NCAA Tournament March Madness

#358 S Carolina St

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

South Carolina State’s résumé points toward the conference tournament as the only practical path to the NCAA field because the nonconference portion was marred by heavy defeats at Louisville, Tennessee and Missouri and lopsided losses at Charleston and South Carolina that weaken any at-large argument. The program’s limited positives — a gritty home escape against Howard, a road victory at Coppin State and a tight game in defeat at South Dakota — show the team can grind out results against peer mid-major opposition but they are not the kind of signature wins that sway a selection committee. The remaining slate, which includes home opportunities against Morgan State and Coppin State and road trips to Norfolk State, Maryland Eastern Shore, Delaware State and NC Central, presents the only real chance to repair the résumé, because without a conference title the combination of damaging losses and a lack of quality road or neutral-site victories will leave the committee unconvinced.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3@Louisville15L104-45
11/7@Samford205L82-72
11/10@NC A&T286L85-62
11/14@Col Charleston172L88-61
11/19Chattanooga302L78-66
11/23@South Dakota282L82-81
11/25@Missouri53L98-66
11/29@Winthrop132L101-79
12/5@Bethune-Cookman226L80-59
12/8@Charleston So247L84-44
12/12@Queens NC203L102-78
12/16SC Upstate299L78-72
12/22@South Carolina98L95-70
12/30@Tennessee19L105-54
1/3Howard228W58-57
1/10@Morgan St353L72-67
1/12@Coppin St364W74-72
1/17Norfolk St311L89-82
1/26Delaware St359W70-64
2/4MD E Shore339W63-54
2/7@Howard228L85-57
2/14Morgan St35355%
2/16Coppin St36472%
2/18NC Central34650%
2/21@Norfolk St31118%
2/28@MD E Shore33927%
3/2@Delaware St35941%
3/5@NC Central34629%