NCAA Tournament March Madness

#202 New Orleans

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

New Orleans projects as a team that needs the conference automatic because its résumé is defined by two marquee road victories at TCU and at Tulane that prove it can win away from home, but those highs are offset by heavy road losses at LSU, Houston and Texas Tech and by damaging home setbacks such as the defeat to SF Austin. That mix creates a resume with an eye‑catching peak and several blemishes that require repair. The remaining slate hands New Orleans straightforward chances to right the ship with home dates against Northwestern Louisiana, UTRGV and TAM C. Christi and key road tests at SE Louisiana, East Texas A&M, Houston Christian, Incarnate Word, Lamar and McNeese State, and winning those games would erase the bad losses and demonstrate the consistent road and neutral-site performance the committee rewards. If those opportunities are squandered the lopsided losses will remain the defining feature of the profile.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3@TCU51W78-74
11/10@LSU50L93-58
11/14@Tulane194W85-63
11/18@Pepperdine273L90-79
11/21@Fresno St138L85-76
11/24@Mississippi St83L81-78
11/26@Texas Tech18L82-50
12/3@Memphis105L86-70
12/6Houston Chr306L85-76
12/8Incarnate Word248W84-83
12/13@Houston6L99-57
12/29@UTRGV174W85-69
12/31@TAM C. Christi185L83-69
1/3@Northwestern LA271L74-68
1/5East Texas A&M295W83-73
1/10Nicholls St247L90-77
1/12@SE Louisiana259W79-76
1/17SF Austin99L84-79
1/19Lamar207W89-76
1/24@McNeese St68L82-63
1/27@Nicholls St247W80-62
1/31Northwestern LA27174%
2/2@East Texas A&M29558%
2/7UTRGV17455%
2/9TAM C. Christi18558%
2/14@Houston Chr30661%
2/16@Incarnate Word24848%
2/21@Lamar20739%
2/23@SF Austin9917%
2/28McNeese St6823%
3/2SE Louisiana25972%