NCAA Tournament March Madness

#177 S Dakota St

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Projected seed: 15 (automatic qualifier)

South Dakota State’s résumé blends a few eye-catching moments with a string of results that raise red flags. The Jackrabbits flashed offensive upside in a home blowout of Georgia State, added a neutral-site win over Merrimack and picked up a road victory at Northern Arizona, yet those highs are offset by neutral losses to Utah Valley and UC Irvine, road defeats at Northern Iowa and Oregon, and a home setback to Idaho that together expose a lack of resume-changing success away from home. The rest of the schedule hands them clearer opportunities to change that picture — manageable home dates against North Dakota and Oral Roberts, neutral tests against Wyoming and Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and high-stakes road trips to North Dakota State and to Arizona — so a single strong result on the road or at a neutral site would go a long way toward erasing the doubts created by the earlier losses.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3(N)Merrimack271W75-66
11/9@Northern Iowa98L65-58
11/12@Oregon91L83-69
11/21Georgia St338W105-58
11/25(N)Utah Valley85L75-52
11/26(N)UC Irvine124L64-52
12/3@Northern Arizona264W75-62
12/6Idaho194L84-81
12/9@Ball St32168%
12/15(N)Wyoming9728%
12/19(N)WI Milwaukee23160%
12/29@Arizona61%
1/1NE Omaha24573%
1/3@North Dakota33271%
1/8Denver28078%
1/14@N Dakota St15635%
1/17Missouri KC34590%
1/22@St Thomas MN16036%
1/28@NE Omaha24552%
1/31Oral Roberts29580%
2/4St Thomas MN16058%
2/7South Dakota28378%
2/12@Denver28058%
2/14@Oral Roberts29561%
2/18N Dakota St15657%
2/21North Dakota33287%
2/26@Missouri KC34576%
2/28@South Dakota28358%