NCAA Tournament March Madness

#251 Tennessee St

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Tennessee State’s body of work shows flashes that a committee will notice — a gritty road victory at UNLV, tough wins away at UNC Asheville and Arkansas Little Rock and a high-scoring home graphic against Morehead State — but those bright spots are undermined by damaging setbacks such as the rout at Tennessee and the ugly road loss at Alabama A&M plus defeats at Belmont and WKU that leave little room for doubt. Conference play has been uneven with a disappointing home loss to Tennessee Tech and a road defeat at SIUE diluting the résumé, so the Tigers’ remaining slate, which pairs reachable home games against W Illinois and Lindenwood with key road trips to Southern Indiana and SE Missouri State, becomes the real opportunity to repair the profile. Put simply, the quality of the best wins is modest, the worst losses are severe, and without meaningful road victories in the final stretch Tennessee State will be relying on the automatic path into the field.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/8@Belmont59L87-79
11/16@WKU174L95-82
11/20@Tennessee16L89-60
11/25@UNC Asheville221W75-73
11/30@Chattanooga283W70-64
12/3@Alabama A&M304L80-53
12/13@UNLV136W63-60
12/18TN Martin188W78-71
12/20SE Missouri St234L91-82
12/30@Tennessee Tech316W88-76
1/3@Ark Little Rock302W84-79
1/8@W Illinois361W90-68
1/10@E Illinois323L74-70
1/15Morehead St299W105-100
1/17Southern Indiana338W73-67
1/22@SIUE248L74-66
1/24@Lindenwood237W96-86
1/29Ark Little Rock302W70-63
2/2Tennessee Tech316L90-85
2/5E Illinois323W77-68
2/7W Illinois36192%
2/12@Southern Indiana33863%
2/14@Morehead St29951%
2/19Lindenwood23759%
2/21SIUE24861%
2/26@SE Missouri St23436%
2/28@TN Martin18826%