NCAA Tournament March Madness

#360 ULM

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

ULM’s résumé points toward needing the conference title because its résumé’s best note is a home victory over Mississippi Valley State and a handful of competitive showings at home against South Alabama and Louisiana, while the season is otherwise defined by heavy road defeats at Illinois, Miami, Kansas State and Marshall plus rough neutral-site outings against Houston Christian and Morehead State. Those results leave the team without the kind of road or neutral signatures committees prize and they erode any argument for an at-large slot. With the rest of the schedule largely consisting of home dates with Georgia Southern and Coastal Carolina and tough road trips to Old Dominion and Arkansas State, chances to rehabilitate the résumé are limited and clustered against peer-level opponents, so winning the league’s automatic berth is the clearest path to the tournament.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3@N Illinois317L102-82
11/7@Mississippi72L86-65
11/13@Houston Chr307L72-61
11/17Lamar220L79-66
11/22(N)Morehead St300L83-80
11/23@ETSU130L97-55
12/3MS Valley St365W66-52
12/7@SF Austin93L96-76
12/13@Miami FL38L104-79
12/17South Alabama205L96-92
12/20Louisiana331L76-62
12/28@Kansas St88L94-85
1/1Southern Miss251L87-73
1/3Texas St286L84-79
1/8@Louisiana331L85-79
1/10@Southern Miss251L70-60
1/17Georgia St267L77-57
1/22@Marshall167L115-60
1/23@Appalachian St218L59-43
1/29Ga Southern25023%
1/31Coastal Car23521%
2/4@Old Dominion2389%
2/7Ball St31136%
2/11@Arkansas St1523%
2/14@Texas St28614%
2/18Troy1117%
2/21Arkansas St15210%
2/25@South Alabama2057%
2/27@Troy1112%