NCAA Tournament March Madness

#332 North Dakota

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

North Dakota’s résumé is more defined by a string of lopsided losses at power-conference venues than by its few bright moments; the road victory at UC Riverside and the home win over Western Illinois stand out, but blowouts at Alabama, Creighton, Hawaii and Idaho and a rough neutral-site night against Coastal Carolina leave little in the way of quality resume-building wins or road credibility. That inconsistency matters because the remaining calendar features a high-profile trip to Nebraska and a run of conference tests against teams such as Oral Roberts, South Dakota State and Missouri KC that represent the clearest opportunities to change the narrative. Unless the program can start winning convincingly away from home or put together a strong league tournament run, the profile will look thin and will hinge on dominating conference play to secure postseason access.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3@Alabama13L91-62
11/6UC Riverside250L74-70
11/9CS Northridge247L93-85
11/15@UC Riverside250W76-74
11/19@Creighton66L75-60
11/22(N)Coastal Car218L75-58
11/23@W Illinois353W78-69
11/28@Hawaii101L92-55
12/3@Idaho194L90-58
12/6Montana203L79-75
12/13W Illinois35372%
12/18Winthrop11415%
12/21@Nebraska271%
1/1Oral Roberts29550%
1/3S Dakota St17729%
1/8@NE Omaha24521%
1/10@Missouri KC34545%
1/15St Thomas MN16026%
1/17South Dakota28347%
1/22@Oral Roberts29529%
1/24@Denver28026%
1/29@St Thomas MN16011%
2/5NE Omaha24540%
2/7Denver28046%
2/11@South Dakota28326%
2/14N Dakota St15625%
2/19Missouri KC34567%
2/21@S Dakota St17713%
2/28@N Dakota St15611%