NCAA Tournament March Madness

#322 Jackson St

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Jackson State’s résumé is defined by brutal road losses at high-major programs such as Illinois, Louisville, Auburn and Arkansas that overwhelmed the team and erased any claim from its lone road victory at Louisiana, while a nonconference setback to Winthrop and a loss at Kennesaw further highlighted offensive inconsistency; the defense has shown it can keep games close at times but it has not erased the damage from those blemishes. Remaining games are concentrated against league opponents like Alcorn State, Prairie View and Texas Southern with a mix of neutral-site tests against Hampton and Norfolk State and a couple of challenging road dates still on the slate, so the only realistic way to change the narrative is to collect meaningful road or neutral wins and avoid any more damaging away defeats. Until that happens the profile reads like a team that can dominate the lower end of its schedule but has been exposed repeatedly at the high-major level.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3@Illinois9L113-55
11/6@Louisville14L106-70
11/15@Louisiana Tech188L68-51
11/19@Auburn30L112-66
11/21@Arkansas29L115-61
11/23Winthrop114L80-62
11/28@Louisiana329W51-45
12/2@Kennesaw167L88-73
12/10@Houston100%
12/13@Northwestern612%
12/18(N)Hampton22129%
12/19(N)Norfolk St23231%
12/29@TCU582%
1/3Alcorn St33465%
1/10@Alabama St25525%
1/12@Alabama A&M28730%
1/17Prairie View30256%
1/19TX Southern31559%
1/24@Bethune-Cookman22921%
1/26@Florida A&M33947%
1/28@Florida A&M33947%
1/31Grambling28551%
2/2Southern Univ21139%
2/7@MS Valley St36581%
2/9@Ark Pine Bluff34750%
2/14Florida A&M33969%
2/16Bethune-Cookman22941%
2/21@Alcorn St33443%
2/26@Prairie View30234%
2/28@TX Southern31537%
3/3Ark Pine Bluff34771%
3/5MS Valley St36592%