NCAA Tournament March Madness

#153 Arkansas St

Bubble Watch | Bracketology

Chat with the Bracketologist | How does this work?


Projected seed: 15 (automatic qualifier)

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@Ohio227W89-85
11/7@SF Austin86L90-65
11/11@Missouri St202W86-85
11/19@St Mary's CA22L85-72
11/21@SMU43L100-69
11/24Jacksonville St207W74-63
11/28N Dakota St117W85-80
12/2UT Arlington160W83-63
12/6@Ark Little Rock308W90-78
12/13@Rice224L77-76
12/17@Texas St244W89-70
12/20@Southern Miss221W93-86
1/3James Madison214L78-74
1/7Troy159W86-74
1/10Texas St244W83-82
1/15@South Alabama206L91-87
1/17@Troy159L99-74
1/22@Ga Southern250W85-68
1/24@Georgia St310L82-81
1/28Old Dominion248L75-71
1/31Marshall196L70-61
2/4@Coastal Car229W70-66
2/7Bowling Green149W91-54
2/11ULM350W103-70
2/14South Alabama206L92-88
2/19@Louisiana315W79-62
2/21@ULM350W102-94
2/24Southern Miss221W89-84
2/27Louisiana315W81-58
3/5(N)Ga Southern250L80-77