NCAA Tournament March Madness

#181 TAM C. Christi

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

TAM C. Christi needs the Southland automatic bid because its nonconference slate produced no marquee victories while including several lopsided losses at power conference sites such as Kansas, SMU, Oklahoma State and Xavier, and those results outweigh the resume-building wins over league peers like Lamar, New Orleans and road victories at UTRGV and Houston Christian. The Islanders have shown they can beat their conference counterparts and notch road wins against lesser foes but they lack a resume-enhancing win that would grab a committee’s eye, and home setbacks to McNeese State and a loss to Nicholls State only deepen that hole. With the remaining schedule mostly composed of familiar Southland opponents and a crucial trip to McNeese State, their clearest path to the big dance is an extended run through the conference tournament.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/6@SMU31L69-58
11/8@Tarleton St176L85-77
11/11@Kansas17L77-46
11/16@Oklahoma St67L85-69
11/28@Xavier87L88-67
12/6@Lamar220W57-49
12/17@SF Austin95L69-60
12/29Nicholls St228L76-71
12/31New Orleans215W83-69
1/3@UTRGV199W63-59
1/5@Houston Chr300W81-65
1/10@Northwestern LA287L79-78
1/12@East Texas A&M288W61-50
1/17SE Louisiana270W68-56
1/19McNeese St66L69-53
1/24@Incarnate Word23749%
1/26UTRGV19964%
1/31Houston Chr30082%
2/2Incarnate Word23770%
2/7@Nicholls St22847%
2/9@New Orleans21546%
2/14Lamar22068%
2/16SF Austin9537%
2/21@McNeese St6612%
2/23@SE Louisiana27057%
2/28Northwestern LA28779%
3/2East Texas A&M28880%