NCAA Tournament March Madness
#204 Southern Miss
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Projection: need to automatically qualify
Southern Miss’s résumé is defined by flashes of promise and a couple of damaging slip‑ups: competitive road showings at Buffalo and South Carolina and neutral‑site wins over North Florida and Tennessee Martin plus a true road victory at Radford demonstrate the team can win away from home. Those best moments are undermined by a costly loss at Grambling and defensive lapses that have turned some winnable chances into resume damage. With high‑visibility chances still to come at Miami, in a neutral test with Mississippi and on the road at LSU along with a conference stretch featuring Louisiana, Arkansas State, ULM, Troy, Texas State, South Alabama, Marshall and Old Dominion, the path to improving the committee’s view is clear — notch quality wins on the road or at neutral sites and avoid further damaging conference results.
| Date | Opponent | Ranking | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11/3 | @Buffalo | 208 | L85-79 |
| 11/9 | @South Carolina | 92 | L83-79 |
| 11/13 | @Grambling | 284 | L75-70 |
| 11/22 | (N)North Florida | 334 | W92-83 |
| 11/23 | (N)TN Martin | 227 | W70-60 |
| 12/3 | @Radford | 276 | W82-75 |
| 12/6 | @Miami FL | 38 | 5% |
| 12/8 | Grambling | 284 | 74% |
| 12/13 | (N)Mississippi | 52 | 12% |
| 12/18 | Louisiana | 326 | 82% |
| 12/20 | Arkansas St | 151 | 51% |
| 12/29 | @LSU | 25 | 3% |
| 1/1 | @ULM | 355 | 77% |
| 1/3 | @Louisiana | 326 | 65% |
| 1/8 | Texas St | 231 | 66% |
| 1/10 | ULM | 355 | 90% |
| 1/14 | @Troy | 145 | 27% |
| 1/17 | @Texas St | 231 | 44% |
| 1/22 | @Georgia St | 335 | 68% |
| 1/24 | @Coastal Car | 242 | 46% |
| 1/29 | Appalachian St | 296 | 77% |
| 1/31 | James Madison | 177 | 56% |
| 2/4 | @Marshall | 170 | 33% |
| 2/12 | South Alabama | 167 | 54% |
| 2/14 | Troy | 145 | 48% |
| 2/21 | Old Dominion | 220 | 64% |
| 2/24 | @Arkansas St | 151 | 30% |
| 2/27 | @South Alabama | 167 | 33% |