NCAA Tournament March Madness

#184 S Dakota St

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Projected seed: 16 (automatic qualifier)

S Dakota St's resume is a study in mixed signals that explain its current placement, with credible road and neutral victories offset by several damaging defeats. A neutral-site win over Merrimack and true road victories at Northern Arizona and at Ball State show the team can win away from home, and a dominant home outing against Georgia St highlights what the offense can do against lesser opposition. Those positives are undercut by lopsided neutral losses to Utah Valley and UC Irvine, an unexpected home loss to Idaho, and heavy road defeats at Oregon and Wyoming that expose limitations against higher-end teams. The remainder of the slate includes a very difficult road date at Arizona and a string of conference opportunities against Nebraska Omaha, Denver, North Dakota State, Oral Roberts and South Dakota that offer clear chances to repair the resume. Taken together, the profile contains enough quality moments and road success to keep the program in view but also enough bad results that it must capitalize on those upcoming games to shift the committee’s view.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3(N)Merrimack263W75-66
11/9@Northern Iowa91L65-58
11/12@Oregon72L83-69
11/21Georgia St327W105-58
11/25(N)Utah Valley81L75-52
11/26(N)UC Irvine131L64-52
12/3@Northern Arizona289W75-62
12/6Idaho187L84-81
12/9@Ball St315W68-64
12/15(N)Wyoming97L87-72
12/19(N)WI Milwaukee205L88-87
12/29@Arizona2L99-71
1/1NE Omaha24972%
1/3@North Dakota32269%
1/8Denver26775%
1/14@N Dakota St15132%
1/17Missouri KC33788%
1/22@St Thomas MN13928%
1/28@NE Omaha24951%
1/31Oral Roberts29880%
2/4St Thomas MN13950%
2/7South Dakota28277%
2/12@Denver26754%
2/14@Oral Roberts29861%
2/18N Dakota St15153%
2/21North Dakota32285%
2/26@Missouri KC33773%
2/28@South Dakota28257%