NCAA Tournament March Madness

#332 Jackson St

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Jackson State’s resume reads like a team that needs its conference title to get into the field because the nonconference body of work is dominated by lopsided road losses at major programs such as Illinois, Louisville, Auburn, Arkansas, Houston, and TCU and by neutral-site setbacks that fail to show the team can win away from home, while its best results are wins over conference and low-major opponents like Louisiana, Alcorn State, Alabama State, Prairie View, and Texas Southern that do little to offset the damage. The committee will notice the severity of those losses more than the handful of league victories, and without a neutral-site or quality road victory to reshape perception the most straightforward route to the NCAA tournament is to secure the automatic berth; there are still regular season conference games to build momentum, but the margin for error is thin.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3@Illinois8L113-55
11/6@Louisville16L106-70
11/15@Louisiana Tech248L68-51
11/19@Auburn30L112-66
11/21@Arkansas21L115-61
11/23Winthrop126L80-62
11/28@Louisiana330W51-45
12/2@Kennesaw159L88-73
12/10@Houston4L80-38
12/13@Northwestern61L93-53
12/18(N)Hampton243L84-77
12/19(N)Norfolk St302L82-72
12/29@TCU52L115-64
1/3Alcorn St341W89-86
1/10@Alabama St304W75-64
1/12@Alabama A&M301L100-91
1/17Prairie View305W82-78
1/19TX Southern339W94-89
1/24@Bethune-Cookman26423%
1/26@Florida A&M31233%
1/31Grambling27846%
2/2Southern Univ25240%
2/7@MS Valley St36581%
2/9@Ark Pine Bluff31835%
2/14Florida A&M31255%
2/16Bethune-Cookman26443%
2/21@Alcorn St34144%
2/26@Prairie View30530%
2/28@TX Southern33942%
3/3Ark Pine Bluff31857%
3/5MS Valley St36592%