NCAA Tournament March Madness
#243 Bethune-Cookman
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Projection: need to automatically qualify
This placement makes sense because the nonconference slate features a handful of road trips to power programs where the Wildcats were clearly overmatched at Auburn, Miami, Indiana and at Arizona on a neutral floor, while a road victory at Ohio is a respectable out-of-conference win but insufficient to offset those damaging defeats. The team has picked up routine wins inside the Southwestern conference, including important road results at Alabama State and Alabama A&M, yet losses to Southern, Alcorn State, Jackson State, Florida A&M and Prairie View reveal inconsistency against comparable opponents and blunt the value of conference victories. Neutral-site setbacks against Jacksonville and Stony Brook further weaken the profile away from home. With quality wins scarce and several lopsided blemishes against high-major competition, the clearest path to the NCAA field is through a conference tournament title.
| Date | Opponent | Ranking | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11/3 | @Auburn | 38 | L95-90 |
| 11/6 | @Miami FL | 31 | L101-61 |
| 11/15 | @Dayton | 78 | L91-82 |
| 11/19 | @Ohio | 228 | W76-73 |
| 11/24 | (N)Jacksonville | 295 | L69-64 |
| 11/25 | (N)Stony Brook | 227 | L61-54 |
| 11/29 | @Indiana | 46 | L100-56 |
| 12/5 | S Carolina St | 356 | W80-59 |
| 12/14 | @Missouri | 52 | L82-60 |
| 12/17 | @St Louis | 41 | L112-53 |
| 12/22 | @Arizona | 2 | L107-71 |
| 12/29 | @Oklahoma St | 66 | L103-77 |
| 1/3 | Florida A&M | 312 | W87-83 |
| 1/10 | Grambling | 298 | W74-65 |
| 1/12 | Southern Univ | 279 | L77-73 |
| 1/17 | @MS Valley St | 365 | W79-63 |
| 1/19 | @Ark Pine Bluff | 314 | W87-82 |
| 1/24 | Jackson St | 341 | W85-48 |
| 1/26 | Alcorn St | 346 | W82-73 |
| 1/31 | @Alabama St | 318 | W69-54 |
| 2/2 | @Alabama A&M | 307 | W80-62 |
| 2/7 | Prairie View | 288 | W82-76 |
| 2/9 | TX Southern | 316 | W79-69 |
| 2/14 | @Alcorn St | 346 | L57-55 |
| 2/16 | @Jackson St | 341 | L91-86 |
| 2/19 | Alabama St | 318 | W82-71 |
| 2/21 | Alabama A&M | 307 | W85-76 |
| 2/26 | @Grambling | 298 | W76-71 |
| 2/28 | @Southern Univ | 279 | W82-79 |
| 3/5 | @Florida A&M | 312 | L81-77 |
| 3/11 | (N)Prairie View | 288 | L71-67 |