NCAA Tournament March Madness
#253 La Salle
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La Salle’s resume reads like a team that has produced a couple of comfortable wins over low-major opponents but has otherwise been defined more by damaging defeats to higher-tier programs and a handful of close losses that show flashes but not consistency. Losses at Temple and neutral-site setbacks to Penn State and Villanova have exposed limits against top competition while a narrow road loss at Penn and a tight nonconference loss to Hofstra suggest the team can compete but has not yet closed out the profile-changing results it needs. The Atlantic Ten slate offers mixed opportunity: home dates against George Mason and St Louis and a soft draw like Fordham are chances to pile up resume-building victories, but a string of difficult true road and neutral assignments at Rhode Island, Richmond, Davidson and Loyola-Chicago plus a looming trip to Michigan makes the remaining schedule unforgiving unless La Salle can knock off an opponent that will actually move the needle. With signature wins lacking and a number of potentially harmful losses already on the ledger, the team’s path forward is straightforward — win on the road and steal a neutral or two — otherwise the profile will remain a collection of promising moments without the quality scalps a committee will prioritize.
| Date | Opponent | Ranking | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11/5 | Coppin St | 364 | W87-59 |
| 11/8 | Monmouth NJ | 216 | W73-60 |
| 11/11 | @Temple | 159 | L90-63 |
| 11/15 | (N)Penn St | 93 | L83-69 |
| 11/19 | Villanova | 39 | L70-55 |
| 11/28 | (N)Hofstra | 137 | L63-58 |
| 11/29 | @Penn | 226 | L73-71 |
| 11/30 | (N)Merrimack | 287 | L66-60 |
| 12/6 | (N)Drexel | 273 | 53% |
| 12/13 | @LIU Brooklyn | 233 | 35% |
| 12/19 | @High Point | 88 | 9% |
| 12/21 | @Michigan | 1 | 0% |
| 12/31 | George Mason | 57 | 14% |
| 1/3 | @G Washington | 65 | 5% |
| 1/7 | @Rhode Island | 105 | 12% |
| 1/10 | St Louis | 44 | 11% |
| 1/14 | @Richmond | 100 | 11% |
| 1/17 | St Bonaventure | 114 | 29% |
| 1/21 | Dayton | 67 | 16% |
| 1/28 | @Fordham | 222 | 34% |
| 1/31 | St Joseph's PA | 181 | 48% |
| 2/3 | @Loyola-Chicago | 288 | 45% |
| 2/7 | @St Louis | 44 | 4% |
| 2/11 | VCU | 40 | 10% |
| 2/18 | @Duquesne | 142 | 19% |
| 2/21 | Rhode Island | 105 | 27% |
| 2/24 | G Washington | 65 | 15% |
| 3/1 | @Davidson | 135 | 17% |
| 3/4 | Fordham | 222 | 55% |
| 3/7 | @St Joseph's PA | 181 | 27% |