NCAA Tournament March Madness

#199 Howard

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

Howard’s profile reads like a classic conference champion candidate who can make the field only by winning its league tournament because it has flashes of quality but few marquee nonconference triumphs. The resume is bolstered by road victories at Drexel and UNC Wilmington, a neutral-site win over Niagara, and convincing wins over conference opponents such as NC Central and Coppin State that show the team can close out league play away from home. Those positives are tempered by damaging setbacks, most notably the lop-sided losses at Duke and Missouri, a heavy defeat at Northwestern and a handful of close nonconference defeats that speak to inconsistency against better opponents. With no signature high-end wins to offset those blemishes the upcoming trip to Norfolk State and the conference tournament are effectively the team’s last clear opportunities to change how the committee will view the profile.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3Missouri47L88-67
11/9Grambling293L73-70
11/13Alcorn St342W72-64
11/19@Stetson314L64-60
11/22(N)Niagara338W80-70
11/23@Duke1L93-56
11/29@Mt St Mary's278L79-75
12/9(N)NC A&T274W73-69
12/13(N)Hampton273W61-57
12/16@Drexel220W74-66
12/20@UNC Wilmington104W67-66
12/30@Northwestern68L80-60
1/3@S Carolina St358L58-57
1/10@MD E Shore346L69-57
1/12Delaware St363W84-58
1/17@NC Central348W83-69
1/24Morgan St351L78-77
1/31Norfolk St319W88-60
2/2@Coppin St362W72-53
2/7S Carolina St358W85-57
2/9Yale81L87-81
2/14MD E Shore346W79-53
2/16@Delaware St363W91-59
2/21NC Central348W100-67
2/28@Morgan St351W84-59
3/2Coppin St362W90-70
3/5@Norfolk St31966%