NCAA Tournament March Madness

#336 Jackson St

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Jackson State’s resume points squarely to winning the Southwestern AC tournament as the clearest route to the NCAA field because its strongest moments are limited to a true road win at Louisiana and a set of conference victories while its body of work is dominated by lopsided losses at major-conference sites. Those modest building blocks against Alcorn State, Alabama State, Prairie View, Texas Southern, Florida A&M and Mississippi Valley State are offset by brutal road defeats at Illinois, Louisville, Auburn, Arkansas, Houston, TCU and Northwestern and neutral-site setbacks to Winthrop, Hampton and Norfolk State that expose a pattern of struggling away from home. With the regular season finishing on the road at Alcorn State, Prairie View and Texas Southern and with home opportunities against Arkansas–Pine Bluff and Mississippi Valley State, the team has a handful of chances to improve its profile, but the selection committee will view conference title control as the practical way forward.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3@Illinois6L113-55
11/6@Louisville14L106-70
11/15@Louisiana Tech238L68-51
11/19@Auburn31L112-66
11/21@Arkansas18L115-61
11/23Winthrop132L80-62
11/28@Louisiana306W51-45
12/2@Kennesaw182L88-73
12/10@Houston4L80-38
12/13@Northwestern70L93-53
12/18(N)Hampton258L84-77
12/19(N)Norfolk St311L82-72
12/29@TCU50L115-64
1/3Alcorn St340W89-86
1/10@Alabama St305W75-64
1/12@Alabama A&M309L100-91
1/17Prairie View325W82-78
1/19TX Southern308W94-89
1/24@Bethune-Cookman227L85-48
1/26@Florida A&M334W66-65
1/31Grambling278L69-66
2/2Southern Univ269L96-91
2/7@MS Valley St365W97-81
2/9@Ark Pine Bluff301L84-63
2/14Florida A&M334W80-60
2/16Bethune-Cookman22732%
2/21@Alcorn St34042%
2/26@Prairie View32533%
2/28@TX Southern30829%
3/3Ark Pine Bluff30148%
3/5MS Valley St36589%