NCAA Tournament March Madness

#282 Northwestern LA

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Northwestern Louisiana’s resume leaves no comfortable at-large case because its nonconference slate is dominated by tough road defeats at big-name programs and a blowout loss at McNeese State that undercuts the profile, while its best moments are a handful of narrow conference victories over the likes of SE Louisiana, New Orleans, TAM C. Christi and UTRGV that demonstrate fight but not signature quality. Close road losses at Incarnate Word, Nicholls State and Houston Christian show the team can compete away from home but also highlight an inability to finish against peers, and neutral-site chances have not produced a marquee win to counter those heavy setbacks. The remaining schedule features road tests at SF Austin and New Orleans and a home date with McNeese State that are clear opportunities to change the trajectory, but until Northwestern Louisiana turns a conference road test or neutral outing into a statement victory its most realistic path to the dance is by securing the automatic qualifier.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3@Texas A&M31L98-68
11/6@North Texas144L80-53
11/11@North Alabama334L87-83
11/18@San Francisco100L84-64
11/21@Grand Canyon76L85-72
11/29Southern Univ258L75-73
12/5@McNeese St67L92-54
12/7@SE Louisiana264W76-68
12/13@California63L79-70
12/29Lamar220L76-61
12/31SF Austin93L74-64
1/3New Orleans222W74-68
1/5@Nicholls St231L74-72
1/10TAM C. Christi187W79-78
1/12UTRGV173W64-63
1/17@Incarnate Word243L76-74
1/19@Houston Chr307L82-80
1/27@SF Austin937%
1/31@New Orleans22227%
2/2Nicholls St23149%
2/7@East Texas A&M28439%
2/9@Lamar22026%
2/14SE Louisiana26457%
2/16McNeese St6712%
2/21Houston Chr30767%
2/23Incarnate Word24351%
2/28@TAM C. Christi18721%
3/2@UTRGV17319%