NCAA Tournament March Madness

#222 Bethune-Cookman

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Projected seed: 16 (automatic qualifier, play-in game) (automatic qualifier)

Bethune-Cookman’s profile reads like a team that can run its conference table but has been flattened on the big road trips, with its best moments coming in a gritty road victory at Ohio and a string of convincing wins over conference peers such as Jackson State, Alcorn State, Florida A&M, Grambling and the Alabama schools that demonstrate clear superiority in league play. The damage comes from heavy losses at power conference venues including Arizona, St. Louis, Indiana, Miami, Oklahoma State and Auburn along with neutral-site setbacks to Jacksonville and Stony Brook that offer little résumé value. With no signature nonconference victories and almost all quality tests ending badly, the committee would view Bethune-Cookman as a team that needs to win its league tournament to reach the field, even though its remaining schedule is filled with winnable opportunities against Prairie View, Texas Southern and familiar conference foes that can set up that necessary run.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3@Auburn26L95-90
11/6@Miami FL37L101-61
11/15@Dayton89L91-82
11/19@Ohio219W76-73
11/24(N)Jacksonville297L69-64
11/25(N)Stony Brook214L61-54
11/29@Indiana33L100-56
12/5S Carolina St360W80-59
12/14@Missouri58L82-60
12/17@St Louis24L112-53
12/22@Arizona2L107-71
12/29@Oklahoma St57L103-77
1/3Florida A&M326W87-83
1/10Grambling260W74-65
1/12Southern Univ273L77-73
1/17@MS Valley St365W79-63
1/19@Ark Pine Bluff307W87-82
1/24Jackson St341W85-48
1/26Alcorn St350W82-73
1/31@Alabama St312W69-54
2/2@Alabama A&M303W80-62
2/7Prairie View32983%
2/9TX Southern31381%
2/14@Alcorn St35074%
2/16@Jackson St34171%
2/19Alabama St31280%
2/21Alabama A&M30378%
2/26@Grambling26048%
2/28@Southern Univ27351%
3/5@Florida A&M32664%