NCAA Tournament March Madness

#262 NE Omaha

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

NE Omaha’s resume leaves the program dependent on the Summit League automatic berth because the nonconference slate produced no marquee victories and the best wins come against mid- and lower-major opponents like Oral Roberts, Portland State and Southern Utah rather than power-conference scalps. The résumé is undermined by lopsided road defeats at LSU, Oregon and Colorado State along with neutral-site setbacks to Murray State and James Madison, and the team has been inconsistent away from home with costly losses at North Dakota and North Dakota State. Conference play offered some encouraging results, including road victories at Portland State and Oral Roberts and a neutral win over South Dakota, but those bright spots are outweighed by the heavy losses and the scarcity of quality wins. With that profile the only reliable route onto the tournament bracket is through the Summit League’s automatic berth.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3(N)Murray St122L85-77
11/6@Abilene Chr242L73-71
11/9@Colorado St88L97-74
11/15Southern Utah251W90-85
11/21@LSU60L99-73
11/25(N)James Madison213L88-77
11/26@Florida Intl194L74-61
12/3N Colorado141L75-70
12/6@Portland St146W60-55
12/20@Lamar237W85-82
12/28@Oregon99L80-57
1/1@S Dakota St220L84-69
1/3Missouri KC358L73-66
1/8North Dakota275W90-79
1/10N Dakota St113L78-76
1/17@Oral Roberts309W73-62
1/21South Dakota282L68-64
1/24@Missouri KC358W77-60
1/28S Dakota St220W80-71
1/31@Denver234W84-82
2/5@North Dakota275L76-73
2/7@N Dakota St113L92-84
2/12St Thomas MN109W98-94
2/15Denver234W83-76
2/18Oral Roberts309W80-71
2/25@South Dakota282L89-72
2/28@St Thomas MN109L68-53
3/6(N)South Dakota282W76-62
3/7(N)N Dakota St113L74-50