NCAA Tournament March Madness

#360 ULM

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

ULM’s résumé points toward needing the conference title because its résumé’s best note is a home victory over Mississippi Valley State and a handful of competitive showings at home against South Alabama and Louisiana, while the season is otherwise defined by heavy road defeats at Illinois, Miami, Kansas State and Marshall plus rough neutral-site outings against Houston Christian and Morehead State. Those results leave the team without the kind of road or neutral signatures committees prize and they erode any argument for an at-large slot. With the rest of the schedule largely consisting of home dates with Georgia Southern and Coastal Carolina and tough road trips to Old Dominion and Arkansas State, chances to rehabilitate the résumé are limited and clustered against peer-level opponents, so winning the league’s automatic berth is the clearest path to the tournament.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3@N Illinois301L102-82
11/7@Mississippi73L86-65
11/13@Houston Chr306L72-61
11/17Lamar207L79-66
11/22(N)Morehead St299L83-80
11/23@ETSU126L97-55
12/3MS Valley St365W66-52
12/7@SF Austin99L96-76
12/13@Miami FL38L104-79
12/17South Alabama206L96-92
12/20Louisiana331L76-62
12/28@Kansas St86L94-85
1/1Southern Miss250L87-73
1/3Texas St282L84-79
1/8@Louisiana331L85-79
1/10@Southern Miss250L70-60
1/17Georgia St270L77-57
1/22@Marshall177L115-60
1/23@Appalachian St216L59-43
1/29Ga Southern24523%
1/31Coastal Car23421%
2/4@Old Dominion2258%
2/7Ball St31036%
2/11@Arkansas St1594%
2/14@Texas St28214%
2/18Troy1137%
2/21Arkansas St15912%
2/25@South Alabama2067%
2/27@Troy1132%