NCAA Tournament March Madness

#287 Prairie View

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Prairie View’s resume is shaped by some signature wins and a string of lopsided losses to major-conference opponents, which explains the committee’s posture. The most encouraging moments are the neutral-site victory over North Florida and the road win at Southern University, both of which showed the team can close tight games away from home. Those bright spots are overwhelmed by heavy defeats at Wichita State, Oklahoma State, Missouri, LSU and Texas A&M that demonstrate it struggles to compete with major-conference programs away from its own floor. The remainder of the schedule, featuring matchups with Mississippi Valley State, Jackson State, Alcorn State, Grambling and other conference foes, is the practical path to repairing the resume because stringing together road wins and protecting home games against those opponents is the only realistic way to counterbalance the damage from the difficult non‑conference slate, while any additional losses away from campus would deepen the hole.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/8@Wichita St93L105-62
11/12@Oklahoma St58L94-67
11/17@Missouri60L91-73
11/22(N)TN Martin220L69-68
11/23(N)North Florida341W85-82
11/30@North Texas134L72-69
12/13@South Dakota289L97-85
12/22@LSU41L104-90
12/29@Texas A&M43L111-82
1/3@Grambling240L76-72
1/5@Southern Univ257W89-85
1/10MS Valley St36596%
1/12Ark Pine Bluff31970%
1/17@Jackson St34557%
1/19@Alcorn St34356%
1/24Alabama St29063%
1/26Alabama A&M29463%
1/31TX Southern33976%
2/7@Bethune-Cookman26636%
2/9@Florida A&M34256%
2/14Southern Univ25756%
2/16Grambling24052%
2/19MS Valley St36596%
2/21@Ark Pine Bluff31948%
2/26Jackson St34577%
2/28Alcorn St34376%
3/5@TX Southern33955%