NCAA Tournament March Madness

#230 Norfolk St

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Norfolk State’s résumé is defined by a cluster of competitive showings on the road and one solid home win but marred by a couple of brutal losses at elite arenas, and that mix explains where it stands with the committee. They played a tight game at William & Mary, were competitive at Wyoming and James Madison, and beat Hampton at home, which shows they can hang in true road tests and defend a home court when it matters. Those positives are offset by lopsided trips to Arizona and Baylor that carry extra weight against them because they are unmistakable failures on neutral or hostile floors and there are no marquee neutral-site victories to balance those results. The remaining schedule hands them a string of manageable conference dates and a pair of neutral games against Grambling and Jackson State as well as road opportunities at UTEP and Louisiana, so they have plenty of chances to add resume-building road or neutral wins; until some of those opportunities are converted, the combination of a thin list of quality wins and the ugly showings at the sport’s top venues will keep their profile fragile.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/8William & Mary127L81-78
11/11@Old Dominion215L60-57
11/14@Towson143L51-41
11/21Hampton233W62-60
11/23@Wyoming93L75-67
11/29@Arizona5L98-61
12/6@James Madison192L68-67
12/10@Baylor35L97-67
12/18(N)Grambling28159%
12/19(N)Jackson St32772%
12/21@UTEP23440%
12/28@Louisiana33264%
1/3@NC Central35071%
1/10@Delaware St35373%
1/12MD E Shore34084%
1/17@S Carolina St36379%
1/24Coppin St36495%
1/26Morgan St36291%
1/31@Howard29953%
2/7NC Central35087%
2/14Delaware St35388%
2/16@MD E Shore34066%
2/21S Carolina St36391%
2/28@Coppin St36485%
3/2@Morgan St36278%
3/5Howard29974%