NCAA Tournament March Madness

#44 New Mexico

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Projected seed: 10

New Mexico’s profile reads like a team on the cusp because its resume mixes marquee moments away from home and at neutral sites with a handful of damaging road losses, and the committee will reward the resume builders while penalizing the bad outs. The neutral victory over Mississippi State and true road wins at VCU and at Colorado State demonstrate the Lobos can win outside their arena, and stout defensive performances have been backed up by convincing home wins against Santa Clara, Grand Canyon and Fresno State that keep the résumé from looking thin. Those positives are offset by losses at New Mexico State, at Boise State and at San Diego State that raise questions about consistency away from home, and with meaningful conference tests still on the slate — including trips to Utah State and Nevada along with another meeting with San Diego State — New Mexico has clear opportunities to either cement its standing or give the committee reason to move it.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/5East Texas A&M288W76-54
11/8UT Arlington143W74-56
11/11UC Riverside273W82-68
11/15@New Mexico St124L76-68
11/20(N)Nebraska13L84-72
11/21(N)Mississippi St85W80-78
11/26Alabama St304W93-87
12/6Santa Clara43W98-71
12/10@VCU49W81-78
12/14FGCU214W75-59
12/20San Jose St250W88-65
12/30@Boise St69L62-53
1/3Wyoming102W78-58
1/6@Colorado St88W80-70
1/10@Air Force340W91-49
1/13Grand Canyon82W87-64
1/17@San Diego St45L83-79
1/21Fresno St135W83-74
1/24Nevada6570%
1/27@UNLV11767%
1/31@San Jose St25088%
2/4Utah St3453%
2/7Boise St6971%
2/11@Grand Canyon8254%
2/17Air Force34099%
2/21@Fresno St13571%
2/24@Nevada6549%
2/28San Diego St4561%
3/4Colorado St8877%
3/7@Utah St3431%