Where Mississippi State basketball stands in updated March Madness bracket predictions

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STARKVILLE — Mississippi State basketball stumbled down the stretch of the regular season but appears safe to make the NCAA tournament.

The latest March Madness bracket predictions all have the Bulldogs in the tournament and not on the bubble. MSU (20-11) lost four of its last five games of the regular season, three of which came against unranked teams.

Mississippi State is a No. 10 seed in the SEC tournament and will play No. 15 LSU (14-17) in Nashville on Wednesday (6 p.m., SEC Network).

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Here’s a closer look at the updated March Madness bracket predictions.

Mississippi State basketball NCAA tournament projections

ESPN’s Joe Lunardi his dipped Mississippi State one seed line to No. 8. He matches it up with No. 9 Creighton in Wichita, Kansas. The winner would play either No. 1 Houston or No. 16 Omaha.

CBS Sports’ Jerry Palm also dropped Mississippi State from his previous projection, but to a No. 6 seed. He has the Bulldogs playing against either No. 11 San Diego State or No. 11 Baylor out of the First Four. The winner would play either No. 3 St. John’s or No. 6 Northern Colorado. Those games would be played in Providence, Rhode Island.

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USA TODAY has the same exact projection as ESPN with the first and second-round matchups and location.

Mississippi State basketball’s NCAA tournament resume

Mississippi State’s NCAA NET ranking tanked to No. 34 after the Arkansas loss, its worst of the season. It was in the 20s for most of SEC play.

The Bulldogs are 7-9 in Quad 1 and 5-2 in Quad 2. They are 0-6 against the top 12 teams in the NET rankings and 20-5 against everyone else. The best win is against Texas A&M, who jumped up to No. 16.

LSU is No. 86 in the NET rankings, so the Wednesday game will be Quad 2.

Mississippi State basketball’s NCAA tournament history under Chris Jans

The Bulldogs have made the NCAA tournament twice in coach Chris Jans’ two seasons but haven’t won a game.

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In 2023, they were in the First Four and lost to Pitt by one point. Last…

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Publish date : 2025-03-11 13:20:00

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