NCAA Tournament March Madness

#305 Lehigh

Bubble Watch | Bracketology

Chat with the Bracketologist | How does this work?


Projection: need to automatically qualify

Lehigh’s path to the NCAA tournament is most plausible through the league’s automatic berth because its resume lacks the kind of signature wins and consistent road success that the committee prizes; decisive defeats at Houston and West Virginia and ugly losses at midmajor and low‑major opponents have done real damage, while isolated bright spots such as the close neutral game at UC Santa Barbara, the neutral win over Texas State, the road victory at Colgate and the hard‑earned trip win at Boston University show the team can compete but are not enough on their own. Conference victories at Holy Cross, Loyola Maryland and Lafayette help the profile but earlier road setbacks at Bucknell, Monmouth and Marist underline a vulnerability away from home. Upcoming chances, most notably the rematch at Colgate and further road tests at Loyola Maryland and Holy Cross plus conference home opportunities against the likes of Bucknell and Boston University, are where Lehigh can either erase bad losses from view or leave the committee with little choice but to insist on an automatic qualifier.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3@Houston6L75-57
11/9@West Virginia58L69-47
11/14@Rutgers155L84-72
11/18St Francis PA353W79-62
11/21Columbia164L82-67
11/25@Marist162L78-55
11/28(N)UC Santa Barbara137L72-70
11/29(N)Texas St282W78-74
12/2@Binghamton362L80-71
12/6LIU Brooklyn219L87-82
12/21@Monmouth NJ198L76-62
12/31Army337L85-78
1/3@Bucknell327L72-65
1/7Holy Cross328W66-58
1/10@Colgate204W78-77
1/14@Boston Univ292W93-91
1/17Navy178L82-79
1/19Loyola MD322W88-81
1/24Lafayette317W64-59
1/28@Army337L67-64
1/31Colgate20439%
2/4@Loyola MD32244%
2/7@Holy Cross32846%
2/11American Univ22142%
2/14@Lafayette31743%
2/18@Navy17816%
2/21Boston Univ29258%
2/25@American Univ22122%
2/28Bucknell32767%