NCAA Tournament March Madness

#336 North Dakota

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North Dakota’s resume shows a clear split between its best moments and its worst stretches, with a gritty road win at UC Riverside and a solid victory at Western Illinois standing out against a string of damaging blowouts at Alabama, Hawaii and a home loss to Idaho, plus a tough road trip to Creighton that exposed the team’s limitations away from home. Those wins prove the team can close on the road against mid‑major competition but the heavy defeats to high‑major opponents and a neutral loss to Coastal Carolina undercut that progress and leave the résumé thin on signature victories. The rest of the regular season gives meaningful opportunities to reshape the profile, most notably a chance on the road at Nebraska and several conference games against the likes of Oral Roberts, South Dakota State, North Dakota State and Missouri Kansas City where road or neutral wins would carry real weight; until those better results arrive, the damage from the lopsided losses keeps the outlook cautious.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3@Alabama13L91-62
11/6UC Riverside267L74-70
11/9CS Northridge240L93-85
11/15@UC Riverside267W76-74
11/19@Creighton52L75-60
11/22(N)Coastal Car242L75-58
11/23@W Illinois358W78-69
11/28@Hawaii99L92-55
12/3@Idaho209L90-58
12/6Montana19531%
12/13W Illinois35872%
12/18Winthrop10613%
12/21@Nebraska481%
1/1Oral Roberts30652%
1/3S Dakota St16025%
1/8@NE Omaha26423%
1/10@Missouri KC34342%
1/15St Thomas MN18229%
1/17South Dakota27844%
1/22@Oral Roberts30630%
1/24@Denver28125%
1/29@St Thomas MN18213%
2/5NE Omaha26443%
2/7Denver28145%
2/11@South Dakota27824%
2/14N Dakota St14823%
2/19Missouri KC34364%
2/21@S Dakota St16011%
2/28@N Dakota St14810%