NCAA Tournament March Madness

#151 Arkansas St

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Arkansas State’s résumé reads like a team that needs the Sun Belt tournament to get in because its best moments are solid but not signature: a tough road victory at Ohio and a gritty road escape at Missouri State sit alongside dominant home wins over Bowling Green and ULM and useful road wins at Southern Miss and Louisiana, yet those highlights are offset by damaging low points such as the blowout losses away at Saint Mary’s and SMU and the humbling trip to Troy, plus a string of close defeats on the road at Rice, Georgia State and South Alabama that suggest inconsistency away from home. The nonconference slate offered real tests that were not converted into marquee neutral wins, and the conference ledger is littered with middling results rather than quality résumé builders, so unless Arkansas State captures the automatic berth they will be viewed as a longshot by the committee.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3@Ohio228W89-85
11/7@SF Austin91L90-65
11/11@Missouri St206W86-85
11/19@St Mary's CA24L85-72
11/21@SMU42L100-69
11/24Jacksonville St209W74-63
11/28N Dakota St113W85-80
12/2UT Arlington154W83-63
12/6@Ark Little Rock311W90-78
12/13@Rice226L77-76
12/17@Texas St245W89-70
12/20@Southern Miss218W93-86
1/3James Madison213L78-74
1/7Troy143W86-74
1/10Texas St245W83-82
1/15@South Alabama205L91-87
1/17@Troy143L99-74
1/22@Ga Southern235W85-68
1/24@Georgia St310L82-81
1/28Old Dominion248L75-71
1/31Marshall208L70-61
2/4@Coastal Car247W70-66
2/7Bowling Green147W91-54
2/11ULM351W103-70
2/14South Alabama205L92-88
2/19@Louisiana313W79-62
2/21@ULM351W102-94
2/24Southern Miss218W89-84
2/27Louisiana313W81-58
3/5(N)Ga Southern235L80-77