NCAA Tournament March Madness

#361 S Carolina St

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

South Carolina State’s season trajectory makes clear why its only realistic route to the national field hinges on winning the conference tournament. Brutal road losses at Louisville, Tennessee and Missouri and heavy defeats at South Carolina and against Charleston Southern have left the nonconference résumé without a marquee victory, while the few encouraging results—a gritty home win over Howard, a road escape at Coppin State and a home victory over Delaware State—are useful but not résumé-changing. The team has not shown the kind of road or neutral-site success committees prize and a tight loss at South Dakota plus inconsistent results away from home highlight that vulnerability. The remaining slate of conference games against the likes of NC Central, Howard, Morgan State, Norfolk State and Maryland Eastern Shore offers chances to build momentum but few opportunities for a signature win, so the most reliable path into the bracket runs through the Mid-Eastern conference tournament.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3@Louisville19L104-45
11/7@Samford249L82-72
11/10@NC A&T296L85-62
11/14@Col Charleston171L88-61
11/19Chattanooga267L78-66
11/23@South Dakota287L82-81
11/25@Missouri59L98-66
11/29@Winthrop119L101-79
12/5@Bethune-Cookman244L80-59
12/8@Charleston So227L84-44
12/12@Queens NC188L102-78
12/16SC Upstate298L78-72
12/22@South Carolina87L95-70
12/30@Tennessee21L105-54
1/3Howard272W58-57
1/10@Morgan St356L72-67
1/12@Coppin St364W74-72
1/17Norfolk St307L89-82
1/26Delaware St359W70-64
1/31NC Central34748%
2/7@Howard27211%
2/14Morgan St35656%
2/16Coppin St36475%
2/21@Norfolk St30716%
2/28@MD E Shore32620%
3/2@Delaware St35937%
3/5@NC Central34727%