NCAA Tournament March Madness

#282 South Dakota

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

South Dakota's resume leaves little margin for error so their clearest path to the national field runs through winning the conference tournament. They have sellable moments such as a neutral-site victory over Air Force, a road win at South Dakota State, and solid home results against W Michigan and Southern Indiana that show they can win in different settings. Those positives are undercut by heavy defeats at major programs like Creighton, Missouri, Kansas State and Wyoming which will loom large when a committee weighs the resume. The remaining slate sends them back on the road to Denver and Oral Roberts before a finish at home against NE Omaha and South Dakota State and those games are the last real chances to erase damaging losses and build a résumé that can stand on its own.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3Utah Tech184L81-79
11/5@Creighton77L92-76
11/12Southern Indiana342W89-74
11/16W Michigan280W83-78
11/20@Missouri52L102-68
11/23S Carolina St358W82-81
11/29(N)Air Force347W80-63
12/3Portland St143L77-71
12/6@N Colorado147L89-87
12/9@Wyoming104L106-79
12/13Prairie View325W97-85
12/20@Kansas St101L106-76
12/31@N Dakota St124L84-61
1/7@St Thomas MN120L99-86
1/10Denver221W82-72
1/15Missouri KC352W99-83
1/17@North Dakota291L96-80
1/21@NE Omaha249W68-64
1/24St Thomas MN120L90-78
1/29Oral Roberts332W77-69
1/31N Dakota St124L89-84
2/4@Missouri KC352W82-75
2/7@S Dakota St219W68-67
2/11North Dakota291L72-71
2/19@Denver22128%
2/21@Oral Roberts33254%
2/25NE Omaha24954%
2/28S Dakota St21948%