NCAA Tournament March Madness

#163 S Dakota St

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Projected seed: 14 (automatic qualifier)

South Dakota State’s resume features a handful of eye-catching moments and a string of results that keep its standing fragile, starting with a neutral-site win over Merrimack and a dominant home victory over Georgia State and reinforced by a resume-building road victory at Northern Arizona, while road losses at Northern Iowa and Oregon and neutral setbacks against Utah Valley and UC Irvine exposed a club that can struggle to score away from home. The defense has been the steadier side of the ledger, but the inconsistent offense and the absence of a signature win over an established power leave little margin for error. Upcoming chances, most notably another true road test at Arizona and a neutral-site date with Wyoming, are clear opportunities to flip the narrative, while the remainder of the Summit slate presents many expected victories that will pad the record but not dramatically alter perception unless the Jackrabbits snag an upset on the road or at a neutral site.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3(N)Merrimack285W75-66
11/9@Northern Iowa91L65-58
11/12@Oregon83L83-69
11/21Georgia St335W105-58
11/25(N)Utah Valley89L75-52
11/26(N)UC Irvine125L64-52
12/3@Northern Arizona266W75-62
12/6Idaho21069%
12/9@Ball St32471%
12/15(N)Wyoming10732%
12/19(N)WI Milwaukee23063%
12/29@Arizona92%
1/1NE Omaha26478%
1/3@North Dakota33674%
1/8Denver28179%
1/14@N Dakota St14936%
1/17Missouri KC34290%
1/22@St Thomas MN18243%
1/28@NE Omaha26458%
1/31Oral Roberts30584%
2/4St Thomas MN18265%
2/7South Dakota27879%
2/12@Denver28160%
2/14@Oral Roberts30566%
2/18N Dakota St14958%
2/21North Dakota33689%
2/26@Missouri KC34277%
2/28@South Dakota27859%