NCAA Tournament March Madness

#265 Nicholls St

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Nicholls St’s nonconference slate put it on the road against several high-end opponents and those true road trips produced lopsided losses that leave the resume without a marquee win to hang on to. Some competitive showings away at Valparaiso and Tulane hinted at the program’s ability to compete, but they do not replace the damage done by defeats at Kentucky, Creighton, Oklahoma State and Murray State, which hurt the team’s road profile and overall quality of wins. What remains are routine Southland dates at home against Houston Christian, East Texas A&M and Northwestern Louisiana and league road chances at New Orleans and McNeese State where the committee-quality wins must be earned, so the simplest path to improving the standing is to avoid more bad losses and start collecting the road and neutral victories the committee prizes.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/4@Kentucky19L77-51
11/7@E Illinois329L65-57
11/12@Valparaiso196L68-63
11/15@Murray St114L99-79
11/22@Oklahoma St50L95-81
11/28@Tulane173L82-72
12/2@Creighton51L96-76
12/6Incarnate Word17645%
12/17Houston Chr29166%
12/21@Pacific13015%
12/29@TAM C. Christi24836%
12/31@UTRGV20028%
1/3East Texas A&M29969%
1/5Northwestern LA31772%
1/10@New Orleans19327%
1/12@McNeese St756%
1/17Lamar20550%
1/19SF Austin14637%
1/24@SE Louisiana25437%
1/26New Orleans19348%
1/31@East Texas A&M29947%
2/2@Northwestern LA31750%
2/7TAM C. Christi24858%
2/9UTRGV20049%
2/14@Incarnate Word17625%
2/16@Houston Chr29144%
2/21@SF Austin14619%
2/23@Lamar20529%
2/28SE Louisiana25459%
3/2McNeese St7517%