NCAA Tournament March Madness

#42 New Mexico

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Projected seed: 11 (last four in)

New Mexico’s standing reflects a clear mix of resume-making wins and damaging setbacks that leave the committee cautious. Their best moments include a neutral-site victory over Mississippi State and gritty road wins at VCU, Colorado State and UNLV plus a home statement against Santa Clara, evidence they can win away from their own gym and beat worthy opponents. Their worst moments are the nonconference loss at in-state rival New Mexico State, the road defeats at Boise State and San Diego State and the neutral loss to Nebraska, results that undercut the quality of the résumé when paired with an uneven slate. With several meaningful road and neutral opportunities left — trips to San Jose State, Boise State, Fresno State and Nevada along with games against Utah State, San Diego State and a home date with Air Force — New Mexico has plenty of chances to flip bad losses into quality wins. The selection group values true road and neutral victories and will reward the Lobos for cleaning up those away results while penalizing more bad losses away from home, so how they finish that portion of the schedule will determine whether they move off the bubble.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/5East Texas A&M295W76-54
11/8UT Arlington143W74-56
11/11UC Riverside276W82-68
11/15@New Mexico St158L76-68
11/20(N)Nebraska11L84-72
11/21(N)Mississippi St83W80-78
11/26Alabama St313W93-87
12/6Santa Clara44W98-71
12/10@VCU46W81-78
12/14FGCU228W75-59
12/20San Jose St255W88-65
12/30@Boise St54L62-53
1/3Wyoming111W78-58
1/6@Colorado St95W80-70
1/10@Air Force346W91-49
1/13Grand Canyon75W87-64
1/17@San Diego St43L83-79
1/21Fresno St138W83-74
1/24Nevada63W80-73
1/27@UNLV134W89-61
1/31@San Jose St25590%
2/4Utah St3054%
2/7Boise St5470%
2/11@Grand Canyon7555%
2/17Air Force34699%
2/21@Fresno St13875%
2/24@Nevada6351%
2/28San Diego St4361%
3/4Colorado St9581%
3/7@Utah St3032%