NCAA Tournament March Madness

#356 S Carolina St

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

South Carolina State’s profile is built on a handful of gritty road wins at Coppin State, Delaware State and NC Central and a neutral victory over Norfolk State, but those moments of competence are swamped by heavy defeats at Louisville, Tennessee and Missouri and by lopsided losses at College of Charleston and Charleston Southern. A couple of tight finishes on the road, like the games at South Dakota and at Morgan State, show the team can compete, yet they do not erase a pattern of being overwhelmed by higher-quality opponents. Committees put a premium on wins away from home and on neutral-site results against meaningful opponents and this resume simply lacks those signature wins, so the only reliable route into the NCAA field is to capture the conference’s automatic berth.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3@Louisville19L104-45
11/7@Samford215L82-72
11/10@NC A&T291L85-62
11/14@Col Charleston172L88-61
11/19Chattanooga301L78-66
11/23@South Dakota282L82-81
11/25@Missouri52L98-66
11/29@Winthrop155L101-79
12/5@Bethune-Cookman243L80-59
12/8@Charleston So241L84-44
12/12@Queens NC181L102-78
12/16SC Upstate302L78-72
12/22@South Carolina95L95-70
12/30@Tennessee16L105-54
1/3Howard207W58-57
1/10@Morgan St353L72-67
1/12@Coppin St363W74-72
1/17Norfolk St327L89-82
1/26Delaware St362W70-64
2/4MD E Shore350W63-54
2/7@Howard207L85-57
2/16Coppin St363L59-57
2/18NC Central352W85-72
2/21@Norfolk St327L90-71
2/25Morgan St353L90-83
2/28@MD E Shore350L69-57
3/2@Delaware St362W61-59
3/5@NC Central352W80-64
3/12(N)Norfolk St327W88-82
3/13(N)Howard207L78-61