NCAA Tournament March Madness

#256 NE Omaha

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

NE Omaha’s resume lacks the kind of standout nonconference victories that command at-large respect and it is scarred by ugly results away from home and on neutral courts, so the clearest path for this team to reach the NCAA field runs through the conference automatic spot. Their best moments, such as road wins at Portland St and Oral Roberts and home victories over Southern Utah and North Dakota, show they can close tight games in league play. Their worst moments, including heavy trips to Colorado St, LSU and Oregon and neutral-site setbacks to Murray St and James Madison, undercut any claim to a quality nonconference profile. With more conference games ahead, including another meeting with Oral Roberts and road tests at Denver and at N Dakota St, they still have concrete opportunities to add the road and neutral wins committees prize, but if they fail to capitalize their most realistic route will be to secure the automatic berth.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3(N)Murray St90L85-77
11/6@Abilene Chr253L73-71
11/9@Colorado St95L97-74
11/15Southern Utah278W90-85
11/21@LSU50L99-73
11/25(N)James Madison229L88-77
11/26@Florida Intl191L74-61
12/3N Colorado187L75-70
12/6@Portland St153W60-55
12/20@Lamar207W85-82
12/28@Oregon98L80-57
1/1@S Dakota St192L84-69
1/3Missouri KC351L73-66
1/8North Dakota280W90-79
1/10N Dakota St120L78-76
1/17@Oral Roberts330W73-62
1/21South Dakota287L68-64
1/24@Missouri KC351W77-60
1/28S Dakota St192W80-71
1/31@Denver26541%
2/5@North Dakota28045%
2/7@N Dakota St12016%
2/12St Thomas MN12733%
2/14Denver26563%
2/18Oral Roberts33078%
2/25@South Dakota28746%
2/28@St Thomas MN12716%