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Tommie Talk and the NET/Torvik Gospel
St. Thomas (15-4, 8-8 ATS)
NET: Tommies remain at #116
Torvik (T-Rank): Tommies remain at #110
(all rankings NET, all times Central)
#116 St. Thomas (15-4, 4-0 Summit) @ #136 North Dakota State (15-5, 5-0)
Time (TV): 1 (SLN)
Place: Scheels Center, Fargo, ND
Series Record since St. Thomas move to DI: St. Thomas leads 5-4
The Spread: North Dakota State favored by 2.5
The Skinny: Winner becomes frontrunner for league title; Tommies have won 9 straight
Friday Summit League Results/Highlights
No games
Saturday Summit League Slate
#116 St. Thomas @ #136 North Dakota State, 1 (SLN)
#258 South Dakota @ #304 North Dakota, 1 (Midco Sports)
#337 Kansas City @ #190 South Dakota State, 4:15 (SLN)
#273 Omaha @ #295 Oral Roberts, 7 (SLN)
Saturday Reach the Summit Selections (14-4, 77.8%, 0 exactas) -- toughest set of games to pick so far
North Dakota State over St. Thomas by 2
North Dakota over South Dakota by 3
South Dakota State over Kansas City by 20
Oral Roberts over Omaha by 3
Expected Top 5 (DU, NDSU, Omaha, SDSU, UST) Head-to-Head
Let's keep tabs on how the five teams expected to finish in the upper half/middle of the Summit fare head-to-head. The league's regular season champion(s) likely finishes with the best record in the head-to-head.
Head-to-Head
1. North Dakota State (2-0)
2. St. Thomas (1-0)
3. South Dakota State (2-1)
T4. Denver (0-2)
T4. Omaha (0-2)
Summit League Leader (North Dakota State) Resume Snapshot
Record vs. DI Opponents: 12-5, 5-0 Summit
Projected NCAA Tournament Seed: #15
True Road Record: 5-4
NET: #136
Torvik (T-Rank): #126
Strength of Record: #132
Wins Above Bubble: #140
Overall SOS: #359
Non-Conference SOS: #351
Record/Winning% vs. Quad 1: 0-0
Record/Winning% vs. Quads 1 & 2 Combined: 0-0
Record/Winning % vs. Quads 1-3 Combined: 3-4 (42.9%)
Quad 4 (Awful) Losses: 1 (@ #270 UTEP)
Record vs. Projected NCAA Qualifiers: 0-0
Dribbles & Scribbles
-- Owen Freeman's free agency move from Iowa to Creighton isn't working out so well. Freeman got a DNP last night @ Providence and has played a total of 20 minutes in the Bluejays' last four games.
-- Baylor is more and more NOT looking like a NCAA Tournament team after Friday's drubbing at Kansas in Lawrence. I call it karma for the mid-season pickup of not-good-enough-for-the-NBA James Nnaji. Hoping Louisville is next.
-- We have Bubbler vs. Bubbler battles today in Columbus (UCLA @ Ohio State), Bloomington (Iowa @ Indiana), Baton Rouge (Mizzou @ LSU), Austin (Texas A&M @ Texas), and San Diego (New Mexico @ San Diego State).
-- Enormous game tonight for Santa Clara when it hosts Saint Mary's. The smoothest path to the NCAA tourney for the Broncos is beating their conference brethren Gaels and Gonzaga.
Friday Bubblicious Results (bubble teams underlined)
Providence 93, #55 Creighton 88
Saturday Bubblicious Tracker
#34 Kentucky @ Tennessee, 11 (ESPN)
Notre Dame @ #54 Virginia Tech, 11 (ACCN)
Alabama @ #69 Oklahoma, 12 (SECN)
#44 UCLA @ #40 Ohio State, 12 (CBS)
#43 TCU @ Utah, 1 (TNT)
#22 Iowa @ #36 Indiana, 1 (FOX)
#31 Miami @ Clemson, 1:15 (The CWN)
#65 Missouri @ #53 LSU, 2:30 (SECN)
Duke @ #64 Stanford, 5 (ACCN)
Michigan State @ #57 Washington, 5 (BTN)
#48 Texas A&M @ #39 Texas, 5 (ESPN)
Saint Mary's @ #49 Santa Clara, 6 (ESPN+)
#42 New Mexico @ #50 San Diego State, 7 (CBSSN)
Kansas State @ #74 Oklahoma State, 9 (CBSSN)
Daily Bubblicious Snapshots (#41, #50, #52, #68)
A daily look at the bubble and watching it evolve & shrink leading up to Selection Sunday:
#41 (Seton Hall) NCAA Tournament Resume (best at-large NET# left out of 2025 field)
Record vs. DI Opponents: 14-3, 4-2 Big East
True Road Record: 4-0
NET: #41
Torvik (T-Rank): #45
Strength of Record: #29
Wins Above Bubble: #29
Overall SOS: #93
Non-Conference SOS: #234
