NCAA Tournament March Madness

#90 Mississippi St

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Projection: likely out

Mississippi State’s résumé reads like a team with flashes of upside but too many damaging detours, led by a signature road victory at Texas and solid nonconference showings such as a neutral-site win over Utah and road wins at LSU and Georgia Tech, yet undercut by a string of bad home losses and ugly defeats away from Starkville; the Bulldogs can point to quality home wins over Memphis and Oklahoma but those positives are offset by stoppable results against Mississippi, losses at Kentucky and Texas A&M, and neutral-site setbacks to the likes of Kansas State and San Francisco that sap the resume’s heft. The committee will reward the Texas road win and the handful of true road or neutral wins but it will also punish the hairline inconsistencies and the frequency of poor losses, so the remaining slate — a rivalry trip to Mississippi, a chance to beat Auburn and Missouri at home, and tough road dates at South Carolina and Alabama — matters a great deal because the team needs another marquee road or neutral victory and fewer giveaway games to move back into the conversation.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/5North Alabama343W86-62
11/10(N)Iowa St7L96-80
11/15SE Louisiana270W75-68
11/20(N)Kansas St101L98-77
11/21(N)New Mexico45L80-78
11/24New Orleans209W81-78
11/28SMU38L87-81
12/3@Georgia Tech162W85-73
12/7(N)San Francisco130L65-62
12/13(N)Utah128W82-74
12/16LIU Brooklyn208W87-83
12/20Memphis99W71-66
12/29Alabama St305W94-56
1/3@Texas34W101-98
1/7Oklahoma54W72-53
1/10@Kentucky27L92-68
1/13Alabama16L97-82
1/17Mississippi73L68-67
1/21@Texas A&M36L88-68
1/24Vanderbilt12L88-56
1/28@LSU55W80-66
1/31@Missouri53L84-79
2/7Arkansas18L88-68
2/11Tennessee19L73-64
2/14@Mississippi7333%
2/18Auburn3130%
2/21@South Carolina9841%
2/24@Alabama168%
2/25@Alabama168%
2/28Missouri5345%
3/3@Florida53%
3/7Georgia4338%