NCAA Tournament March Madness

#365 MS Valley St

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

MS Valley St’s résumé is framed by a brutal nonconference travel schedule that produced lopsided losses at UAB, Murray State, Texas A&M and Hawaii and included trips to high major sites such as Kansas State, Florida State, West Virginia and Oklahoma where there were no quality wins, while the few encouraging signs came in tighter showings at neutral sites against Utah Tech and Manhattan and a more competitive outing at ULM; those closer games show the team can compete in contained settings but they are outweighed by the damage from heavy road defeats. The remainder of the season is a conference slate with a collection of home opportunities against Alabama State, Alabama A&M, Bethune-Cookman, Florida A&M, Ark Pine Bluff, Jackson State and Alcorn State and a number of road rematches at Prairie View, Alabama A&M and others that offer clear paths to improve the résumé. From a selection perspective the lack of quality road or true neutral wins and the severity of the early losses leave MS Valley St dependent on dominating its conference opponents to alter how the season is judged.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3@UAB109L106-55
11/7@Murray St114L108-60
11/12@Hawaii101L88-56
11/14(N)Utah Tech241L81-75
11/15(N)Manhattan304L80-73
11/22@CS Bakersfield289L86-70
11/25@Texas A&M45L120-84
12/3@ULM355L66-52
12/8@Kansas St760%
12/16Tarleton St1977%
12/19@Florida St930%
12/22@West Virginia690%
12/29@Oklahoma460%
1/3Alabama St25812%
1/5Alabama A&M26212%
1/10@Prairie View2986%
1/12@TX Southern3137%
1/17Bethune-Cookman2229%
1/19Florida A&M34427%
1/24@Grambling2845%
1/26@Southern Univ2032%
1/31Ark Pine Bluff35734%
2/7Jackson St31919%
2/9Alcorn St33323%
2/14@Alabama A&M2624%
2/16@Alabama St2584%
2/19@Prairie View2986%
2/28@Ark Pine Bluff35717%
3/3@Alcorn St33310%
3/5@Jackson St3198%