NCAA Tournament March Madness

#274 Longwood

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Longwood’s resume forces a simple conclusion: the Tigers must capture the Big South’s automatic bid because their best wins are modest and their worst losses are damaging. The résumé includes a solid home victory over Winthrop, a dominant performance against Gardner‑Webb and a close home win over Charleston Southern, but those bright spots are undone by lopsided road defeats at Columbia and American University, a heavy nonconference loss at Pittsburgh and damaging results against low‑major opponents such as Maryland Eastern Shore and Delaware State. A competitive outing at Wake Forest shows the team can compete on a bigger stage, yet it remains a loss and the roster still lacks meaningful victories away from home or on neutral courts that would convince a selection committee of at‑large worthiness. Given the modest quality of signature wins and the presence of several bad losses, the only realistic path to the NCAA field runs through winning the conference tournament and the remaining league dates and road tests are the final opportunities to change that narrative.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/7@Pittsburgh100L78-60
11/12James Madison229W82-72
11/15Binghamton362W90-82
11/18MD E Shore326L83-82
11/23@Columbia164L95-70
11/28(N)Siena173L70-63
11/29(N)Maine345W65-61
11/30@American Univ221L92-66
12/6@Morgan St356W84-80
12/13Delaware St359L81-76
12/17@Wake Forest74L71-68
12/20@NC Central347W74-72
12/31Winthrop119W82-70
1/3@High Point94L80-67
1/7@UNC Asheville218L72-61
1/10Presbyterian277W77-70
1/17@Radford257L85-83
1/21Gardner Webb363W91-56
1/23Charleston So227W81-79
1/29@SC Upstate29845%
1/31High Point9421%
2/4@Gardner Webb36379%
2/7@Winthrop11913%
2/12UNC Asheville21849%
2/14SC Upstate29867%
2/19@Presbyterian27740%
2/21@Charleston So22730%
2/28Radford25757%