NCAA Tournament March Madness

#151 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 St180L67-65
11/5@UC Davis166L80-68
11/11CS Northridge247W90-68
11/17S Illinois117W92-85
11/26(N)Jacksonville St237W56-43
11/28@Arkansas St149L85-80
12/3@Montana201W81-72
12/6Northern Arizona263W69-68
12/11@CS Bakersfield30970%
12/13@Drake12631%
12/21(N)UC Irvine12442%
12/31South Dakota28382%
1/3Oral Roberts29484%
1/8@Missouri KC34581%
1/10@NE Omaha24658%
1/14S Dakota St17867%
1/17St Thomas MN16064%
1/22@Denver28064%
1/24@Oral Roberts29467%
1/31@South Dakota28364%
2/5Denver28082%
2/7NE Omaha24677%
2/14@North Dakota33276%
2/18@S Dakota St17845%
2/21Missouri KC34592%
2/26@St Thomas MN16042%
2/28North Dakota33290%