NCAA Tournament March Madness

#263 North Alabama

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

North Alabama’s résumé is defined by the bright moments and the ugly ones: road wins at San Francisco and at Jacksonville St and a tight home victory over Northwestern LA demonstrate the team can win away from home and close games, but heavy defeats at Mississippi St and at Clemson and a lopsided loss at Loy Marymount leave lasting damage that the committee will not overlook. The league slate gives them multiple clear opportunities to repair the profile with home dates against Stetson, North Florida and Jacksonville and winnable matchups with Bellarmine and Central Arkansas, while true road tests at Eastern Kentucky, FGCU and Lipscomb are the kind of games that could either erase doubts about road consistency or deepen them. In short, the value of those road wins will hinge on how North Alabama follows them up in conference play, because avoiding more bad losses and piling up clean league victories is the only reliable way to turn the résumé into one that comfortably satisfies the committee.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/5@Mississippi St81L86-62
11/11Northwestern LA305W87-83
11/15ETSU127L78-74
11/17@Clemson35L81-61
11/22@Chattanooga240L71-57
12/1@Jacksonville St220W73-66
12/3@San Francisco98W65-63
12/15@Alabama A&M281L68-60
12/19@Loy Marymount118L91-57
1/1Stetson34782%
1/3FGCU17845%
1/8@E Kentucky26539%
1/10@Bellarmine24836%
1/15North Florida33980%
1/17Jacksonville31573%
1/21@Queens NC22131%
1/24Cent Arkansas23756%
1/29@FGCU17825%
1/31@Stetson34763%
2/4@Cent Arkansas23734%
2/7@Austin Peay19227%
2/11West Georgia30772%
2/14E Kentucky26562%
2/18Queens NC22153%
2/21@Lipscomb14819%
2/25Bellarmine24858%
2/28@West Georgia30750%