NCAA Tournament March Madness

#85 Mississippi

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Projection: likely out

Mississippi’s résumé reads like a team with glimpses of quality overshadowed by damaging setbacks, with a signature nonconference win over Memphis and road victories at Georgia and rival Mississippi State that show the ceiling but a long list of defeats away from home and at neutral sites that will weigh heavily with the committee, from trips to Oklahoma and St. John’s to ugly losses to Florida, Alabama and LSU that are hard to excuse. The Rebels have been competitive in handfuls of close games against good opponents yet have rarely closed the deal against the league’s better teams, which leaves their record littered with resume-tarnishing results rather than marquee wins. With a road trip to Auburn and matchups with Vanderbilt and South Carolina remaining, there are clear opportunities to add the kind of road or neutral victories that committees prize, but those games need to be wins rather than another string of defeats if Mississippi is going to move off the outside and into the field.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3SE Louisiana292W88-58
11/7ULM351W86-65
11/11Memphis115W83-77
11/14CS Bakersfield326W82-60
11/18Austin Peay147W72-65
11/25(N)Iowa23L74-69
11/26(N)Utah112L75-74
12/2Miami FL33L75-66
12/6@St John's22L63-58
12/13(N)Southern Miss233W71-67
12/17(N)Alabama A&M301W80-66
12/21(N)NC State27L76-62
12/29Alcorn St340W79-43
1/3@Oklahoma56L86-70
1/7Arkansas17L94-87
1/10Missouri51W76-69
1/14@Georgia35W97-95
1/17@Mississippi St88W68-67
1/20Auburn37L78-66
1/24@Kentucky30L72-63
1/31@Vanderbilt13L71-68
2/3@Tennessee20L84-66
2/7@Texas31L79-68
2/11Alabama19L93-74
2/14Mississippi St88L90-78
2/18@Texas A&M36L80-77
2/21Florida5L94-75
2/25LSU52L106-99
2/28@Auburn3718%
3/3Vanderbilt1320%
3/7South Carolina9364%