NCAA Tournament March Madness

#358 Ark Pine Bluff

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Ark Pine Bluff’s profile is driven more by how it lost than by how it won: a gritty road victory at IL Chicago stands out as the only notable positive result away from home, while a string of heavy defeats at Washington, Vanderbilt, SMU, Oklahoma and other nonconference opponents has left the resume with significant damage; the team showed it will schedule tough foes but did not protect itself in those hostile environments, so the committee will note the lack of quality road or neutral wins. The conference slate still offers plenty of chances to rebuild credibility at home against Alabama A&M, Alabama State, Florida A&M, Bethune-Cookman and Prairie View, and to prove resiliency on the road at Southern Univ, Grambling, Jackson St, Alcorn St and Texas Southern, but those opportunities must be seized because the early blowouts created very little margin for error.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3@Washington59L94-50
11/6@Portland246L83-74
11/8@Loy Marymount143L94-72
11/11@Oklahoma46L95-69
11/15@Vanderbilt7L104-75
11/18@SMU43L106-60
11/20@Marshall168L98-70
11/23@Miami OH136L111-84
12/3@IL Chicago198W63-62
12/6@DePaul1173%
12/10@Tulsa852%
1/3Alabama A&M26232%
1/5Alabama St26031%
1/10@TX Southern31522%
1/12@Prairie View30020%
1/17Florida A&M34653%
1/19Bethune-Cookman23628%
1/24@Southern Univ2039%
1/26@Grambling28517%
1/31@MS Valley St36566%
2/7Alcorn St33148%
2/9Jackson St31943%
2/14@Alabama St26015%
2/16@Alabama A&M26215%
2/21Prairie View30039%
2/28MS Valley St36583%
3/3@Jackson St31923%
3/5@Alcorn St33127%