NCAA Tournament March Madness

#229 SE Missouri St

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

SE Missouri State’s resume reads like a midmajor that can win its league but hasn’t produced a signature nonconference victory to hang its NCAA hopes on, so the clear path is the conference tournament. The nonconference slate includes heavy losses at St. Louis and at Iowa that do real damage to perception while a competitive showing at Missouri and a neutral win over Cal Poly show the team can compete intermittently with bigger programs. Its best moments have come in league play with road victories at Chattanooga and Southern Indiana and home wins against Eastern Illinois and Western Illinois that demonstrate consistency inside the conference, but uneven results on the road and home losses at SIUE and Lindenwood expose vulnerability. With remaining road dates at Tennessee–Martin and Arkansas–Little Rock and home games against Tennessee State and Tennessee Tech, there are straightforward opportunities to polish the résumé, yet without a marquee nonconference scalp the committee is likely to treat this profile as one that needs the automatic berth.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3@St Louis23L92-67
11/7@Missouri54L89-84
11/15St Thomas MN115L84-72
11/18@Iowa25L99-70
11/25(N)Cal Poly224W84-68
11/26@Northern Arizona313L79-72
11/29Lipscomb173L88-77
12/6@Chattanooga302W74-70
12/18@Tennessee Tech319L85-74
12/20@Tennessee St260W91-82
1/1E Illinois321W68-59
1/3W Illinois361W73-50
1/8@Southern Indiana342W84-76
1/10@Morehead St290L71-69
1/15Lindenwood252L88-76
1/17SIUE234L68-55
1/20TN Martin196W66-50
1/22Ark Little Rock307W70-65
1/29@W Illinois361W78-74
1/31@E Illinois321W77-59
2/5Morehead St290W82-70
2/7Southern Indiana342W90-65
2/12@SIUE234L74-56
2/14@Lindenwood252W73-61
2/17@TN Martin19631%
2/21@Ark Little Rock30757%
2/26Tennessee St26066%
2/28Tennessee Tech31980%