NCAA Tournament March Madness

#353 S Carolina St

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

S Carolina St's resume is shaped by a brutal nonconference slate that produced lopsided defeats at Louisville and Missouri and a string of road setbacks at Samford, Winthrop, College of Charleston and NC A&T, while their most encouraging moment was a narrow road loss at South Dakota that suggested they can compete away from home; without any signature victories, inconsistency showed up again in losses to Chattanooga and Bethune-Cookman. The path forward is straightforward and narrow: they must win the games that remain against conference peers and pick up road or neutral wins against the likes of Howard, Morgan State, Coppin State, Norfolk State, Maryland Eastern Shore, Delaware State, NC Central and mid-majors such as Charleston Southern, Queens and SC Upstate in order to counterbalance the heavy early losses. Until they turn several of those opportunities into quality results, the committee will view the résumé through the lens of a team with few good wins and several damaging defeats, which leaves little margin for error down the stretch.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3@Louisville14L104-45
11/7@Samford240L82-72
11/10@NC A&T328L85-62
11/14@Col Charleston188L88-61
11/19Chattanooga207L78-66
11/23@South Dakota278L82-81
11/25@Missouri37L98-66
11/29@Winthrop106L101-79
12/5@Bethune-Cookman222L80-59
12/8@Charleston So29019%
12/12@Queens NC1899%
12/16SC Upstate28035%
12/22@South Carolina922%
12/30@Tennessee160%
1/3Howard31143%
1/10@Morgan St36144%
1/12@Coppin St36451%
1/17Norfolk St23228%
1/24MD E Shore33753%
1/26Delaware St36267%
1/31NC Central34655%
2/7@Howard31123%
2/14Morgan St36166%
2/16Coppin St36472%
2/21@Norfolk St23213%
2/28@MD E Shore33731%
3/2@Delaware St36245%
3/5@NC Central34633%