NCAA Tournament March Madness

#161 Loy Marymount

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Loyola Marymount’s resume mixes a few resume-building moments with a string of damaging setbacks, so its most secure route to the NCAA field is winning the West Coast Conference tournament. A road victory at UC Santa Barbara and a gritty home win over San Francisco show they can win away from home and beat quality league opponents, yet a neutral loss to Florida Atlantic and a one-sided defeat at Gonzaga stand out as glaring failures against top-tier foes. Tough trips to Santa Clara and Oregon State and an ugly result against Saint Louis have undercut the value of easier nonconference wins, so the upcoming slate that includes a home date with Santa Clara and road tests at San Francisco and Pepperdine gives clear opportunities to replace soft wins with signature victories; without those road or neutral rebounds the team’s damaged profile makes the conference title feel like the most reliable ticket to the big dance.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/5E Washington233W70-62
11/8Ark Pine Bluff312W94-72
11/11@UTEP288W71-58
11/14Troy113W74-63
11/17@UC Santa Barbara137W78-74
11/24(N)FL Atlantic97L76-65
11/25(N)Ohio235W70-58
11/28Stony Brook241L71-68
12/2St Louis25L91-70
12/16UC San Diego108L67-57
12/19North Alabama334W91-57
12/23Morgan St356W83-56
12/28St Mary's CA36L78-73
12/30Pacific109W80-71
1/2@Washington St140L78-76
1/4@Gonzaga10L82-47
1/8San Francisco102W84-82
1/10@Santa Clara44L103-72
1/14@Oregon St214L76-70
1/17Portland199L71-58
1/21@Seattle131L69-59
1/28Oregon St214L72-69
1/31Santa Clara4421%
2/3@San Francisco10224%
2/7San Diego19669%
2/11@Pacific10927%
2/14@Pepperdine27363%
2/21@San Diego19647%
2/25Washington St14056%
2/28Seattle13154%