NCAA Tournament March Madness

#314 Ark Pine Bluff

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Arkansas–Pine Bluff's résumé forces a simple conclusion: their only realistic path to the NCAA tournament runs through winning the Southwestern AC tournament. The nonconference slate is littered with lopsided road defeats at Power Five stops like Washington, Vanderbilt, Oklahoma and SMU and damaging setbacks at mid‑major venues such as Portland, Loyola Marymount, Marshall, Miami Ohio and Tulsa, so there are virtually no signature wins to sell on Selection Sunday. The few encouraging moments, most notably a gritty road victory at Illinois Chicago and convincing wins over Alcorn State both home and away, are overwhelmed by ugly losses to conference peers like Mississippi Valley State and Alabama A&M and by persistent struggles away from home and on neutral courts. With few quality scalps and several damaging defeats, the team must capture the conference crown to punch its ticket.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3@Washington53L94-50
11/6@Portland202L83-74
11/8@Loy Marymount161L94-72
11/11@Oklahoma40L95-69
11/15@Vanderbilt12L104-75
11/18@SMU42L106-60
11/20@Marshall208L98-70
11/23@Miami OH93L111-84
12/3@IL Chicago105W63-62
12/6@DePaul102L76-72
12/10@Tulsa63L117-84
1/3Alabama A&M307W95-83
1/5Alabama St318W90-79
1/10@TX Southern316W74-66
1/12@Prairie View288L73-61
1/17Florida A&M312L71-67
1/19Bethune-Cookman243L87-82
1/24@Southern Univ279W75-74
1/31@MS Valley St365W78-70
2/4@Grambling298W67-64
2/7Alcorn St346W84-77
2/9Jackson St341W84-63
2/14@Alabama St318L79-61
2/16@Alabama A&M307L82-70
2/19TX Southern316L83-64
2/21Prairie View288W84-82
2/28MS Valley St365L70-69
3/3@Jackson St341L81-78
3/5@Alcorn St346W83-48
3/12(N)Southern Univ279L84-81