NCAA Tournament March Madness
#78 Mississippi St
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Projection: likely out
Mississippi State's resume is defined by a mix of damaging defeats and limited quality wins. The road victory at Georgia Tech stands out as a true resume booster while home wins over North Alabama and New Orleans are low-value results. Neutral-site setbacks to Iowa State and Kansas State and tough losses at New Mexico and to SMU have left the team short on signature victories away from home. The SEC schedule presents daunting tests at Texas, Kentucky and Alabama along with key home opportunities against Mississippi and Arkansas and additional matchups against LSU, Tennessee and Florida, so the stretch ahead offers ways to repair the profile. Neutral games against San Francisco, Utah and Memphis and winnable nonconference dates create immediate chances to add meaningful wins, yet unless those opportunities are seized the current body of work will leave little margin for error.
| Date | Opponent | Ranking | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11/5 | North Alabama | 218 | W86-62 |
| 11/10 | (N)Iowa St | 2 | L96-80 |
| 11/15 | SE Louisiana | 254 | W75-68 |
| 11/20 | (N)Kansas St | 76 | L98-77 |
| 11/21 | (N)New Mexico | 110 | L80-78 |
| 11/24 | New Orleans | 193 | W81-78 |
| 11/28 | SMU | 42 | L87-81 |
| 12/3 | @Georgia Tech | 138 | W85-73 |
| 12/7 | (N)San Francisco | 105 | 60% |
| 12/13 | (N)Utah | 120 | 67% |
| 12/16 | LIU Brooklyn | 233 | 91% |
| 12/20 | Memphis | 74 | 60% |
| 12/29 | Alabama St | 258 | 93% |
| 1/3 | @Texas | 55 | 32% |
| 1/7 | Oklahoma | 46 | 48% |
| 1/10 | @Kentucky | 19 | 17% |
| 1/13 | Alabama | 13 | 25% |
| 1/17 | Mississippi | 52 | 52% |
| 1/21 | @Texas A&M | 45 | 27% |
| 1/24 | Vanderbilt | 6 | 21% |
| 1/28 | @LSU | 25 | 19% |
| 1/31 | @Missouri | 37 | 23% |
| 2/7 | Arkansas | 30 | 40% |
| 2/11 | Tennessee | 16 | 28% |
| 2/14 | @Mississippi | 52 | 30% |
| 2/18 | Auburn | 20 | 36% |
| 2/21 | @South Carolina | 92 | 45% |
| 2/24 | @Alabama | 13 | 11% |
| 2/25 | @Alabama | 13 | 11% |
| 2/28 | Missouri | 37 | 43% |
| 3/3 | @Florida | 12 | 11% |
| 3/7 | Georgia | 22 | 37% |