NCAA Tournament March Madness

#361 Morgan St

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Morgan State projects to need the conference automatic bid because its nonconference resume is defined more by damaging road blowouts at programs like Georgetown, DePaul, California, San Francisco, Loyola Marymount and Old Dominion than by signature victories, with the most defensible results being the home win over Niagara, the road victory at Delaware State and the win over South Carolina State. Competitive defeats to UMBC, Drexel and Longwood suggest the roster can hang with midlevel opponents but they do not erase the heavy losses that will weigh on a selection committee that prizes road and neutral success. The remaining slate includes road opportunities at Howard, Norfolk State and Coppin State and more home dates against Maryland Eastern Shore and Delaware State, and while those games can improve league standing they are unlikely to create the kind of resume enhancement that replaces the certainty of securing the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference automatic qualifier.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3@Georgetown101L87-70
11/11UMBC275L81-79
11/15@Mercyhurst299L86-72
11/18NC A&T311L79-73
11/21@Old Dominion242L88-56
11/25Drexel207L71-66
12/6Longwood276L84-80
12/9@DePaul107L92-49
12/13Niagara354W81-73
12/19@California75L97-50
12/21@San Francisco106L94-64
12/23@Loy Marymount155L83-56
1/3@MD E Shore327L66-49
1/10S Carolina St360W72-67
1/12NC Central349L89-78
1/17@Delaware St359W80-79
1/24@Howard2629%
1/26@Norfolk St30214%
1/31@Coppin St36452%
2/7MD E Shore32737%
2/14@S Carolina St36037%
2/16@NC Central34926%
2/21Delaware St35957%
2/28Howard26223%
3/2Norfolk St30230%
3/5Coppin St36473%