NCAA Tournament March Madness

#243 Grambling

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Projected seed: 15 (automatic qualifier)

Grambling’s résumé reads like a team that can beat its peers at home and on neutral floors but struggles badly when it travels to power-conference sites, which is exactly what the nonconference ledger shows. Neutral-site wins over Norfolk State and Hampton and a home victory over Southern Miss are the kind of results that keep the profile alive, and a road win at Howard proves they can close out manageable games away from home, yet trips to Iowa State and Ohio State and road losses at San Diego, Cal Baptist and UC Riverside exposed clear weaknesses and a loss at Tulane reinforced how vulnerable they are against stronger opposition. The remainder of the schedule hands them several straightforward chances to pile up league wins at home while offering a handful of tougher road tests at Jackson State and Alcorn State plus rematches at Prairie View and Southern University that are real opportunities to shake off the road issues. In short, their best moments are solid but limited, the worst losses are impactful, and only a sustained run through conference play and the league tournament will change how a selection committee views the résumé.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/6@Iowa St2L102-62
11/9@Howard276W73-70
11/13Southern Miss189W75-70
11/18@San Diego217L78-68
11/21@Cal Baptist142L72-59
11/24@UC Riverside279L83-74
12/2@Tulane185L65-63
12/8@Southern Miss189L68-60
12/18(N)Norfolk St283W80-68
12/19(N)Hampton246W81-72
12/23@Ohio St38L89-63
1/3Prairie View285W76-72
1/5TX Southern339W84-67
1/10@Bethune-Cookman26344%
1/12@Florida A&M34265%
1/17Southern Univ25765%
1/24MS Valley St36597%
1/26Ark Pine Bluff31977%
1/31@Jackson St34566%
2/2@Alcorn St34465%
2/7Alabama St28971%
2/9Alabama A&M29372%
2/14@TX Southern33964%
2/16@Prairie View28548%
2/21@Southern Univ25743%
2/26Bethune-Cookman26366%
3/3@Alabama A&M29350%
3/5@Alabama St28950%