NCAA Tournament March Madness

#317 Alabama St

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Alabama State looks like a team that will need to win its conference tournament to reach the NCAA field because its résumé is built around victories over low-tier opponents while being repeatedly exposed on the road against major-conference foes. The rare bright moments, such as the gritty road win at UAB and a competitive outing at New Mexico, are overwhelmed by blowout defeats on the road at Florida State, Cincinnati and Mississippi State and by damaging home losses to conference rivals like Jackson State, Grambling and Southern. Those heavy defeats combined with a schedule that offered few signature neutral-site wins leave the committee little reason to extend an at-large berth, so the path to the bracket runs through the Southwestern AC tournament rather than through a resume-based case.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/7@Florida St70L101-64
11/11@UAB119W77-74
11/17@Colorado64L94-66
11/19@Air Force345L66-64
11/21(N)IUPUI318W101-80
11/23(N)SIUE257L83-68
11/26@New Mexico48L93-87
12/7@TN Martin222L74-64
12/11@Missouri50L85-77
12/17@Cincinnati42L88-51
12/22@Memphis130L88-67
12/29@Mississippi St98L94-56
1/3@MS Valley St365W89-69
1/5@Ark Pine Bluff314L90-79
1/10Jackson St342L75-64
1/12Alcorn St352W81-66
1/19(N)Alabama A&M298L73-69
1/24@Prairie View312W95-80
1/27@TX Southern307L96-64
1/31Bethune-Cookman235L69-54
2/2Florida A&M316W79-66
2/7@Grambling297L57-47
2/9@Southern Univ279L69-68
2/14Ark Pine Bluff314W79-61
2/16MS Valley St365W92-55
2/19@Bethune-Cookman235L82-71
2/21@Florida A&M316L76-63
2/28@Alabama A&M298W89-88
3/3Southern Univ279L71-64
3/5Grambling297L65-63