NCAA Tournament March Madness

#236 Nicholls St

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Nicholls State’s profile points to an automatic bid as its most realistic path because a tough nonconference slate produced heavy setbacks at Kentucky, Creighton and Oklahoma State and further road losses at Murray State and Valparaiso left the resume short on any signature victory. The team’s best moments came in conference play with home wins over Incarnate Word and Houston Christian and road wins at New Orleans and Lamar, but those positives are undercut by damaging defeats to McNeese State and Stephen F. Austin and by inconsistent results away from its own floor and on neutral sites. Given the mix of respectable home work against lower-resume opponents and too many bad results on the road, the clearest way for this roster to reach the NCAA field is to win the Southland tournament.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/4@Kentucky28L77-51
11/7@E Illinois323L65-57
11/12@Valparaiso158L68-63
11/15@Murray St122L99-79
11/22@Oklahoma St66L95-81
11/28@Tulane211L82-72
12/2@Creighton76L96-76
12/6Incarnate Word266W74-67
12/17Houston Chr292W79-64
12/21@Pacific112L95-82
12/29@TAM C. Christi174W76-71
12/31@UTRGV115W71-69
1/3East Texas A&M289W80-58
1/5Northwestern LA281W74-72
1/10@New Orleans193W90-77
1/12@McNeese St68L94-68
1/17Lamar237L90-80
1/19SF Austin91L79-62
1/24@SE Louisiana285L67-61
1/27New Orleans193L80-62
1/31@East Texas A&M289W72-68
2/2@Northwestern LA281W61-58
2/7TAM C. Christi174L83-76
2/9UTRGV115L92-72
2/14@Incarnate Word266W91-83
2/16@Houston Chr292L72-68
2/21@SF Austin91L81-78
2/23@Lamar237W53-52
2/28SE Louisiana285W68-60
3/2McNeese St68L75-65
3/8(N)Northwestern LA281W61-47
3/9(N)UTRGV115L86-68