NCAA Tournament March Madness

#81 Mississippi St

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Projection: likely out

Mississippi State's profile is a mix of eye-opening wins and damaging neutral-site and road defeats. The team proved it can beat quality opponents with a road victory at Georgia Tech and home wins over Memphis plus a neutral-court triumph at Utah, but it also absorbed lopsided setbacks at neutral sites against Kansas State and Iowa State and dropped winnable games at San Francisco and New Mexico. Those swings leave the resume uneven because signature wins are overshadowed by bad losses and a thin track record away from home. The remaining slate — trips to Kentucky, Texas, Florida, and Alabama along with home dates against Mississippi and Arkansas — offers clear chances to add resume-changing results but also plenty of opportunities to suffer another damaging defeat that would give a committee pause.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/5North Alabama263W86-62
11/10(N)Iowa St3L96-80
11/15SE Louisiana277W75-68
11/20(N)Kansas St76L98-77
11/21(N)New Mexico70L80-78
11/24New Orleans210W81-78
11/28SMU41L87-81
12/3@Georgia Tech125W85-73
12/7(N)San Francisco98L65-62
12/13(N)Utah124W82-74
12/16LIU Brooklyn206W87-83
12/20Memphis73W71-66
12/29Alabama St286W94-56
1/3@Texas4627%
1/7Oklahoma5350%
1/10@Kentucky2015%
1/13Alabama1626%
1/17Mississippi5754%
1/21@Texas A&M5027%
1/24Vanderbilt717%
1/28@LSU3721%
1/31@Missouri6434%
2/7Arkansas2836%
2/11Tennessee1425%
2/14@Mississippi5732%
2/18Auburn3439%
2/21@South Carolina8540%
2/24@Alabama1612%
2/25@Alabama1612%
2/28Missouri6456%
3/3@Florida1310%
3/7Georgia2535%