NCAA Tournament March Madness

#234 Bethune-Cookman

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

A play-in placement fits Bethune-Cookman because the resume pairs a valiant road victory at Ohio and a steady slate of league wins over conference peers with a brutal nonconference journey that included road trips to Auburn, Miami, Indiana, Arizona, Missouri and St Louis and neutral-site setbacks to Jacksonville and Stony Brook, and those lopsided losses undermine the quality of the season even as the team has shown it can win away from home within its league. The best moments are the conference wins and the Ohio road result that demonstrate the squad can close games under pressure while the worst moments are the blowouts at blue‑blood and power‑conference stops that leave little margin for error. With remaining road dates at Grambling, Southern and Florida A&M there is a clear path to add meaningful road victories and shore up the resume before the league tournament, but as the profile stands the scarcity of signature wins combined with the number and severity of bad losses keeps this team on the play‑in line.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3@Auburn34L95-90
11/6@Miami FL39L101-61
11/15@Dayton86L91-82
11/19@Ohio223W76-73
11/24(N)Jacksonville306L69-64
11/25(N)Stony Brook220L61-54
11/29@Indiana41L100-56
12/5S Carolina St358W80-59
12/14@Missouri52L82-60
12/17@St Louis24L112-53
12/22@Arizona3L107-71
12/29@Oklahoma St73L103-77
1/3Florida A&M328W87-83
1/10Grambling284W74-65
1/12Southern Univ267L77-73
1/17@MS Valley St365W79-63
1/19@Ark Pine Bluff318W87-82
1/24Jackson St337W85-48
1/26Alcorn St340W82-73
1/31@Alabama St310W69-54
2/2@Alabama A&M299W80-62
2/7Prairie View322W82-76
2/9TX Southern300W79-69
2/14@Alcorn St340L57-55
2/16@Jackson St337L91-86
2/19Alabama St310W82-71
2/21Alabama A&M299W85-76
2/26@Grambling28450%
2/28@Southern Univ26745%
3/5@Florida A&M32863%