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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;As part of its preview of the 2015 NCAA men\u2019s basketball tournament, SI.com is taking a look at all 68 teams in the field.&amp;nbsp;RPI&amp;nbsp;and SOS data from&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;realtimerpi.com&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;. Adjusted offense and defense are from&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;kenpom.com&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;nbsp;and measure the number of points scored and allowed per 100 possessions, and the team\u2019s national rank. All stats are through Monday, March 16.&lt;/em&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Record:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;22-12 (16-2 in SWAC)\r\n&lt;strong&gt;RPI/SOS:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;118/294\r\n&lt;strong&gt;Adjusted offensive/defensive efficiency:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;101.7 (178th)/104.9 (220th)\r\n&lt;strong&gt;Seed:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;No. 15 in West\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Impact player:&lt;/strong&gt; Madarious Gibbs, senior guard. 14.1 ppg, 4.3 apg.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u200B&lt;strong&gt;The Case For:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Ask Michigan State (and Kansas State, for that matter). The Tigers notched what might\u2019ve been the second-most shocking upset of the season behind NJIT\u2019s win at&amp;nbsp;Michigan when they took down the Spartans in overtime in East Lansing on Dec. 20, then followed it up by beating the Wildcats two games later, again on the road. Throw in the fact that Texas Southern also went to the NCAA tournament last season and has a coach in Mike Davis who once took Indiana to the national title game, and you have a team with more of a pedigree than most No. 15 seeds. \r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Led by Gibbs, the veteran-laden Tigers do an excellent job of attacking the basket and getting to the free throw line, ranking 18th nationally with a 46.1 free throw rate. Texas Southern\u2019s ability to get free points from the charity stripe and good looks from close to the basket are their formula for a potential Round of 64 upset, and the Tigers\u2019 substantial depth means they\u2019re unlikely to get worn down.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u200B\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u2022 &lt;strong&gt;Enter our Bracket Challenge for your chance to win $1 million&lt;/strong&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Case Against:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Ask Indiana, or Baylor, or any of the other power conference teams that managed to dispatch Texas Southern with ease. The wins over Michigan State and Kansas State were impressive, but in their seven other games against high-major schools, the Tigers lost by an average of 19.4 points, including a 40-point defeat to Gonzaga&amp;nbsp;on Dec. 15. The SWAC is one of the weaker conferences in college basketball, so emerging as the league\u2019s best team doesn\u2019t mean much when the opponent, Arizona, was the regular season and tournament champion of the Pac-12, a Power Five league. \r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;With the Tigers seeing a major talent upgrade in the tourney, they probably won\u2019t be as successful at drawing fouls\u2014teams with size and athleticism down low should do a better job at altering Texas Southern\u2019s shots without putting the team on the free throw line. And while shooting a lot of free throws is a great trait to have, outside shooting is the great equalizer in the tournament for most Cinderellas. Texas Southern shoots just 31.1 percent from deep. With Davis\u2019s crew unlikely to be able to assert its own style, the Tigers\u2019 lack of perimeter threats will severely hinder their upset potential.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;SI prediction:&lt;/strong&gt; Lose to Arizona in Round of 64\r\n&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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