NCAA Tournament March Madness

#197 Jacksonville St

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Jacksonville State's placement is sensible because the resume shows flashes of quality alongside damaging blemishes that make an at-large case unlikely. Road victories at ETSU and Delaware and home wins over WKU and Florida International demonstrate the team can win outside its building and beat solid conference opponents. Countering that are costly home losses to North Alabama and Sam Houston State, a neutral-site setback against North Dakota State and road defeats at Liberty and Arkansas State that erode resume credibility. The remaining slate gives meaningful opportunities to change the picture with trips to Missouri State and WKU and a road date at New Mexico State plus home chances against Kennesaw and UTEP, but unless those road opportunities become signature wins the clearest path to the field is to secure the conference’s automatic bid.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/14Coastal Car234W74-67
11/19South Alabama206L71-65
11/24@Arkansas St159L74-63
11/26(N)N Dakota St120L56-43
12/1North Alabama334L73-66
12/13@Georgia St270L77-73
12/17E Kentucky262L62-59
12/20@ETSU126W81-75
12/29WKU176W78-67
1/2@Delaware281W67-64
1/4@Liberty92L78-69
1/7Florida Intl191W71-64
1/10@Kennesaw165L88-82
1/14Sam Houston St104L77-62
1/17Louisiana Tech232W64-60
1/23MTSU147W75-58
1/28@Florida Intl191W78-74
1/31@Missouri St19539%
2/5@WKU17634%
2/7Kennesaw16554%
2/11UTEP28878%
2/14New Mexico St15852%
2/18@Louisiana Tech23245%
2/21@Sam Houston St10418%
2/26Delaware28177%
2/28Liberty9233%
3/5@New Mexico St15831%
3/7@UTEP28858%