NCAA Tournament March Madness

#91 SF Austin

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Projection: likely out

SF Austin is on the outside because its résumé feels like that of a team that dominated the Southland but never landed a true nonconference marquee win and then suffered damaging setbacks that closed off upside. The Lumberjacks had bright moments, including road victories at Rice and Pepperdine and a tight road game at Fresno State that could have been a signature, but those high points are offset by a poor road result at UT Arlington and the neutral-site loss to McNeese State that extinguished their late push. Most of the resume is built on league victories and home wins such as the one over Arkansas State, so the committee will see consistency against conference foes but not the kind of quality neutral or road triumph that forces a different decision, and with the conference tournament defeat removing further chances to add one of those wins the profile reads like a strong mid-major that still falls short of an at-large case.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/7Arkansas St151W90-65
11/11@Rice226W81-69
11/14Abilene Chr242W76-66
11/18@Fresno St132L80-78
11/21@Pepperdine264W63-60
11/29@UT Arlington154L66-61
12/3UTRGV115W73-60
12/7ULM351W96-76
12/17TAM C. Christi174W69-60
12/29@East Texas A&M289W75-48
12/31@Northwestern LA281W74-64
1/3@SE Louisiana285W73-63
1/5@McNeese St68L66-64
1/10Houston Chr292W85-67
1/12Incarnate Word266W56-46
1/17@New Orleans193W84-79
1/19@Nicholls St236W79-62
1/24@Lamar237W88-81
1/27Northwestern LA281W69-67
1/31SE Louisiana285W85-58
2/2McNeese St68W67-60
2/7Lamar237W84-74
2/9East Texas A&M289W74-70
2/14@UTRGV115W66-57
2/16@TAM C. Christi174W78-68
2/21Nicholls St236W81-78
2/23New Orleans193L77-73
2/28@Houston Chr292W77-56
3/2@Incarnate Word266W76-68
3/10(N)TAM C. Christi174W60-58
3/11@McNeese St68L76-59