NCAA Tournament March Madness

#332 Lafayette

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Lafayette’s resume is built on a couple of home wins over Ball State and Mercyhurst but is compromised by heavy road losses at St. Joseph’s, Texas and West Virginia and a tough home defeat to Cornell, so the profile lacks quality wins away from Easton. A competitive outing at Stonehill hinted at better road toughness, yet it is outweighed by lopsided nonconference setbacks and the absence of neutral-site signatures. The remainder of the schedule provides clear ways to repair the picture with a home meeting against Colgate and a string of Patriot League opportunities at Loyola Maryland, Bucknell, Army, Lehigh and Holy Cross, while road trips to Penn, Charlotte and Georgia Tech and a late trip to Colgate represent the stiffest tests. In short, erasing the damage from those early blowouts will require piling up conference road victories and, ideally, an upset of Colgate or a resume-enhancing road win against a higher-profile opponent to change how the committee views the season.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3@St Joseph's PA180L85-76
11/8@Texas55L97-60
11/13Cornell160L97-78
11/17@West Virginia70L81-59
11/21@Stonehill345L74-70
11/28Le Moyne320L76-63
11/29Ball St324W55-37
11/30Monmouth NJ215L88-74
12/5Mercyhurst327W79-71
12/8@Penn22419%
12/18@Charlotte19215%
12/20@Georgia Tech1338%
12/31Colgate16627%
1/3@Loyola MD31834%
1/7Boston Univ24942%
1/10@Navy19015%
1/14@Bucknell31534%
1/17Holy Cross30754%
1/21@Boston Univ24922%
1/24@Lehigh29730%
1/26Bucknell31556%
1/31@American Univ23420%
2/4Navy19031%
2/7@Army34944%
2/11Loyola MD31856%
2/14Lehigh29751%
2/18@Holy Cross30732%
2/21American Univ23439%
2/25@Colgate16612%
2/28Army34966%