NCAA Tournament March Madness

#124 UTRGV

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Projection: likely out

UTRGV's profile makes the projection sensible because its résumé is built mostly from wins over lower-tier Southland opponents, including strong road nights at Incarnate Word, New Orleans and Houston Christian and a key home victory over McNeese, while its most damaging moments are lopsided losses away at power conference programs such as Baylor and Illinois and difficult defeats at Boise State and in both meetings with Stephen F. Austin that undercut any at-large argument; inconsistency within the league, exemplified by splitting with McNeese and dropping tight games on the road to lesser conference teams, leaves the squad without a signature neutral-site or high-major scalp to balance those blemishes, so the only realistic route into the NCAA field is to secure the Southland’s automatic berth.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3@Baylor48L96-81
11/8@Southern Utah252W95-72
11/11@Boise St55L85-65
11/22@Missouri St215L74-67
11/24@Illinois5L87-73
12/3@SF Austin89L73-60
12/7Austin Peay175W63-50
12/11UT Arlington156L58-50
12/16@Lamar239W83-72
12/29New Orleans182L85-69
12/31Nicholls St232L71-69
1/3TAM C. Christi180L63-59
1/5Incarnate Word266W80-67
1/10@East Texas A&M286L77-69
1/12@Northwestern LA280L64-63
1/17McNeese St68W79-76
1/19SE Louisiana285W68-65
1/24@Houston Chr289W68-51
1/26@TAM C. Christi180W64-55
1/31@Incarnate Word266W106-93
2/2Houston Chr289W74-57
2/7@New Orleans182W95-76
2/9@Nicholls St232W92-72
2/14SF Austin89L66-57
2/16Lamar239W70-65
2/21@SE Louisiana285W96-75
2/23@McNeese St68L75-68
2/28East Texas A&M286W63-55
3/2Northwestern LA280W74-62
3/9(N)Nicholls St23272%