NCAA Tournament March Madness

#292 Northwestern LA

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Northwestern LA’s résumé is shaped by a stark contrast between a gritty road victory at Southeastern Louisiana and a string of damaging road defeats at major tests such as Texas A&M and California that exposed how vulnerable the team is away from home. The best moment on the ledger — winning on the road in league play — is offset by puzzling setbacks like the home loss to Southern University and blowout road nights at McNeese State and North Texas that erode the quality of the profile. The remainder of the schedule hands the staff plenty of home opportunities against teams like Lamar and New Orleans to rebuild confidence but also several daunting road dates at Nicholls and SF Austin where a signature win would be hard to come by. That mix of a lone resume-building result, multiple bad losses to both power-conference and mid-major opponents, and a closing slate that offers more low-risk home games than true resume-makers explains why the clear path forward runs through postseason league play rather than regular-season résumé polish.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3@Texas A&M52L98-68
11/6@North Texas136L80-53
11/11@North Alabama236L87-83
11/18@San Francisco94L84-64
11/21@Grand Canyon93L85-72
11/29Southern Univ211L75-73
12/5@McNeese St69L92-54
12/7@SE Louisiana284W76-68
12/13@California76L79-70
12/29Lamar25553%
12/31SF Austin14031%
1/3New Orleans22549%
1/5@Nicholls St26032%
1/10TAM C. Christi21948%
1/12UTRGV18140%
1/17@Incarnate Word18021%
1/19@Houston Chr27435%
1/24East Texas A&M29061%
1/26@SF Austin14014%
1/31@New Orleans22528%
2/2Nicholls St26054%
2/7@East Texas A&M29039%
2/9@Lamar25531%
2/14SE Louisiana28459%
2/16McNeese St6912%
2/21Houston Chr27457%
2/23Incarnate Word18040%
2/28@TAM C. Christi21927%
3/2@UTRGV18121%