NCAA Tournament March Madness

#352 Alcorn St

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Alcorn State’s resume points toward winning the Southwestern Athletic Conference tournament as the only realistic route to the NCAA field. A neutral-site victory over Indiana State and narrow wins over Jackson State and Prairie View show the team can beat comparable opponents and close tight games, and a road victory at Mississippi Valley State plus a tough away win at Alabama A&M demonstrate some resilience on the road. Those positives are overwhelmed by heavy defeats at Florida State, Minnesota, LSU, Oklahoma, Baylor, Iowa State, Mississippi and Maryland that reveal clear struggles at major-conference venues and leave little in the way of marquee, neutral-site wins for the committee to reward. With few quality road or neutral victories and several damaging blowouts away from home the practical path is to peak in the league tournament and claim the automatic bid.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/4@Florida St71L108-76
11/6@South Alabama206L76-70
11/8@Minnesota72L95-50
11/11@Maryland134L84-64
11/13@Howard200L72-64
11/18@LSU62L107-81
11/23@Oklahoma47L72-53
11/28(N)Indiana St201W81-74
11/29@Louisiana Tech231L83-58
12/3@Iowa St8L132-68
12/19@Baylor49L113-56
12/29@Mississippi78L79-43
1/3@Jackson St342L89-86
1/10@Alabama A&M298W64-62
1/12@Alabama St317L81-66
1/17TX Southern307L72-71
1/19Prairie View312W76-75
1/24@Florida A&M316L66-58
1/26@Bethune-Cookman235L82-73
1/31Southern Univ279W78-73
2/2Grambling297L74-50
2/7@Ark Pine Bluff314L84-77
2/9@MS Valley St365W74-66
2/14Bethune-Cookman235W57-55
2/16Florida A&M316L86-78
2/21Jackson St342W83-65
2/26@TX Southern307L92-87
2/28@Prairie View312L72-51
3/3MS Valley St365W67-64
3/5Ark Pine Bluff314L83-48