NCAA Tournament March Madness

#54 New Mexico

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Projected seed: 9 (automatic qualifier)

New Mexico’s résumé rests on a neutral-site win over Mississippi State and true road victories at VCU and Colorado State that show it can win away from home. Those signature results are offset by damaging setbacks such as the road loss to New Mexico State, the trip to Boise State that produced a bad result and a neutral defeat to Nebraska, which together highlight inconsistency and blunt the impact of the big wins. The Mountain West schedule still gives the Lobos chances to add meaningful road or neutral victories at San Diego State, Utah State and Nevada while home and midweek opponents like Fresno State, Grand Canyon, San Jose State and Air Force are games to protect the résumé. How New Mexico performs in the tougher remaining road assignments will decide whether the profile finishes with clear top-end wins and road toughness or with impressive wins undermined by ugly losses.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/5East Texas A&M319W76-54
11/8UT Arlington148W74-56
11/11UC Riverside280W82-68
11/15@New Mexico St145L76-68
11/20(N)Nebraska20L84-72
11/21(N)Mississippi St78W80-78
11/26Alabama St291W93-87
12/6Santa Clara55W98-71
12/10@VCU40W81-78
12/14FGCU169W75-59
12/20San Jose St219W88-65
12/30@Boise St51L62-53
1/3Wyoming97W78-58
1/6@Colorado St87W80-70
1/10@Air Force33795%
1/13Grand Canyon10178%
1/17@San Diego St4936%
1/21Fresno St14687%
1/24Nevada7969%
1/27@UNLV14971%
1/31@San Jose St21982%
2/4Utah St2645%
2/7Boise St5159%
2/11@Grand Canyon10158%
2/17Air Force33799%
2/21@Fresno St14671%
2/24@Nevada7947%
2/28San Diego St4958%
3/4Colorado St8772%
3/7@Utah St2624%