NCAA Tournament March Madness
#281 Northwestern LA
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Projection: need to automatically qualify
Northwestern LA’s profile reads like a team that has collected its clearest wins against conference peers while absorbing damaging losses on the major road trips, with heavy defeats at places such as Texas A&M, North Texas, San Francisco, Grand Canyon and California undercutting any claim to a signature nonconference victory; its strongest moments have been league wins at SE Louisiana and Lamar plus home victories over New Orleans, TAM C. Christi and UTRGV, which help the resume but carry limited weight because of opponent quality. The Wildcats have shown fight in close outcomes away at North Alabama, Nicholls State, Incarnate Word and Houston Christian but the committee rewards true road and neutral wins more than narrow losses, and the string of lopsided road setbacks is the reason their at-large case is thin. With the conference tournament approaching and home dates against Houston Christian and Incarnate Word and road chances at TAM C. Christi and UTRGV remaining, they still have a path to change the picture, yet as things stand the lack of top-tier wins and the damage from tough road trips make the automatic qualifier their clearest route to the field.
| Date | Opponent | Ranking | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11/3 | @Texas A&M | 35 | L98-68 |
| 11/6 | @North Texas | 136 | L80-53 |
| 11/11 | @North Alabama | 341 | L87-83 |
| 11/18 | @San Francisco | 123 | L84-64 |
| 11/21 | @Grand Canyon | 67 | L85-72 |
| 11/29 | Southern Univ | 270 | L75-73 |
| 12/5 | @McNeese St | 62 | L92-54 |
| 12/7 | @SE Louisiana | 284 | W76-68 |
| 12/13 | @California | 66 | L79-70 |
| 12/29 | Lamar | 208 | L76-61 |
| 12/31 | SF Austin | 82 | L74-64 |
| 1/3 | New Orleans | 198 | W74-68 |
| 1/5 | @Nicholls St | 256 | L74-72 |
| 1/10 | TAM C. Christi | 188 | W79-78 |
| 1/12 | UTRGV | 135 | W64-63 |
| 1/17 | @Incarnate Word | 277 | L76-74 |
| 1/19 | @Houston Chr | 294 | L82-80 |
| 1/27 | @SF Austin | 82 | L69-67 |
| 1/31 | @New Orleans | 198 | L75-64 |
| 2/2 | Nicholls St | 256 | L61-58 |
| 2/4 | East Texas A&M | 278 | L74-68 |
| 2/7 | @East Texas A&M | 278 | L52-48 |
| 2/9 | @Lamar | 208 | W70-68 |
| 2/14 | SE Louisiana | 284 | W69-66 |
| 2/16 | McNeese St | 62 | L75-64 |
| 2/21 | Houston Chr | 294 | 64% |
| 2/23 | Incarnate Word | 277 | 61% |
| 2/28 | @TAM C. Christi | 188 | 22% |
| 3/2 | @UTRGV | 135 | 14% |