NCAA Tournament March Madness

#279 Grambling

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Grambling’s resume simply does not contain the kind of signature road or neutral victories that earn at-large consideration because its best moments — neutral-site wins over Norfolk State and Hampton and a road victory at Howard — are swamped by damaging road losses at Iowa State and Ohio State and nonconference setbacks at San Diego, Cal Baptist and UC Riverside. The rest of the slate is packed with Southwestern AC opponents such as Mississippi Valley State, Arkansas-Pine Bluff, Jackson State, Alcorn State, Alabama State and Alabama A&M, games that can pad the win column but will not flip the committee’s view without a marquee scalp away from home. Lacking a true resume-making victory and carrying enough bad nonconference results to blunt its profile, the clearest path to the NCAA tournament for this team is the conference automatic qualifier.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/6@Iowa St5L102-62
11/9@Howard272W73-70
11/13Southern Miss250W75-70
11/18@San Diego196L78-68
11/21@Cal Baptist133L72-59
11/24@UC Riverside276L83-74
12/2@Tulane194L65-63
12/8@Southern Miss250L68-60
12/18(N)Norfolk St307W80-68
12/19(N)Hampton243W81-72
12/23@Ohio St40L89-63
1/3Prairie View332W76-72
1/5TX Southern311W84-67
1/10@Bethune-Cookman244L74-65
1/12@Florida A&M314L91-84
1/17Southern Univ263L71-53
1/26Ark Pine Bluff31268%
1/28Ark Pine Bluff31268%
1/31@Jackson St33957%
2/2@Alcorn St34459%
2/7Alabama St31369%
2/9Alabama A&M29464%
2/14@TX Southern31147%
2/16@Prairie View33253%
2/21@Southern Univ26335%
2/26Bethune-Cookman24453%
3/3@Alabama A&M29442%
3/5@Alabama St31347%