NCAA Tournament March Madness

#147 N Dakota St

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

North Dakota State’s profile is a mix of encouraging road wins and frustrating nonconference setbacks that together justify the current placement: resume-boosting victories away at Drake and at CS Bakersfield and a notable home win over Southern Illinois show the team can win in hostile settings and take care of solid midmajor opponents, while close losses at Oregon State and UC Davis and narrow setbacks to UC Irvine plus road defeats at Arkansas State and UTEP represent the kind of blemishes that lower the upside. The best moments prove they can finish strong away from the Scheels Center and protect home court against Summit rivals such as Oral Roberts and South Dakota, and the slate ahead — including trips to Missouri KC and NE Omaha and key home dates with North Dakota and Denver — provides multiple realistic chances to replace bad losses with signature league road wins. That balance of quality wins, damaging losses, and a forgiving stretch of conference games explains why the outlook is guarded but optimistic given the opportunities that remain.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3@Oregon St223L67-65
11/5@UC Davis172L80-68
11/11CS Northridge198W90-68
11/17S Illinois115W92-85
11/26(N)Jacksonville St226W56-43
11/28@Arkansas St137L85-80
12/3@Montana189W81-72
12/6Northern Arizona292W69-68
12/11@CS Bakersfield295W80-69
12/13@Drake156W99-94
12/21(N)UC Irvine127L74-73
12/22@UTEP262L76-66
12/31South Dakota289W84-61
1/3Oral Roberts293W79-77
1/8@Missouri KC32977%
1/10@NE Omaha27365%
1/14S Dakota St18569%
1/17St Thomas MN13959%
1/22@Denver24660%
1/24@Oral Roberts29368%
1/31@South Dakota28968%
2/5Denver24679%
2/7NE Omaha27383%
2/14@North Dakota31474%
2/18@S Dakota St18548%
2/21Missouri KC32990%
2/26@St Thomas MN13937%
2/28North Dakota31488%