NCAA Tournament March Madness

#310 Norfolk St

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Norfolk State’s résumé leaves the committee comfortable insisting on an automatic berth because it lacks resume-changing victories and is blemished by damaging defeats away from home and on neutral floors. The Spartans’ brightest moments, a gritty road win at UTEP and a neutral-site victory over Jackson State, are overwhelmed by blowouts at Arizona and Baylor and puzzling setbacks to Grambling and Howard along with tight losses at Old Dominion and James Madison. Inconsistent results away from home weaken the case and routine wins over conference peers like Delaware State, Coppin and South Carolina State do not replace a signature nonconference triumph. The remaining slate against South Carolina State, Coppin, Morgan State and Howard gives Norfolk State clear chances to improve, but as the profile stands the clearest route to the national field is winning the conference tournament.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/8William & Mary125L81-78
11/11@Old Dominion243L60-57
11/14@Towson171L51-41
11/21Hampton255W62-60
11/23@Wyoming98L75-67
11/29@Arizona3L98-61
12/6@James Madison222L68-67
12/10@Baylor45L97-67
12/18(N)Grambling282L80-68
12/19(N)Jackson St334W82-72
12/21@UTEP266W72-71
12/22(N)UC Irvine114L89-70
12/28@Louisiana308L63-54
1/3@NC Central346L69-67
1/10@Delaware St360W66-64
1/12MD E Shore343L74-70
1/17@S Carolina St358W89-82
1/24Coppin St364W103-76
1/26Morgan St352L79-78
1/31@Howard219L88-60
2/7NC Central346W75-68
2/14Delaware St360W75-58
2/16@MD E Shore343W70-66
2/21S Carolina St35884%
2/28@Coppin St36474%
3/2@Morgan St35258%
3/5Howard21940%