NCAA Tournament March Madness

#276 Grambling

Bubble Watch | Bracketology

Chat with the Bracketologist | How does this work?


Projection: need to automatically qualify

Grambling’s profile reads like a team that can dominate its league mates but has not beaten anyone who will impress the committee, with solid wins over conference foes and neutral-site victories standing in sharp contrast to heavy road defeats at power programs such as Iowa State and Ohio State and losses away to mid-major nonconference opponents like San Diego, Cal Baptist and UC Riverside. The best moments are the résumé-building neutral wins and road victories at Jackson State and Alcorn State, while the worst are the lopsided losses to major opponents and a home defeat to Southern that underline the offense’s inconsistency. The remaining run of league games against Prairie View, Southern University, Mississippi Valley State, Bethune-Cookman and Florida A&M gives Grambling chances to pad the win column but none of those matchups delivers a marquee signature that would erase the damage already done. With limited high-end wins and clear vulnerabilities on the road the cleanest, most realistic path to the NCAA tournament is to secure the league’s automatic berth.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/6@Iowa St7L102-62
11/9@Howard231W73-70
11/13Southern Miss236W75-70
11/18@San Diego218L78-68
11/21@Cal Baptist119L72-59
11/24@UC Riverside271L83-74
12/2@Tulane183L65-63
12/8@Southern Miss236L68-60
12/18(N)Norfolk St313W80-68
12/19(N)Hampton256W81-72
12/23@Ohio St40L89-63
1/3Prairie View326W76-72
1/5TX Southern308W84-67
1/10@Bethune-Cookman228L74-65
1/12@Florida A&M334L91-84
1/17Southern Univ270L71-53
1/31@Jackson St337W69-66
2/2@Alcorn St343W74-50
2/4Ark Pine Bluff301L67-64
2/7Alabama St304W57-47
2/9Alabama A&M309L66-58
2/14@TX Southern308L82-79
2/16@Prairie View32653%
2/21@Southern Univ27038%
2/23MS Valley St36596%
2/26Bethune-Cookman22851%
2/28Florida A&M33478%
3/3@Alabama A&M30948%
3/5@Alabama St30447%