NCAA Tournament March Madness

#126 N Dakota St

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

North Dakota State’s resume trends toward exclusion because a handful of solid results are undone by damaging setbacks and a lack of signature road or neutral wins. The resume has bright moments, like a neutral victory over Jacksonville State and strong trips to Drake, Oral Roberts and Missouri Kansas City, but those are offset by narrow road defeats at Oregon State and UC Davis, a close neutral loss to UC Irvine, a poor showing at Arkansas State and a home setback to Denver that undercuts the case. Inconsistent defense away from home has turned otherwise competent offensive performances into resume liabilities, and the remaining conference dates at South Dakota State, a home game with Missouri Kansas City, a trip to St Thomas and the season finale against North Dakota are the final opportunities to turn middling resume elements into the kind of quality wins a committee rewards.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3@Oregon St177L67-65
11/5@UC Davis156L80-68
11/11CS Northridge178W90-68
11/17S Illinois114W92-85
11/26(N)Jacksonville St211W56-43
11/28@Arkansas St148L85-80
12/3@Montana158W81-72
12/6Northern Arizona313W69-68
12/11@CS Bakersfield316W80-69
12/13@Drake201W99-94
12/21(N)UC Irvine119L74-73
12/22@UTEP264L76-66
12/31South Dakota282W84-61
1/3Oral Roberts332W79-77
1/8@Missouri KC352W97-73
1/10@NE Omaha251W78-76
1/14S Dakota St219W76-65
1/17St Thomas MN121W68-65
1/22@Denver221W82-77
1/24@Oral Roberts332W86-58
1/31@South Dakota282W89-84
2/5Denver221L78-71
2/7NE Omaha251W92-84
2/14@North Dakota290W83-66
2/18@S Dakota St21960%
2/21Missouri KC35297%
2/26@St Thomas MN12139%
2/28North Dakota29088%