NCAA Tournament March Madness

#243 Ga Southern

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Ga Southern’s path to the NCAA tournament runs through the Sun Belt tournament because the resume lacks a true signature victory and is marred by damaging nonconference setbacks. Road wins at Old Dominion and gritty victories at Gardner‑Webb and FGCU show the team can win away and a close outing at Georgia Tech suggests they can compete with better programs, but those results do not carry the same weight as a win over a high-major opponent and the losses at Florida State and at East Carolina plus neutral defeats to Youngstown State and UT San Antonio leave the profile vulnerable. The offense has produced eye‑catching scoring in several spots while the defense has allowed too many easy looks, which makes it hard to justify an at-large nod. Remaining chances against Coastal Carolina, Arkansas State and Troy along with road trips to Marshall and James Madison are the final opportunities to add resume-changing wins otherwise the most secure route to March is taking the automatic bid.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/4@East Carolina274L92-89
11/8UNC Asheville234W93-90
11/11@FGCU196W95-94
11/18@Georgia Tech127L68-66
11/21@Florida St112L98-72
11/24(N)Youngstown St212L67-61
11/25(N)UT San Antonio346L77-64
11/29Houston Chr298W80-62
12/3Louisiana Tech248W77-69
12/6@Gardner Webb363W88-84
12/13@West Georgia327W91-85
12/18Georgia St275W90-67
12/20James Madison240W96-92
1/1@Coastal Car247W82-81
1/3@Old Dominion244W93-86
1/10@South Alabama210L87-71
1/15Old Dominion244W87-84
1/17Coastal Car24762%
1/22Arkansas St15644%
1/24Troy11133%
1/29@ULM35675%
1/31@Louisiana32260%
2/4Texas St26867%
2/11Appalachian St22558%
2/14Marshall17649%
2/19@Georgia St27547%
2/21@Appalachian St22536%
2/25@James Madison24039%
2/27@Marshall17628%