NCAA Tournament March Madness

#279 Southern Univ

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Southern’s résumé is defined by lopsided trips to power programs such as Arkansas, Marquette, Washington, Texas, Baylor and Illinois that have effectively erased any at-large narrative. Its brighter moments are gritty road wins at Northwestern Louisiana and tight victories at Bethune-Cookman and Jackson State plus solid home wins over Alabama A&M, Alabama State and Grambling, and it bolstered its profile with neutral-site victories over Arkansas Pine Bluff and Florida A&M at the Southwestern AC tournament. Lacking a marquee neutral or road victory against a quality nonconference opponent and carrying a string of damaging away losses, Southern’s clearest path to the national field runs through beating Prairie View for the conference crown.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3@Arkansas15L109-77
11/5@Marquette84L100-82
11/18@Washington53L99-93
11/21@San Jose St225L80-66
11/29@Northwestern LA281W75-73
12/8@Texas37L95-69
12/10@Texas St245L86-83
12/16@Cal Baptist106L75-67
12/21@Baylor49L111-67
12/29@Illinois7L90-55
1/3TX Southern316W84-73
1/5Prairie View288L89-85
1/10@Florida A&M312L67-59
1/12@Bethune-Cookman243W77-73
1/17@Grambling298W71-53
1/24Ark Pine Bluff314L75-74
1/28MS Valley St365W80-69
1/31@Alcorn St346L78-73
2/2@Jackson St341W96-91
2/7Alabama A&M307W81-68
2/9Alabama St318W69-68
2/14@Prairie View288W87-82
2/16@TX Southern316L74-73
2/21Grambling298W87-73
2/26Florida A&M312L82-71
2/28Bethune-Cookman243L82-79
3/3@Alabama St318W71-64
3/5@Alabama A&M307W88-85
3/12(N)Ark Pine Bluff314W84-81
3/13(N)Florida A&M312W73-70
3/14(N)Prairie View28852%