
| 3/5 | Jacksonville St | 239 | 81% |
| 3/7 | Kennesaw | 166 | 70% |