NCAA Tournament March Madness

#228 SE Missouri St

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SE Missouri State’s résumé is anchored by a neutral win over Cal Poly and meaningful road victories at Chattanooga and Tennessee State plus comfortable home wins over Eastern and Western Illinois that show the team can win away from home and finish games against comparable opponents. Those highs are counterbalanced by ugly road defeats at St Louis and Iowa and a setback at Missouri along with nonconference losses to Northern Arizona and Lipscomb that expose a vulnerability against stronger competition and leave damaging blemishes on the résumé. The remainder of the schedule is largely conference play with a mix of manageable home dates and a few must-win road tests at Southern Indiana and Morehead State that present the clearest paths to repairing those bad nonconference results; how the team performs away from its arena in those opportunities will determine whether its solid domestic wins are enough to overcome the tough early losses.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3@St Louis41L92-67
11/7@Missouri60L89-84
11/15St Thomas MN140L84-72
11/18@Iowa17L99-70
11/25(N)Cal Poly238W84-68
11/26@Northern Arizona293L79-72
11/29Lipscomb145L88-77
12/6@Chattanooga264W74-70
12/18@Tennessee Tech308L85-74
12/20@Tennessee St236W91-82
1/1E Illinois317W68-59
1/3W Illinois355W73-50
1/8@Southern Indiana33164%
1/10@Morehead St30456%
1/15Lindenwood23162%
1/17SIUE26069%
1/20TN Martin21959%
1/22Ark Little Rock30676%
1/29@W Illinois35575%
1/31@E Illinois31760%
2/5Morehead St30476%
2/7Southern Indiana33182%
2/12@SIUE26047%
2/14@Lindenwood23140%
2/17@TN Martin21937%
2/21@Ark Little Rock30656%
2/26Tennessee St23663%
2/28Tennessee Tech30877%