NCAA Tournament March Madness

#327 Norfolk St

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Norfolk State needs to win its conference tournament because its nonconference slate produced a couple of damaging blowouts on the road at Arizona and at Baylor and it lacks a marquee victory to offset those results. The season’s best moments are a gritty road win at UTEP and a neutral-site victory over Jackson State and the program has collected solid league wins at Coppin State, Delaware State and South Carolina State, but the profile is marred by losses on the road at Old Dominion, James Madison and UC Irvine and a home defeat to William and Mary that leave the resume light on quality road and neutral wins. Those headwinds mean the committee will view Norfolk State as a team that can beat its conference peers but has not shown enough signature success outside the league, so the only sure path to the big dance is to secure the automatic bid in the conference tournament.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/8William & Mary149L81-78
11/11@Old Dominion248L60-57
11/14@Towson157L51-41
11/21Hampton272W62-60
11/23@Wyoming98L75-67
11/29@Arizona2L98-61
12/6@James Madison213L68-67
12/10@Baylor49L97-67
12/18(N)Grambling298L80-68
12/19(N)Jackson St341W82-72
12/21@UTEP276W72-71
12/22(N)UC Irvine104L89-70
12/28@Louisiana313L63-54
1/3@NC Central352L69-67
1/10@Delaware St362W66-64
1/12MD E Shore350L74-70
1/17@S Carolina St356W89-82
1/24Coppin St363W103-76
1/26Morgan St353L79-78
1/31@Howard207L88-60
2/7NC Central352W75-68
2/14Delaware St362W75-58
2/16@MD E Shore350W70-66
2/21S Carolina St356W90-71
2/28@Coppin St363W75-69
3/2@Morgan St353L90-84
3/5Howard207L84-76
3/12(N)S Carolina St356L88-82