NCAA Tournament March Madness

#148 N Dakota St

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

N Dakota St’s résumé pairs a few notable victories with some ugly road setbacks, which explains its current standing. The positives include a true road win at Montana, a solid nonconference victory over Southern Illinois, a convincing win over Cal State Northridge and a neutral-site triumph against Jacksonville State that show the team can win away from home and on a neutral floor. Those bright moments are offset by road losses at Oregon State, UC Davis and Arkansas State that create real questions about consistency away from its own gym. The remainder of the schedule offers clear opportunities to change the narrative — a neutral date with UC Irvine and a road trip to Drake are the sorts of results that would add credibility, while a stretch of winnable home games and league road tests against the likes of Oral Roberts and South Dakota State give the team paths to improve, but any late signature wins will have to outweigh the damage of the bad road losses.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3@Oregon St180L67-65
11/5@UC Davis164L80-68
11/11CS Northridge240W90-68
11/17S Illinois134W92-85
11/26(N)Jacksonville St235W56-43
11/28@Arkansas St150L85-80
12/3@Montana195W81-72
12/6Northern Arizona26580%
12/11@CS Bakersfield28965%
12/13@Drake12231%
12/21(N)UC Irvine12542%
12/31South Dakota27881%
1/3Oral Roberts30686%
1/8@Missouri KC34379%
1/10@NE Omaha26461%
1/14S Dakota St16064%
1/17St Thomas MN18268%
1/22@Denver28163%
1/24@Oral Roberts30670%
1/31@South Dakota27863%
2/5Denver28182%
2/7NE Omaha26480%
2/14@North Dakota33677%
2/18@S Dakota St16042%
2/21Missouri KC34392%
2/26@St Thomas MN18246%
2/28North Dakota33690%