NCAA Tournament March Madness

#165 New Mexico St

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

New Mexico State’s profile features eye-catching moments such as the rivalry win over New Mexico, neutral-site victories over UC Irvine and Georgia State, and road wins at Delaware and Louisiana Tech alongside a solid home showing against WKU, but it is dragged down by a string of damaging results including the ugly loss at Kennesaw and setbacks at Abilene Chr and Missouri St plus losses to Liberty and Florida Intl that expose troubling inconsistency. The schedule still offers clear chances to rebuild credibility with upcoming league dates at WKU and MTSU and home games with UTEP, Jacksonville St and Kennesaw. Because the resume mixes some quality road and neutral scalps with a cluster of bad losses that blunt the top end, the most straightforward path to the NCAA field runs through claiming the conference’s automatic berth in the tournament.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/15New Mexico45W76-68
11/21Samford205W81-72
11/25(N)UC Irvine119W57-45
11/26(N)Georgia St293W77-58
12/2(N)South Alabama194L77-75
12/6@Abilene Chr234L77-69
12/13(N)Tulsa60L83-70
12/21Sam Houston St110W87-78
1/2@Florida Intl202L89-74
1/4@Missouri St215L89-82
1/8WKU174W80-64
1/10MTSU181L59-55
1/15@Liberty89L73-71
1/17@Delaware267W97-68
1/22Missouri St215L84-75
1/24Florida Intl202L81-78
1/28Delaware267L73-64
1/31@Kennesaw182L76-53
2/4@Louisiana Tech237W72-63
2/7@UTEP264L91-88
2/11Liberty89L77-75
2/14@Jacksonville St211W79-70
2/21UTEP26479%
2/26@WKU17441%
2/28@MTSU18142%
3/5Jacksonville St21169%
3/7Kennesaw18264%