NCAA Tournament March Madness
#266 Howard
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Projected seed: 13 (automatic qualifier)
Howard’s résumé lives and dies with a handful of road wins and a couple of damaging blowouts against elite programs. Road victories at Drexel and UNC Wilmington and a neutral win over Niagara prove the team can grind out results away from home and its conference victories over Alcorn State, NC A&T and Hampton show it can handle peer opponents, but the lopsided losses at Duke and Missouri and several nonconference setbacks blunt the resume’s punch. Upcoming chances — a road date at Northwestern and home tests against Yale and Norfolk State among other conference games — offer clear opportunities to add a signature win or wipe away bad results, yet until those opportunities are seized the profile depends on its select road successes and conference body of work to make a compelling case.
| Date | Opponent | Ranking | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11/3 | Missouri | 50 | L88-67 |
| 11/9 | Grambling | 238 | L73-70 |
| 11/13 | Alcorn St | 334 | W72-64 |
| 11/19 | @Stetson | 341 | L64-60 |
| 11/22 | (N)Niagara | 355 | W80-70 |
| 11/23 | @Duke | 6 | L93-56 |
| 11/29 | @Mt St Mary's | 301 | L79-75 |
| 12/9 | (N)NC A&T | 308 | W73-69 |
| 12/13 | (N)Hampton | 251 | W61-57 |
| 12/16 | @Drexel | 286 | W74-66 |
| 12/20 | @UNC Wilmington | 115 | W67-66 |
| 12/30 | @Northwestern | 56 | 5% |
| 1/3 | @S Carolina St | 361 | 75% |
| 1/10 | @MD E Shore | 345 | 63% |
| 1/12 | Delaware St | 354 | 85% |
| 1/17 | @NC Central | 351 | 66% |
| 1/24 | Morgan St | 362 | 89% |
| 1/26 | @Coppin St | 364 | 85% |
| 1/31 | Norfolk St | 245 | 58% |
| 2/7 | S Carolina St | 361 | 89% |
| 2/9 | Yale | 77 | 18% |
| 2/14 | MD E Shore | 345 | 81% |
| 2/16 | @Delaware St | 354 | 68% |
| 2/21 | NC Central | 351 | 83% |
| 2/28 | @Morgan St | 362 | 75% |
| 3/2 | Coppin St | 364 | 94% |
| 3/5 | @Norfolk St | 245 | 36% |