StatSeed is StatSheet's postseason projections for all of Division I, including the NCAA Tournament, National Invitation Tournament (NIT), College Basketball Invitational (CBI), and the CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament (CIT). Read more about how StatSeed is calculated.
StatSheet now projects Norfolk State to be a 17 seed in the NCAA Tournament. The Spartans are currently on track for an automatic bid and will need it to retain the invite as they're #117 in the StatSheet StatRank. They have an 18-8 overall record and a 10-2 record in the MEAC.
Over the last four games, Norfolk State picked up wins against Hampton and Maryland-Eastern Shore but also fell apart with bad losses to RPI #240 Delaware State and RPI #219 Coppin State.
Norfolk State has little experience against top competition, with a 1-3 record against the RPI Top 100 that includes an 0-2 record against the RPI Top 50 and AP Top 25. While the Spartans have no quality wins, they're hampered by four bad losses including RPI #240 Delaware State, RPI #219 Coppin State, RPI #179 Morehead State, and RPI #118 Illinois State.
The last four teams into the NCAA Tournament with at-large bids are Ole Miss (15-9, 5-5 SEC, StatRank #53), Arkansas (17-8, 5-5 SEC, StatRank #64), Colorado State (15-8, 4-4 Mountain West, StatRank #27), and Texas (16-9, 6-6 Big 12, StatRank #48).
The first four teams out are Colorado (17-8, 9-4 Pac 12, StatRank #67), Minnesota (17-8, 5-7 Big Ten, StatRank #66), Oregon (18-7, 9-4 Pac 12, StatRank #68), and St. Joseph's (PA) (16-10, 6-5 A-10, StatRank #49).
The next four out are Brigham Young (21-6, 9-3 West Coast, StatRank #49), South Florida (15-10, 8-4 Big East, StatRank #60), Washington (17-8, 10-3 Pac 12, StatRank #63), and Xavier (16-9, 7-4 A-10, StatRank #56).
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