NCAA Tournament March Madness

#132 N Dakota St

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

N Dakota St’s profile reads like a team with clear highs and concerning lows, and that makes the case that they’ll likely need the automatic bid; their best moments are road and neutral wins that show they can win away from home, including the trips to Drake and Oral Roberts and the neutral victory over Jacksonville State, while their worst moments are the nonconference setbacks at Oregon State, UC Davis, Arkansas State and UTEP and the tight losses at UC Irvine and to Denver that leave question marks about quality wins outside the Summit League. Most of the résumé is built on conference victories over familiar opponents such as Missouri Kansas City and North Dakota, so the remaining slate — a pair of trips to North Dakota and South Dakota State, a home date with Missouri Kansas City and a road trip to St Thomas — represents the final chance to add a true resume-boosting road result or to confirm that the safest path to the tournament runs through the conference championship.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3@Oregon St210L67-65
11/5@UC Davis156L80-68
11/11CS Northridge179W90-68
11/17S Illinois119W92-85
11/26(N)Jacksonville St184W56-43
11/28@Arkansas St148L85-80
12/3@Montana159W81-72
12/6Northern Arizona313W69-68
12/11@CS Bakersfield319W80-69
12/13@Drake187W99-94
12/21(N)UC Irvine116L74-73
12/22@UTEP272L76-66
12/31South Dakota276W84-61
1/3Oral Roberts334W79-77
1/8@Missouri KC353W97-73
1/10@NE Omaha256W78-76
1/14S Dakota St211W76-65
1/17St Thomas MN117W68-65
1/22@Denver236W82-77
1/24@Oral Roberts334W86-58
1/31@South Dakota276W89-84
2/5Denver236L78-71
2/7NE Omaha256W92-84
2/14@North Dakota28471%
2/18@S Dakota St21155%
2/21Missouri KC35396%
2/26@St Thomas MN11735%
2/28North Dakota28487%