NCAA Tournament March Madness

#207 Howard

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Projected seed: 16 (automatic qualifier, play-in game) (automatic qualifier)

Howard’s projection as an automatic qualifier headed for play-in territory tracks with a resume that pairs a few meaningful road and neutral-site moments with a string of damaging setbacks. Road wins at Drexel and UNC Wilmington and neutral-site victories over NC A&T and Hampton demonstrate the team can win away from home, but the lopsided loss at Duke and road setbacks at Northwestern and Missouri plus surprising defeats to lower-tier conference foes like Grambling and Morgan State blunt that upside. The best moments show the capacity to grind out wins outside of Washington, the worst results expose an inability to compete with upper-tier opponents, and the only realistic way to move off this line is to capture the conference tournament and add neutral-court wins that overcome a weak nonconference slate.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3Missouri52L88-67
11/9Grambling298L73-70
11/13Alcorn St346W72-64
11/19@Stetson303L64-60
11/22(N)Niagara338W80-70
11/23@Duke1L93-56
11/29@Mt St Mary's277L79-75
12/9(N)NC A&T291W73-69
12/13(N)Hampton272W61-57
12/16@Drexel222W74-66
12/20@UNC Wilmington110W67-66
12/30@Northwestern57L80-60
1/3@S Carolina St356L58-57
1/10@MD E Shore350L69-57
1/12Delaware St362W84-58
1/17@NC Central352W83-69
1/24Morgan St353L78-77
1/31Norfolk St327W88-60
2/2@Coppin St363W72-53
2/7S Carolina St356W85-57
2/9Yale81L87-81
2/14MD E Shore350W79-53
2/16@Delaware St362W91-59
2/21NC Central352W100-67
2/28@Morgan St353W84-59
3/2Coppin St363W90-70
3/5@Norfolk St327W84-76
3/13(N)S Carolina St356W78-61
3/14(N)NC Central352W70-63