NCAA Tournament March Madness

#297 Lehigh

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Lehigh’s resume is built around a pair of modest bright spots — a comfortable home victory over St Francis PA and a neutral-site win over Texas State — but the nonconference slate also includes damaging road losses at Houston and West Virginia and a disappointing defeat at Marist that leave few signature scalps. A close neutral loss to UC Santa Barbara shows the team can be competitive away from home, yet meaningful wins away from the Bethlehem court are otherwise scarce and losses to midlevel opponents like Columbia further erode the profile. That combination of few quality wins and a handful of harmful defeats makes the Patriot League schedule the decisive phase: home dates with Army, Holy Cross, Lafayette and Bucknell are clear opportunities to rebuild momentum while road trips to Colgate and Navy are the tests that can define the resume. Everything now hinges on taking care of those conference chances and arriving at the league tournament with a stronger body of work.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3@Houston8L75-57
11/9@West Virginia69L69-47
11/14@Rutgers128L84-72
11/18St Francis PA354W79-62
11/21Columbia134L82-67
11/25@Marist152L78-55
11/28(N)UC Santa Barbara147L72-70
11/29(N)Texas St231W78-74
12/2@Binghamton349L80-71
12/6LIU Brooklyn23348%
12/21@Monmouth NJ21324%
12/31Army34875%
1/3@Bucknell31543%
1/7Holy Cross30663%
1/10@Colgate16418%
1/14@Boston Univ24930%
1/17Navy19141%
1/19Loyola MD31866%
1/24Lafayette33270%
1/28@Army34854%
1/31Colgate16436%
2/4@Loyola MD31844%
2/7@Holy Cross30641%
2/11American Univ23449%
2/14@Lafayette33249%
2/18@Navy19121%
2/21Boston Univ24952%
2/25@American Univ23428%
2/28Bucknell31565%