NCAA Tournament March Madness

#205 South Alabama

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

South Alabama’s profile reads like a team with enough quality wins to draw attention but also enough ugly losses to make an at-large berth unlikely, so their path to the national field runs through winning the conference tournament; they have eye-catching moments such as a road victory at Toledo, a neutral-site win over New Mexico State and a road win at James Madison, yet those highlights are offset by a truly bad loss at ETSU, a deflating defeat at Troy and frustrating close losses to North Texas and Texas State that expose inconsistency away from home; with road tests still to come at Marshall and Appalachian State and a stretch of conference games that includes Buffalo, ULM and Arkansas State, they have clear opportunities to improve the resume, but unless they tighten up on the road and erase the blemishes against midlevel opponents the safest route to the bracket is to secure the automatic spot.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3@Toledo159W76-74
11/6Alcorn St344W76-70
11/13(N)C Michigan325W66-64
11/15(N)Coppin St364W72-62
11/19@Jacksonville St204W71-65
11/21@UAB122L80-72
11/30@UT San Antonio348W82-58
12/2(N)New Mexico St139W77-75
12/5@ETSU130L91-65
12/14North Texas145L58-57
12/17@ULM360W96-92
12/20@Texas St285L67-65
12/31@Louisiana332W63-58
1/3@Troy111L59-49
1/10Ga Southern250W87-71
1/15Arkansas St151W91-87
1/17Louisiana332L59-56
1/22@James Madison229W90-83
1/29Coastal Car23466%
1/31Georgia St26873%
2/4@Appalachian St21841%
2/7Buffalo18957%
2/12@Southern Miss25147%
2/14@Arkansas St15128%
2/19Texas St28576%
2/21Troy11139%
2/25ULM36093%
2/27Southern Miss25169%