NCAA Tournament March Madness

#177 James Madison

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Projected seed: 13 (automatic qualifier)

James Madison’s résumé mixes encouraging flashes with damaging setbacks, leaving its fate tied to how the committee views quality of wins versus severity of losses. The Dukes have shown they can win away from home with a gritty victory at Florida International and they picked up neutral-site success against Nebraska Omaha while racking up home wins over Towson and Coppin State. Those moments of promise are tempered by heavy defeats at Akron and at George Mason and by a string of road setbacks at Longwood and LIU Brooklyn that undercut the overall profile. The remainder of the schedule presents clear chances to improve at home against Marshall and Old Dominion and in road tests at Arkansas and Arkansas State, so strong performances in those specific games would convert the good wins into signature statements while further bad road results would keep the damaging losses at the front of the resume.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3@Akron60L85-71
11/9Coppin St364W84-70
11/12@Longwood294L82-72
11/15@LIU Brooklyn233L88-79
11/18Towson131W81-75
11/24@Florida Intl206W80-72
11/25(N)NE Omaha264W88-77
11/29@George Mason57L82-66
12/3NC Central345W67-62
12/6Norfolk St23270%
12/17@Old Dominion22047%
12/20@Ga Southern22448%
12/28@Arkansas305%
12/29@Arkansas305%
1/3@Arkansas St15134%
1/4@Arkansas St15134%
1/7Marshall17060%
1/10Old Dominion22069%
1/15@Appalachian St29661%
1/17@Marshall17038%
1/22South Alabama16759%
1/24Texas St23170%
1/29@Troy14531%
1/31@Southern Miss20444%
2/4Louisiana32685%
2/12Georgia St33587%
2/14Appalachian St29680%
2/18@Coastal Car24251%
2/21@Georgia St33572%
2/25Ga Southern22470%
2/27Coastal Car24272%