NCAA Tournament March Madness

#316 Florida A&M

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Florida A&M’s résumé reads like a team that can dominate its league but struggles to justify an at-large spot against midmajor and power opponents, because its nonconference slate is punctuated by heavy losses on the road at South Florida, UCF, Georgia, TCU and Georgia Tech that illustrate a clear gap when it leaves conference play. Its best moments have come against league rivals, with resume-building road victories at Alcorn State, Arkansas–Pine Bluff and Mississippi Valley State and home wins over Southern, Grambling and Prairie View that show the team can win the games it must in its conference. The damage comes from both lopsided defeats away from home and a string of close losses to nearby midlevel programs such as Jacksonville, Jackson State and the Alabama schools that undercut any claim to quality wins. Selection committees prize road and neutral wins against respected opponents and Florida A&M simply lacks those signature victories, so the most realistic path to the national tournament is to capture the conference’s automatic berth.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3@South Florida54L102-67
11/8Kennesaw176L92-72
11/11@UCF53L97-60
11/17@Georgia30L87-57
12/2@Jacksonville293L85-82
12/17Jacksonville293W72-65
12/19@Tarleton St212L78-54
12/21@TCU44L80-56
12/28@Georgia Tech169L89-65
1/3@Bethune-Cookman235L87-83
1/10Southern Univ279W67-59
1/12Grambling297W91-84
1/17@Ark Pine Bluff314W71-67
1/19@MS Valley St365W62-48
1/24Alcorn St352W66-58
1/26Jackson St342L66-65
1/31@Alabama A&M298L72-65
2/2@Alabama St317L79-66
2/7TX Southern307L62-57
2/9Prairie View312W100-96
2/14@Jackson St342L80-60
2/16@Alcorn St352W86-78
2/19Alabama A&M298L63-61
2/21Alabama St317W76-63
2/26@Southern Univ279W82-71
2/28@Grambling297W66-59
3/5Bethune-Cookman235W81-77