NCAA Tournament March Madness

#353 ULM

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

ULM’s resume does not present a credible at-large case because the schedule is littered with lopsided defeats at the likes of Kansas State, Miami, Mississippi and Northern Illinois. Its best signatures are a home victory over Mississippi Valley State and a road win at Old Dominion, but neither carries the quality a committee rewards. The team has struggled away from home and in neutral settings, as shown by heavy losses at Marshall and Appalachian State and by damaging results at Louisiana and Southern Miss. Nonconference trips to major programs produced losses instead of résumé-building wins, and with no meaningful top-tier victories the practical path to the NCAA tournament runs through claiming the Sun Belt’s automatic berth; upcoming chances against Troy, Arkansas State and a trip to South Alabama are the final opportunities to create momentum or produce a résumé-changing result.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3@N Illinois316L102-82
11/7@Mississippi81L86-65
11/13@Houston Chr294L72-61
11/17Lamar208L79-66
11/22(N)Morehead St290L83-80
11/23@ETSU138L97-55
12/3MS Valley St365W66-52
12/7@SF Austin82L96-76
12/13@Miami FL37L104-79
12/17South Alabama193L96-92
12/20Louisiana308L76-62
12/28@Kansas St101L94-85
1/1Southern Miss235L87-73
1/3Texas St244L84-79
1/8@Louisiana308L85-79
1/10@Southern Miss235L70-60
1/17Georgia St293L77-57
1/22@Marshall185L115-60
1/23@Appalachian St176L59-43
1/30Ga Southern264L79-76
2/1Coastal Car233L83-79
2/4@Old Dominion243W85-79
2/7Ball St324L73-68
2/11@Arkansas St148L103-70
2/14@Texas St244L95-84
2/18Troy14312%
2/21Arkansas St14813%
2/25@South Alabama1937%
2/27@Troy1434%