NCAA Tournament March Madness

#258 Bethune-Cookman

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Projection: likely out

Bethune-Cookman’s profile reads like a team with limited signature victories and a long list of damaging road defeats at major-conference sites, so the placement is sensible. The resume’s best moments are a road win at Ohio and steady home successes against Florida A&M and Grambling that show the team can close out games against comparable opponents, while the worst moments are heavy losses away at high-major programs such as Arizona, Indiana, St. Louis, Oklahoma State, Auburn and Missouri that will dominate committee conversations. With a conference slate that includes multiple winnable games at home and on the road against Southern, Jackson State, Alcorn State, Alabama State and Prairie View there are clear chances to repair the résumé, but until Bethune-Cookman adds neutral-site or true road wins against better opponents those early nonconference beatings will be the defining takeaway.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3@Auburn31L95-90
11/6@Miami FL36L101-61
11/15@Dayton74L91-82
11/19@Ohio188W76-73
11/24(N)Jacksonville311L69-64
11/25(N)Stony Brook270L61-54
11/29@Indiana27L100-56
12/5S Carolina St362W80-59
12/14@Missouri57L82-60
12/17@St Louis34L112-53
12/22@Arizona2L107-71
12/29@Oklahoma St55L103-77
1/3Florida A&M328W87-83
1/10Grambling248W74-65
1/12Southern Univ27765%
1/17@MS Valley St36588%
1/19@Ark Pine Bluff31452%
1/24Jackson St33178%
1/26Alcorn St33580%
1/31@Alabama St30750%
2/2@Alabama A&M29748%
2/7Prairie View30371%
2/9TX Southern34582%
2/14@Alcorn St33560%
2/16@Jackson St33159%
2/19Alabama St30771%
2/21Alabama A&M29770%
2/26@Grambling24837%
2/28@Southern Univ27743%
3/5@Florida A&M32858%