NCAA Tournament March Madness

#235 Ga Southern

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Ga Southern’s résumé reads like a team that has shown it can win away from home but lacks the kind of signature victories and defensive steadiness that sell an at-large case, so the projection that the automatic route is the most realistic path makes sense. The best evidence comes from true road wins at FGCU, Old Dominion and Marshall and a steady run of neutral-site wins over Old Dominion, Arkansas State, South Alabama, Coastal Carolina and Marshall that proved the roster can handle tournament surroundings. The damage comes from a heavy road loss at Florida State, neutral setbacks to Youngstown State and UT San Antonio and a string of conference road defeats at Appalachian State, James Madison and Georgia State that expose inconsistency on the defensive end. With most quality scalps absent and some glaring bad results, the committee would view the at-large résumé as fragile and the straightforward way into the national field is by taking the conference’s automatic berth.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/4@East Carolina254L92-89
11/8UNC Asheville246W93-90
11/11@FGCU244W95-94
11/18@Georgia Tech162L68-66
11/21@Florida St56L98-72
11/24(N)Youngstown St214L67-61
11/25(N)UT San Antonio340L77-64
11/29Houston Chr292W80-62
12/3Louisiana Tech203W77-69
12/6@Gardner Webb361W88-84
12/13@West Georgia304W91-85
12/18Georgia St310W90-67
12/20James Madison213W96-92
1/1@Coastal Car247W82-81
1/3@Old Dominion248W93-86
1/10@South Alabama205L87-71
1/15Old Dominion248W87-84
1/17Coastal Car247L79-75
1/22Arkansas St151L85-68
1/24Troy143L83-78
1/30@ULM351W79-76
1/31@Louisiana313L69-60
2/4Texas St245L77-71
2/11Appalachian St195L81-65
2/14Marshall208W101-87
2/19@Georgia St310L66-64
2/21@Appalachian St195L89-74
2/25@James Madison213L82-66
2/27@Marshall208W99-82
3/4(N)Old Dominion248W88-84
3/5(N)Arkansas St151W80-77
3/6(N)South Alabama205W94-85
3/7(N)Coastal Car247W96-72
3/8(N)Marshall208W82-78
3/9(N)Troy143L77-61