NCAA Tournament March Madness

#86 Mississippi St

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Projection: likely out

Mississippi State’s season has a few clear resume builders, namely a road win at Texas, a neutral victory over Utah, a road trip success at Georgia Tech and solid home results against Memphis and Oklahoma, but those moments are negated by a string of damaging defeats, including a brutal loss at Kentucky, lopsided setbacks to Vanderbilt and Arkansas and multiple bad conference losses to Alabama and Tennessee along with a narrow home loss to in‑state rival Mississippi; neutral-site defeats to Iowa State and Kansas State and road losses at Missouri and Texas A&M further erode the profile. Remaining opportunities include a home date with Auburn, road trips to South Carolina and Alabama, home tests against Missouri and Georgia and a trip to Florida, which gives the team only a handful of realistic chances to replace bad losses with quality wins, so the overall resume reads like a club that is on the outside looking in.

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)Utah127W82-74
12/16LIU Brooklyn208W87-83
12/20Memphis99W71-66
12/29Alabama St305W94-56
1/3@Texas35W101-98
1/7Oklahoma54W72-53
1/10@Kentucky27L92-68
1/13Alabama17L97-82
1/17Mississippi82L68-67
1/21@Texas A&M36L88-68
1/24Vanderbilt12L88-56
1/28@LSU56W80-66
1/31@Missouri52L84-79
2/7Arkansas18L88-68
2/11Tennessee19L73-64
2/14@Mississippi82W90-78
2/18Auburn3132%
2/21@South Carolina9843%
2/24@Alabama179%
2/25@Alabama179%
2/28Missouri5247%
3/3@Florida54%
3/7Georgia4340%