NCAA Tournament March Madness

#209 New Orleans

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

New Orleans must win the conference tournament to reach the national field because the résumé features too many damaging defeats and too little in the way of signature victories. Road triumphs at TCU and at Tulane show the team can win away from home, but those bright spots are overwhelmed by heavy losses at Houston, at Texas Tech and at LSU and by nonconference setbacks against Fresno State, Pepperdine and Memphis that weaken the profile. Conference play has been uneven with losses at McNeese State and to SF Austin diluting the more routine wins over Nicholls State and Lamar, so the committee will see a scarcity of marquee wins and the presence of bad losses. The remaining schedule offers chances to improve at Incarnate Word, at Lamar and at SF Austin and at home against McNeese State and SE Louisiana yet unless the Privateers can beat a top opponent away the cleanest path onto the bracket is by securing the conference automatic berth.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3@TCU51W78-74
11/10@LSU55L93-58
11/14@Tulane191W85-63
11/18@Pepperdine274L90-79
11/21@Fresno St122L85-76
11/24@Mississippi St90L81-78
11/26@Texas Tech17L82-50
12/3@Memphis99L86-70
12/6Houston Chr296L85-76
12/8Incarnate Word265W84-83
12/13@Houston4L99-57
12/29@UTRGV136W85-69
12/31@TAM C. Christi186L83-69
1/3@Northwestern LA283L74-68
1/5East Texas A&M292W83-73
1/10Nicholls St253L90-77
1/12@SE Louisiana270W79-76
1/17SF Austin85L84-79
1/19Lamar207W89-76
1/24@McNeese St64L82-63
1/27@Nicholls St253W80-62
1/31Northwestern LA283W75-64
2/2@East Texas A&M292W94-85
2/7UTRGV136L95-76
2/9TAM C. Christi186W84-78
2/14@Houston Chr296L61-60
2/16@Incarnate Word26552%
2/21@Lamar20738%
2/23@SF Austin8514%
2/28McNeese St6424%
3/2SE Louisiana27074%