NCAA Tournament March Madness

#316 Northwestern LA

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Northwestern LA’s body of work is defined by a long stretch of tough road trips against the likes of Texas A&M, North Texas, San Francisco, Grand Canyon and California that left the resume light on headline victories, and those heavy defeats are hard to overcome. The program’s brightest moments are the competitive outing at North Alabama and the narrow loss to Southern Univ, but those positives are overshadowed by the blowouts at McNeese St and elsewhere that signal the team struggles in hostile environments. There are still straightforward ways to change the narrative through conference play against familiar foes such as Lamar, SF Austin, New Orleans, Nicholls St, Houston Christian, East Texas A&M and the rest, because wins in those games and cleaner road results would give the résumé a clearer claim. As it stands the profile shows more damage from bad losses than proof of quality wins, so avoiding further setbacks and racking up conference victories become the only reliable path to improving perception.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3@Texas A&M45L98-68
11/6@North Texas141L80-53
11/11@North Alabama220L87-83
11/18@San Francisco104L84-64
11/21@Grand Canyon102L85-72
11/29Southern Univ202L75-73
12/5@McNeese St75L92-54
12/7@SE Louisiana25427%
12/13@California713%
12/29Lamar20439%
12/31SF Austin14627%
1/3New Orleans19236%
1/5@Nicholls St26628%
1/10TAM C. Christi24847%
1/12UTRGV20038%
1/17@Incarnate Word17617%
1/19@Houston Chr29233%
1/24East Texas A&M29958%
1/26@SF Austin14612%
1/31@New Orleans19218%
2/2Nicholls St26650%
2/7@East Texas A&M29936%
2/9@Lamar20420%
2/14SE Louisiana25448%
2/16McNeese St7510%
2/21Houston Chr29255%
2/23Incarnate Word17634%
2/28@TAM C. Christi24826%
3/2@UTRGV20019%