NCAA Tournament March Madness

#219 S Dakota St

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

South Dakota State’s profile has enough bright moments to show potential but too many damaging losses to feel secure, which is why the view that they must take the Summit League’s automatic berth holds up. The neutral win over Merrimack and road victories at Northern Arizona and Ball State demonstrate they can win away from home, yet those positives are undercut by blowouts at Arizona and Oregon and ugly setbacks to Utah Valley, UC Irvine, Wyoming and Wisconsin Milwaukee along with uneven results against Summit League foes. Selection committees prize quality road and neutral wins and will be wary of lopsided losses and a losing stretch in league play, so upcoming chances such as the trip to Oral Roberts, home tests against North Dakota and North Dakota State and a road date at Missouri Kansas City are crucial to rebuilding an at-large case; if those outcomes don’t swing the other way, their clear path to the NCAA bracket runs through the conference tournament.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3(N)Merrimack168W75-66
11/9@Northern Iowa88L65-58
11/12@Oregon100L83-69
11/21Georgia St293W105-58
11/25(N)Utah Valley87L75-52
11/26(N)UC Irvine118L64-52
12/3@Northern Arizona313W75-62
12/6Idaho179L84-81
12/9@Ball St322W68-64
12/15(N)Wyoming104L87-72
12/19(N)WI Milwaukee268L88-87
12/29@Arizona3L99-71
1/1NE Omaha249W84-69
1/3@North Dakota291L90-87
1/8Denver221W87-79
1/14@N Dakota St124L76-65
1/17Missouri KC352W90-62
1/22@St Thomas MN120L74-69
1/28@NE Omaha249L80-71
1/31Oral Roberts332W95-72
2/4St Thomas MN120L77-62
2/7South Dakota282L68-67
2/12@Denver221L79-61
2/14@Oral Roberts33267%
2/18N Dakota St12440%
2/21North Dakota29174%
2/26@Missouri KC35277%
2/28@South Dakota28252%