NCAA Tournament March Madness

#319 Jackson St

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Jackson State’s résumé is defined by brutal road losses at high-major programs such as Illinois, Louisville, Auburn and Arkansas that overwhelmed the team and erased any claim from its lone road victory at Louisiana, while a nonconference setback to Winthrop and a loss at Kennesaw further highlighted offensive inconsistency; the defense has shown it can keep games close at times but it has not erased the damage from those blemishes. Remaining games are concentrated against league opponents like Alcorn State, Prairie View and Texas Southern with a mix of neutral-site tests against Hampton and Norfolk State and a couple of challenging road dates still on the slate, so the only realistic way to change the narrative is to collect meaningful road or neutral wins and avoid any more damaging away defeats. Until that happens the profile reads like a team that can dominate the lower end of its schedule but has been exposed repeatedly at the high-major level.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3@Illinois17L113-55
11/6@Louisville14L106-70
11/15@Louisiana Tech194L68-51
11/19@Auburn20L112-66
11/21@Arkansas30L115-61
11/23Winthrop106L80-62
11/28@Louisiana326W51-45
12/2@Kennesaw169L88-73
12/10@Houston80%
12/13@Northwestern562%
12/18(N)Hampton21631%
12/19(N)Norfolk St23233%
12/29@TCU532%
1/3Alcorn St33366%
1/10@Alabama St25827%
1/12@Alabama A&M26228%
1/17Prairie View29857%
1/19TX Southern31360%
1/24@Bethune-Cookman22222%
1/26@Florida A&M34449%
1/28@Florida A&M34449%
1/31Grambling28453%
2/2Southern Univ20338%
2/7@MS Valley St36581%
2/9@Ark Pine Bluff35757%
2/14Florida A&M34470%
2/16Bethune-Cookman22242%
2/21@Alcorn St33344%
2/26@Prairie View29835%
2/28@TX Southern31338%
3/3Ark Pine Bluff35777%
3/5MS Valley St36592%