NCAA Tournament March Madness

#275 North Dakota

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

North Dakota’s résumé lacks a marquee victory to offset a string of damaging blowouts and road defeats, which is why winning the Summit League title stands as the clearest path to the national field. The nonconference slate includes heavy losses at Alabama, Creighton and Nebraska and difficult trips to Hawaii and Idaho that have left lasting damage, while the team’s brightest moments are road wins at Oral Roberts, Denver and Missouri Kansas City and neutral-site victories over Denver and St. Thomas. Those results show the program can win away from home but the most eye‑catching scalps come against mid‑major or lower‑tier opponents and losses to league rivals in true road environments and the neutral‑site title‑game setback blunt the case. Selection committees prize signature wins and a clean road résumé and without a standout result amid a string of ugly defeats the practical reality is that the surest route into the bracket runs through the conference championship.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3@Alabama18L91-62
11/6UC Riverside258L74-70
11/9CS Northridge175L93-85
11/15@UC Riverside258W76-74
11/19@Creighton76L75-60
11/22(N)Coastal Car247L75-58
11/23@W Illinois364W78-69
11/28@Hawaii107L92-55
12/3@Idaho145L90-58
12/6Montana186L79-75
12/13W Illinois364L69-66
12/18Winthrop155W90-88
12/21@Nebraska14L78-55
1/1Oral Roberts309W72-61
1/3S Dakota St220W90-87
1/8@NE Omaha262L90-79
1/10@Missouri KC358W81-79
1/15St Thomas MN109L91-80
1/17South Dakota282W96-80
1/22@Oral Roberts309W79-62
1/24@Denver234W93-86
1/29@St Thomas MN109W81-80
2/5NE Omaha262W76-73
2/7Denver234L98-79
2/11@South Dakota282W72-71
2/14N Dakota St113L83-66
2/19Missouri KC358W85-70
2/21@S Dakota St220L91-83
2/28@N Dakota St113L96-63
3/6(N)Denver234W83-67
3/7(N)St Thomas MN109W67-66
3/8(N)N Dakota St113L70-62