A pair of HBCU basketball groups—one in all which made the NCAA Match final season—are projected to expertise March Insanity in 2026.
Norfolk State and Jackson State are among the many early MEAC and SWAC favorites to make the sphere of 68, based on ESPN’s Joe Lunardi.
The World Huge Chief’s high school basketball prognosticator launched an up to date bracketology on Tuesday, and he has the Spartans and Tigers projected to play in March.
Norfolk State, which gained the MEAC event and fell within the first spherical to eventual nationwide champion Florida, is projected to be a No. 16 and play Central Connecticut State within the First 4. Jackson State, which fell within the SWAC title sport in Atlanta final season to Alabama State, is anticipated by Lunardi to leap into the event.
Like Norfolk State, Jackson State is predicted to seem solely within the First 4 and face Vermont as a No. 16 seed.
The 2025-26 school basketball season will start in November.
