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&M53L98-68
11/6@North Texas139L80-53
11/11@North Alabama237L87-83
11/18@San Francisco95L84-64
11/21@Grand Canyon93L85-72
11/29Southern Univ214L75-73
12/5@McNeese St71L92-54
12/7@SE Louisiana284W76-68
12/13@California76L79-70
12/29Lamar25453%
12/31SF Austin13630%
1/3New Orleans22049%
1/5@Nicholls St23129%
1/10TAM C. Christi22149%
1/12UTRGV17840%
1/17@Incarnate Word17720%
1/19@Houston Chr28637%
1/24East Texas A&M29061%
1/26@SF Austin13614%
1/31@New Orleans22028%
2/2Nicholls St23150%
2/7@East Texas A&M29039%
2/9@Lamar25431%
2/14SE Louisiana28459%
2/16McNeese St7112%
2/21Houston Chr28659%
2/23Incarnate Word17740%
2/28@TAM C. Christi22128%
3/2@UTRGV17821%