NCAA Tournament March Madness

#207 Jacksonville St

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Jacksonville State’s profile reads like a team with a handful of respectable victories but too many damaging setbacks to be trusted for an at-large nod, because the squad’s best moments — road wins at ETSU and at WKU plus solid home victories over MTSU and Delaware — show it can beat quality midmajor opponents, yet those are offset by ugly nonconference losses and multiple road defeats at the hands of Liberty, New Mexico State and Sam Houston State that undermine the résumé. The Jaguars have shown they can win away from home, but their most eye-catching results are few and they lack a neutral-site signature that would silence doubts, while home stumbles and losses to lesser opponents leave the selection committee looking for a cleaner body of work. With one more opportunity on the road at UTEP before the league tournament, their path to the big dance realistically runs through winning the conference championship rather than hoping for an at-large lift.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/14Coastal Car229W74-67
11/19South Alabama206L71-65
11/24@Arkansas St153L74-63
11/26(N)N Dakota St117L56-43
12/1North Alabama341L73-66
12/13@Georgia St310L77-73
12/17E Kentucky294L62-59
12/20@ETSU143W81-75
12/29WKU148W78-67
1/2@Delaware270W67-64
1/4@Liberty118L78-69
1/7Florida Intl208W71-64
1/10@Kennesaw176L88-82
1/14Sam Houston St107L77-62
1/17Louisiana Tech231W64-60
1/23MTSU175W75-58
1/28@Florida Intl208W78-74
1/31@Missouri St202L74-67
2/5@WKU148W71-66
2/7Kennesaw176W77-58
2/11UTEP277L69-64
2/14New Mexico St183L79-70
2/18@Louisiana Tech231L77-71
2/21@Sam Houston St107L82-78
2/26Delaware270W80-70
2/28Liberty118L81-78
3/5@New Mexico St183L77-75
3/7@UTEP27754%