Prairie View A&M Panthers

Record: 22-12, 17-1 in SWAC

How They Got Here: The Panthers started the season with 12 road games and went 1-11. Despite that inauspicious start, they steamrolled the conference schedule. Their only SWAC loss came on the road against conference tournament No. 2 cheap wholesale nike nfl jerseys seed Texas Southern, and it was avenged with a 92-86 victory in the tournament title game.

Reason to Believe: Prairie View showed it can at least hang around with tournament-caliber teams in competitive games against Baylor and UNC Greensboro at the start of the year. The offense is well-balanced with six players averaging at least seven points per game, led by senior guard Gary Blackston (15.2 PPG, 7.0 RPG). There’s something to be said for an utterly dominant showing during the conference schedule, even if it’s a low-level conference.cheap nfl nike jerseys free shipping

Reason to Worry: Forget Quad 1 and Quad 2. A win over sub-150 NET Santa Clara in November is the only Quad 3 win the Panthers have this season. They went 20-1 in Quad 4 games, but that’s not exactly something you can hang your hat on. They rank outside the top 200 in KenPom’s offensive andĀ cheap nike jerseys nflĀ  defensive efficiency, and they played one of the weakest schedules in the country.cheap nfl jerseys from china nike

March Madness Ceiling: The Panthers have only been in the tournament one other time, seeded as a No. 16 seed in 1998 when Kansas beat them 110-52. That sounds about right.