NCAA Tournament March Madness

#117 St Thomas MN

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Projected seed: 14 (automatic qualifier)

St Thomas MN's résumé is built around eye-catching road victories and a string of dominant conference performances but is undercut by lopsided nonconference defeats and several narrow setbacks that expose inconsistency. The road triumph at Oral Roberts and the neutral-site decision over Northern Colorado are the kinds of results the committee values, and wins away at South Dakota and South Dakota State show they can win outside their home gym. Those positives are offset by the blowout trip to St. Mary's in California and losses at Washington State and at Montana State that carry extra weight, while tight setbacks at North Dakota and North Dakota State suggest trouble closing elevated games. With winnable remaining road dates at Missouri Kansas City and Denver and chances to settle things with North Dakota State and Nebraska Omaha, the team can still improve its standing, but as it sits this profile reads like a conference representative whose lack of marquee victories limits how high it can rise in the bracket.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3@St Mary's CA32L84-58
11/8Army336W83-76
11/10@Washington St126L81-71
11/13WI Green Bay227W80-61
11/15@SE Missouri St229W84-72
11/21(N)N Colorado163W73-72
11/22(N)CS Fullerton175L88-80
11/23@Portland183W76-66
12/3@Montana St155L82-74
12/7Weber St216W88-65
12/13@UNC Asheville223W80-59
12/20UC Riverside275W92-78
1/4Denver236W92-88
1/7South Dakota276W99-86
1/10@Oral Roberts334W82-71
1/15@North Dakota284W91-80
1/17@N Dakota St132L68-65
1/22S Dakota St211W74-69
1/24@South Dakota276W90-78
1/29North Dakota284L81-80
2/1Missouri KC353W99-64
2/4@S Dakota St211W77-62
2/7Oral Roberts334W92-75
2/12@NE Omaha25669%
2/14@Missouri KC35390%
2/21@Denver23665%
2/26N Dakota St13265%
2/28NE Omaha25685%