NCAA Tournament March Madness
#293 Grambling
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Projected seed: 15 (automatic qualifier)
Grambling’s profile reads like a team that has flashes but not the resume to earn an at-large ticket, with its best moments coming from a road win at Howard and a home victory over Southern Miss while its worst nights include a lopsided trip to Iowa State and a string of nonconference road losses at San Diego, Cal Baptist and UC Riverside that undercut any claim to quality wins away from home. Most of the meaningful victories come against league opposition and the schedule lacks meaningful neutral or true road signature wins, so the committee will view the remaining stretch as make-or-break: neutral-site games against Norfolk State and Hampton and a pair of conference road tests alongside a very difficult trip to Ohio State are the immediate chances to improve the resume, and ultimately winning the conference tournament is the clearest path to the Big Dance.
| Date | Opponent | Ranking | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11/6 | @Iowa St | 4 | L102-62 |
| 11/9 | @Howard | 313 | W73-70 |
| 11/13 | Southern Miss | 212 | W75-70 |
| 11/18 | @San Diego | 247 | L78-68 |
| 11/21 | @Cal Baptist | 135 | L72-59 |
| 11/24 | @UC Riverside | 243 | L83-74 |
| 12/2 | @Tulane | 152 | 18% |
| 12/8 | @Southern Miss | 212 | 26% |
| 12/18 | (N)Norfolk St | 231 | 39% |
| 12/19 | (N)Hampton | 240 | 40% |
| 12/23 | @Ohio St | 31 | 2% |
| 1/3 | Prairie View | 323 | 67% |
| 1/5 | TX Southern | 324 | 67% |
| 1/10 | @Bethune-Cookman | 227 | 28% |
| 1/12 | @Florida A&M | 349 | 58% |
| 1/17 | Southern Univ | 200 | 43% |
| 1/24 | MS Valley St | 365 | 94% |
| 1/26 | Ark Pine Bluff | 363 | 86% |
| 1/31 | @Jackson St | 328 | 47% |
| 2/2 | @Alcorn St | 333 | 50% |
| 2/7 | Alabama St | 254 | 53% |
| 2/9 | Alabama A&M | 310 | 64% |
| 2/14 | @TX Southern | 324 | 45% |
| 2/16 | @Prairie View | 323 | 45% |
| 2/21 | @Southern Univ | 200 | 23% |
| 2/26 | Bethune-Cookman | 227 | 50% |
| 2/28 | Florida A&M | 349 | 78% |
| 3/3 | @Alabama A&M | 310 | 42% |
| 3/5 | @Alabama St | 254 | 31% |