NCAA Tournament March Madness

#60 Mississippi

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Projection: likely out

Mississippi’s resume is built on some bright nonconference bursts and a signature win over Memphis, but it is marred by close neutral-site defeats to power opponents and a road loss at St John’s that highlights a struggle away from home. The team has routinely taken care of lesser foes at home yet has not consistently collected marquee wins on the road or at neutral neutral-site events, so the best moments show potential while the worst ones expose a vulnerability against top competition. The schedule still hands them multiple clear opportunities to change the narrative, including a neutral clash with NC State, a rematch at NC State, and brutal conference trips to Georgia, Kentucky, Tennessee and Texas alongside home dates against Mississippi State, Vanderbilt and Alabama. Unless Mississippi can convert one or more of those games into quality road or neutral wins, the resume will remain short on the kind of signature victories that sway a selection committee.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3SE Louisiana284W88-58
11/7ULM353W86-65
11/11Memphis74W83-77
11/14CS Bakersfield316W82-60
11/18Austin Peay185W72-65
11/25(N)Iowa20L74-69
11/26(N)Utah130L75-74
12/2Miami FL36L75-66
12/6@St John's18L63-58
12/13(N)Southern Miss187W71-67
12/17(N)Alabama A&M27292%
12/20(N)NC State2834%
12/21@NC State2824%
12/29Alcorn St33098%
1/3@Oklahoma5135%
1/7Arkansas2542%
1/10Missouri5257%
1/13@Georgia2422%
1/14@Georgia2422%
1/17@Mississippi St8750%
1/20Auburn2946%
1/24@Kentucky1920%
1/31Vanderbilt1029%
2/3@Tennessee1516%
2/7@Texas4432%
2/11Alabama1735%
2/14Mississippi St8771%
2/18@Texas A&M5336%
2/21Florida1331%
2/25LSU3548%
2/28@Auburn2925%
3/4@Vanderbilt1013%
3/7South Carolina8671%