NCAA Tournament March Madness

#274 NE Omaha

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

NE Omaha’s profile is shaped by a handful of respectable mid‑major wins at Portland State and Lamar and a home victory over Southern Utah that show the roster can close out winnable games, but those flashes are overwhelmed by ugly outings at power conference opponents such as LSU, Oregon and Colorado State and neutral losses to established mid‑majors that underline a gap versus top competition. The offense has produced in spurts yet the defense has been porous in the worst defeats, and the resume suffers because there are almost no signature wins away from home or on neutral courts to offset those blemishes. The remaining conference slate contains several straightforward home opportunities to pile up victories but also tough road trips to the likes of North Dakota State and Oral Roberts that represent the only realistic path to a notable win that would change how the resume is viewed. Until Omaha turns one of those high‑visibility road tests into a quality result, the body of work reads like a team that can win its league games but still needs a marquee road or neutral victory to erase the more damaging losses.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3(N)Murray St89L85-77
11/6@Abilene Chr216L73-71
11/9@Colorado St87L97-74
11/15Southern Utah332W90-85
11/21@LSU41L99-73
11/25(N)James Madison211L88-77
11/26@Florida Intl158L74-61
12/3N Colorado171L75-70
12/6@Portland St166W60-55
12/20@Lamar238W85-82
12/28@Oregon78L80-57
1/1@S Dakota St187L84-69
1/3Missouri KC329L73-66
1/8North Dakota31470%
1/10N Dakota St14735%
1/17@Oral Roberts29343%
1/21South Dakota29064%
1/24@Missouri KC32954%
1/28S Dakota St18744%
1/31@Denver24834%
2/5@North Dakota31449%
2/7@N Dakota St14717%
2/12St Thomas MN14033%
2/14Denver24856%
2/18Oral Roberts29365%
2/25@South Dakota29042%
2/28@St Thomas MN14016%