NCAA Tournament March Madness

#120 N Dakota St

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Projected seed: 14 (automatic qualifier)

North Dakota State's résumé supports a lower seeded automatic qualifier because it pairs a string of impressive road wins at Drake, Oral Roberts, Montana and Missouri Kansas City with a handful of damaging nonconference defeats at Oregon State, UC Davis, Arkansas State and UTEP and a narrow loss to UC Irvine, leaving the team with clear road credibility but no truly signature victory over a high-major opponent. The best moments are those eye-catching wins away from home that demonstrate the team can travel and close games while the worst moments are the bad results in early tests that committees tend to punish. The remainder of the conference slate features several very winnable games at home and manageable road tests that give the program a straightforward path to solidify its standing, while trips to St Thomas and South Dakota State represent the kind of results that could move the needle in either direction.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3@Oregon St214L67-65
11/5@UC Davis167L80-68
11/11CS Northridge210W90-68
11/17S Illinois124W92-85
11/26(N)Jacksonville St197W56-43
11/28@Arkansas St159L85-80
12/3@Montana151W81-72
12/6Northern Arizona316W69-68
12/11@CS Bakersfield303W80-69
12/13@Drake160W99-94
12/21(N)UC Irvine118L74-73
12/22@UTEP288L76-66
12/31South Dakota287W84-61
1/3Oral Roberts330W79-77
1/8@Missouri KC351W97-73
1/10@NE Omaha256W78-76
1/14S Dakota St192W76-65
1/17St Thomas MN127W68-65
1/22@Denver265W82-77
1/24@Oral Roberts330W86-58
1/31@South Dakota28774%
2/5Denver26586%
2/7NE Omaha25684%
2/14@North Dakota28072%
2/18@S Dakota St19255%
2/21Missouri KC35196%
2/26@St Thomas MN12740%
2/28North Dakota28088%