NCAA Tournament March Madness

#156 N Dakota St

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

North Dakota State’s resume is built around impressive nonconference home wins over Southern Illinois and Cal State Northridge and a solid neutral-site victory over Jacksonville State, showing it can finish games in favorable settings, but those positives are undermined by road setbacks at Oregon State, UC Davis and Arkansas State that highlight vulnerability away from its own floor. The remaining nonconference slate features road trips to Cal State Bakersfield and Drake and a neutral test against UC Irvine that are clear opportunities to pick up the kind of road or neutral result the committee values, and how the Bison navigate Summit League road dates at Oral Roberts and South Dakota as well as key home conference matchups will determine whether the resume can replace damaging away losses with signature wins. Selection attention to quality wins away from home means those upcoming opportunities will be decisive in shaping the team’s standing.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3@Oregon St179L67-65
11/5@UC Davis165L80-68
11/11CS Northridge247W90-68
11/17S Illinois117W92-85
11/26(N)Jacksonville St239W56-43
11/28@Arkansas St149L85-80
12/3@Montana203W81-72
12/6Northern Arizona264W69-68
12/11@CS Bakersfield30167%
12/13@Drake12630%
12/21(N)UC Irvine12440%
12/31South Dakota28381%
1/3Oral Roberts29583%
1/8@Missouri KC34580%
1/10@NE Omaha24556%
1/14S Dakota St17765%
1/17St Thomas MN16062%
1/22@Denver28062%
1/24@Oral Roberts29566%
1/31@South Dakota28362%
2/5Denver28081%
2/7NE Omaha24576%
2/14@North Dakota33275%
2/18@S Dakota St17743%
2/21Missouri KC34592%
2/26@St Thomas MN16040%
2/28North Dakota33289%