NCAA Tournament March Madness

#322 North Dakota

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

North Dakota's résumé is a study in contrasts: it has some meaningful wins in low-major settings, highlighted by a gritty road victory at UC Riverside and a close home win over Winthrop, but those positives are undercut by heavy defeats on the road at Alabama, Creighton and Nebraska and lopsided showings at Hawaii and Idaho that make the committee question its competitiveness against top opposition. The tough nonconference slate helps the strength of schedule on paper yet the severity of those losses prevents those games from functioning as quality wins in the committee's view. The team has shown it can close tight games in midmajor environments and that resilience gives it a path to improve, but right now it lacks the signature road or neutral results that would erase recent damaging losses. The remainder of the league slate, including matchups with Oral Roberts, South Dakota State and North Dakota State and road trips to Missouri Kansas City and Denver, presents clear opportunities to change the narrative if the team can string together timely wins.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3@Alabama16L91-62
11/6UC Riverside258L74-70
11/9CS Northridge210L93-85
11/15@UC Riverside258W76-74
11/19@Creighton44L75-60
11/22(N)Coastal Car224L75-58
11/23@W Illinois353W78-69
11/28@Hawaii104L92-55
12/3@Idaho187L90-58
12/6Montana212L79-75
12/13W Illinois353L69-66
12/18Winthrop129W90-88
12/21@Nebraska22L78-55
1/1Oral Roberts29853%
1/3S Dakota St18431%
1/8@NE Omaha24923%
1/10@Missouri KC33744%
1/15St Thomas MN13922%
1/17South Dakota28249%
1/22@Oral Roberts29831%
1/24@Denver26725%
1/29@St Thomas MN1399%
2/5NE Omaha24942%
2/7Denver26746%
2/11@South Dakota28228%
2/14N Dakota St15124%
2/19Missouri KC33766%
2/21@S Dakota St18415%
2/28@N Dakota St15111%