NCAA Tournament March Madness

#132 Arkansas St

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Arkansas State’s resume is built around a few valuable road victories and a string of ugly losses that together create an uneven but salvageable profile. Wins at Ohio and Missouri State and a solid road victory at Arkansas Little Rock stand out as the kind of on-the-road success committees like to see, while blowout defeats at SMU, St. Mary’s and Stephen F. Austin and a narrow loss at Rice reveal defensive vulnerabilities on tougher trips. Home wins over Jacksonville State and North Dakota State and conference victories such as Texas State and Southern Miss show the offense can carry the team against midlevel foes, yet there is a noticeable lack of a neutral-site or high-major signature to silence doubts. The remaining slate offers clear chances to change perceptions with road tests at South Alabama, Troy, Georgia Southern and Georgia State and home opportunities against James Madison, Old Dominion and Marshall plus late games against Louisiana and ULM that can either cement an at-large posture or leave the team needing a strong conference-tournament run.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3@Ohio189W89-85
11/7@SF Austin123L90-65
11/11@Missouri St241W86-85
11/19@St Mary's CA32L85-72
11/21@SMU40L100-69
11/24Jacksonville St219W74-63
11/28N Dakota St151W85-80
12/2UT Arlington170W83-63
12/6@Ark Little Rock312W90-78
12/13@Rice239L77-76
12/17@Texas St259W89-70
12/20@Southern Miss198W93-86
1/3James Madison21578%
1/4James Madison21578%
1/7Troy13862%
1/10Texas St25983%
1/15@South Alabama19254%
1/17@Troy13840%
1/22@Ga Southern21658%
1/24@Georgia St32781%
1/28Old Dominion22179%
1/31Marshall15767%
2/4@Coastal Car22460%
2/11ULM35196%
2/14South Alabama19274%
2/19@Louisiana31678%
2/21@ULM35187%
2/24Southern Miss19875%
2/27Louisiana31691%