NCAA Tournament March Madness

#235 Jacksonville St

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Jacksonville State needs the Conference USA automatic berth because its résumé lacks the marquee road and neutral-site victories a committee rewards. The high points — a gritty road win at ETSU, a tough road triumph at Delaware and home wins over WKU and Florida International — show the team can beat respectable mid‑major opponents. The low points are damaging: a neutral-site loss to North Dakota State, road setbacks at Arkansas State, Liberty and Georgia State and costly home defeats to North Alabama and Sam Houston State that undercut consistency away from home. The remaining slate still provides chances to repair the résumé with winnable home dates and heavy road tests at WKU, New Mexico State and Sam Houston State, but unless those road markers come through the clearest path to the bracket is capturing the conference’s automatic berth.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/14Coastal Car247W74-67
11/19South Alabama208L71-65
11/24@Arkansas St154L74-63
11/26(N)N Dakota St140L56-43
12/1North Alabama334L73-66
12/13@Georgia St277L77-73
12/17E Kentucky254L62-59
12/20@ETSU134W81-75
12/29WKU169W78-67
1/2@Delaware297W67-64
1/4@Liberty94L78-69
1/7Florida Intl185W71-64
1/10@Kennesaw159L88-82
1/14Sam Houston St110L77-62
1/17Louisiana Tech248W64-60
1/24MTSU13239%
1/28@Florida Intl18531%
1/31@Missouri St20634%
2/5@WKU16928%
2/7Kennesaw15946%
2/11UTEP27971%
2/14New Mexico St12437%
2/18@Louisiana Tech24841%
2/21@Sam Houston St11016%
2/26Delaware29774%
2/28Liberty9428%
3/5@New Mexico St12419%
3/7@UTEP27949%