NCAA Tournament March Madness

#100 Mississippi St

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Projection: likely out

Mississippi State’s résumé contains clear peaks that will catch a committee’s eye — a road victory at Texas, a road win at LSU, home wins over Oklahoma and Memphis and a neutral-site triumph at Utah — but those signatures are undercut by damaging neutral losses to Iowa State, Kansas State and San Francisco and by heavy defeats on the road and at home to marquee SEC foes such as Alabama, Florida and Vanderbilt. The Bulldogs have shown they can beat quality opponents yet have not sustained that level, suffering repeated setbacks at Kentucky and against Alabama while splitting with in-state rival Mississippi, which leaves the overall body of work inconsistent. With the schedule largely played out and not much left to add a signature road or neutral victory, the accumulation of bad results and the lack of dependable success away from home puts them outside the NCAA field.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/5North Alabama343W86-62
11/10(N)Iowa St6L96-80
11/15SE Louisiana285W75-68
11/20(N)Kansas St101L98-77
11/21(N)New Mexico50L80-78
11/24New Orleans193W81-78
11/28SMU42L87-81
12/3@Georgia Tech162W85-73
12/7(N)San Francisco121L65-62
12/13(N)Utah126W82-74
12/16LIU Brooklyn216W87-83
12/20Memphis134W71-66
12/29Alabama St318W94-56
1/3@Texas37W101-98
1/7Oklahoma40W72-53
1/10@Kentucky28L92-68
1/13Alabama18L97-82
1/17Mississippi65L68-67
1/21@Texas A&M39L88-68
1/24Vanderbilt12L88-56
1/28@LSU60W80-66
1/31@Missouri52L84-79
2/7Arkansas15L88-68
2/11Tennessee16L73-64
2/14@Mississippi65W90-78
2/18Auburn38W91-85
2/21@South Carolina95L97-89
2/25@Alabama18L100-75
2/28Missouri52L88-64
3/3@Florida4L108-74
3/7Georgia32L102-96
3/11(N)Auburn38L79-61