NCAA Tournament March Madness

#365 MS Valley St

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Mississippi Valley State’s profile reads like a team beaten up on the road by much stronger opponents, with heavy losses at major conference homes such as UAB, Texas A&M, Kansas State, Florida State, West Virginia and Oklahoma and similarly difficult trips to Murray State and Hawaii leaving little in the way of signature victories. The squad showed a couple of more respectable efforts at neutral sites against Utah Tech and Manhattan, but those flashes are overwhelmed by the string of tough defeats away from home and the absence of wins over notable opponents that make a resume compelling. What matters now are conference results against Southwestern rivals like Alabama State, Alabama A&M, Prairie View, Texas Southern, Bethune‑Cookman, Florida A&M and the rest of the league schedule because steady road wins and a deep league tournament run are the only realistic ways for the resume to improve; until those opportunities are seized, the combination of bruising nonconference losses and a lack of quality scalps explains the current standing.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3@UAB108L106-55
11/7@Murray St95L108-60
11/12@Hawaii105L88-56
11/14(N)Utah Tech233L81-75
11/15(N)Manhattan310L80-73
11/22@CS Bakersfield306L86-70
11/25@Texas A&M50L120-84
12/3@ULM352L66-52
12/8@Kansas St76L108-49
12/16Tarleton St168L88-64
12/19@Florida St109L96-49
12/22@West Virginia67L86-51
12/29@Oklahoma53L93-69
1/3Alabama St28614%
1/5Alabama A&M28113%
1/10@Prairie View3016%
1/12@TX Southern3319%
1/17Bethune-Cookman26411%
1/19Florida A&M34126%
1/24@Grambling2473%
1/26@Southern Univ2463%
1/31Ark Pine Bluff34327%
2/7Jackson St33725%
2/9Alcorn St33624%
2/14@Alabama A&M2815%
2/16@Alabama St2865%
2/19@Prairie View3016%
2/21TX Southern33122%
2/28@Ark Pine Bluff34312%
3/3@Alcorn St33610%
3/5@Jackson St33711%