NCAA Tournament March Madness

#287 Alabama A&M

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Alabama A&M’s resume reads like a team that can beat peer midmajor opponents at home but has been exposed on the road against power conference competition, and that contrast explains its standing. The home wins over Charleston Southern, Lindenwood and Tennessee State show the team can handle comparable opposition, but the lopsided losses at Indiana and Clemson and defeats at Lipscomb and Coastal Carolina are the kind of bad road results that selection committees remember. With a nonconference ledger lacking neutral-site signature victories, the remaining slate becomes critical; the neutral test against Mississippi and several true road conference dates against the likes of Arkansas Pine Bluff, Alabama State, Southern and Grambling represent the best chances to shift perception. Until Alabama A&M can turn one of those road or neutral opportunities into a quality win or avoid more damaging losses, the profile will be judged on those mixed home successes and those harsh road failures.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/5@Indiana21L98-51
11/13Charleston So267W68-64
11/16Lindenwood249W74-65
11/28@Clemson26L92-56
11/30@Coastal Car218L67-60
12/3Tennessee St254W80-53
12/7@Lipscomb139L92-58
12/15North Alabama21749%
12/17(N)Mississippi516%
12/21Chattanooga22349%
1/3@Ark Pine Bluff34759%
1/5@MS Valley St36586%
1/10Alcorn St33473%
1/12Jackson St32270%
1/17@Alabama St25533%
1/24@TX Southern31546%
1/26@Prairie View30243%
1/31Florida A&M33976%
2/2Bethune-Cookman22950%
2/7@Southern Univ21127%
2/9@Grambling28538%
2/14MS Valley St36595%
2/16Ark Pine Bluff34779%
2/19@Florida A&M33956%
2/21@Bethune-Cookman22929%
2/28Alabama St25555%
3/3Grambling28560%
3/5Southern Univ21148%