NCAA Tournament March Madness

#98 Mississippi St

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Projection: likely out

Mississippi State’s resume has clear high points but too many damaging results to feel safe: a signature road victory at Texas and solid wins at Georgia Tech, Oklahoma and Memphis show it can win away from home and a neutral-site triumph over Utah suggests it can compete on a neutral floor, yet those moments are offset by neutral losses to Iowa State, Kansas State, New Mexico and San Francisco and a string of lopsided defeats at Alabama, Vanderbilt and Florida that scream inconsistency. A close home loss to in-state rival Mississippi only deepens the concern because the committee values road and neutral success and punishes noncompetitive outings and bad home results. With a final game against Georgia still available to pick up a meaningful road win, Mississippi State can improve its standing, but unless it reverses the trend of ugly losses the negatives will likely outweigh the positives when the field is assembled.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/5North Alabama341W86-62
11/10(N)Iowa St8L96-80
11/15SE Louisiana286W75-68
11/20(N)Kansas St100L98-77
11/21(N)New Mexico48L80-78
11/24New Orleans184W81-78
11/28SMU43L87-81
12/3@Georgia Tech169W85-73
12/7(N)San Francisco123L65-62
12/13(N)Utah120W82-74
12/16LIU Brooklyn215W87-83
12/20Memphis130W71-66
12/29Alabama St317W94-56
1/3@Texas33W101-98
1/7Oklahoma47W72-53
1/10@Kentucky26L92-68
1/13Alabama18L97-82
1/17Mississippi78L68-67
1/21@Texas A&M36L88-68
1/24Vanderbilt15L88-56
1/28@LSU62W80-66
1/31@Missouri50L84-79
2/7Arkansas16L88-68
2/11Tennessee13L73-64
2/14@Mississippi78W90-78
2/18Auburn40W91-85
2/21@South Carolina96L97-89
2/25@Alabama18L100-75
2/28Missouri50L88-64
3/3@Florida4L108-74
3/7Georgia3028%