Record/Winning% vs. Quad 1: 1-3 (25%)
Record/Winning% vs. Quads 1 & 2 Combined: 5-3 (62.5%)
Record/Winning% vs. Quads 1-3 Combined: 7-3 (70%)
Quad 4 (Awful) Losses: 0
Record vs. Projected NCAA Qualifiers: 2-3 (wins over #29 NC State, #229 Saint Peter's)
#50 (San Diego State) NCAA Tournament Resume (mythical Bubble cutline)
Record vs. DI Opponents: 11-4, 6-0 Mountain West
True Road Record: 3-0
NET: #50
Torvik (T-Rank): #41
Strength of Record: #50
Wins Above Bubble: #48
Overall SOS: #78
Non-Conference SOS: #41
Record/Winning% vs. Quad 1: 1-3 (25%)
Record/Winning% vs. Quads 1 & 2 Combined: 2-3 (40%)
Record/Winning% vs. Quads 1-3 Combined: 7-4 (63.6%)
Quad 4 (Awful) Losses: 0
Record vs. Projected NCAA Qualifiers: 1-3 (win over #84 Utah Valley)
#52 (VCU) NCAA Tournament Resume (worst at-large NET# to make 2025 field)
Record vs. DI Opponents: 12-6, 3-2 Atlantic 10
True Road Record: 2-2
NET: #52
Torvik (T-Rank): #59
Strength of Record: #71
Wins Above Bubble: #62
Overall SOS: #63
Non-Conference SOS: #70
Record/Winning% vs. Quad 1: 0-5 (0%)
Record/Winning% vs. Quads 1 & 2 Combined: 2-6 (25%)
Record/Winning% vs. Quads 1-3 Combined: 5-6 (45.5%)
Quad 4 (Awful) Losses: 0
Record vs. Projected NCAA Qualifiers: 1-6 (win over #229 Saint Peter's)
#68 (Cal) NCAA Tournament Resume (if the field was best 68 NET)
Record vs. DI Opponents: 12-5, 1-4 ACC
True Road Record: 0-3
NET: #68
Torvik (T-Rank): #86
Strength of Record: #59
Wins Above Bubble: #58
Overall SOS: #86
Non-Conference SOS: #325
Record/Winning% vs. Quad 1: 1-4 (20%)
Record/Winning% vs. Quads 1 & 2 Combined: 2-5 (28.6%)
Record/Winning% vs. Quads 1-3 Combined: 6-5 (54.5%)
Quad 4 (Awful) Losses: 0
Record vs. Projected NCAA Qualifiers: 1-3 (win over #120 Wright State)
Other Games to Watch
Virginia @ SMU, 11 (ESPN2)
Buffalo @ Miami-Ohio, 12 (ESPN+)
Florida @ Vanderbilt, 1 (ESPN)
St. Thomas @ North Dakota State, 1 (SLN)
Quinnipiac @ Merrimack, 2 (ESPN+)
Arizona @ UCF, 3 (ESPN)
North Carolina @ Cal, 3 (ACCN)
Arkansas @ Georgia, 3 (ESPN2)
UT-Arlington @ Utah Valley, 3 (ESPN+)
Purdue @ USC, 5 (NBCSN/Peacock)
BYU @ Texas Tech, 7 (ESPN)
Saint John's @ Villanova, 7 (NBCSN/Peacock)
Saturday Pick to Click (44-27, 62%, W-3 streak)
St. Thomas @ North Dakota State over 150.5 points
Saturday Outright +7 or More ‘Dog (14-57, 19.7%, L-1 streak)
@ UCF (+9.5) outright over Arizona
Deep Thoughts, by Buzz Studley
With the advent of free agency and the Wild Wild West in college sports, are compliance departments at major colleges and universities even necessary? There are no rules to follow/enforce!
St. Thomas (15-4, 8-8 ATS)
NET: Tommies remain at #116
Torvik (T-Rank): Tommies remain at #110
(all rankings NET, all times Central)
#116 St. Thomas (15-4, 4-0 Summit) @ #136 North Dakota State (15-5, 5-0)
Time (TV): 1 (SLN)
Place: Scheels Center, Fargo, ND
Series Record since St. Thomas move to DI: St. Thomas leads 5-4
The Spread: North Dakota State favored by 2.5
The Skinny: Winner becomes frontrunner for league title; Tommies have won 9 straight
Friday Summit League Results/Highlights
No games
Saturday Summit League Slate
#116 St. Thomas @ #136 North Dakota State, 1 (SLN)
#258 South Dakota @ #304 North Dakota, 1 (Midco Sports)
#337 Kansas City @ #190 South Dakota State, 4:15 (SLN)
#273 Omaha @ #295 Oral Roberts, 7 (SLN)
Saturday Reach the Summit Selections (14-4, 77.8%, 0 exactas) -- toughest set of games to pick so far
North Dakota State over St. Thomas by 2
North Dakota over South Dakota by 3
South Dakota State over Kansas City by 20
Oral Roberts over Omaha by 3
Expected Top 5 (DU, NDSU, Omaha, SDSU, UST) Head-to-Head
Let's keep tabs on how the five teams expected to finish in the upper half/middle of the Summit fare head-to-head. The league's regular season champion(s) likely finishes with the best record in the head-to-head.
Head-to-Head
1. North Dakota State (2-0)
2. St. Thomas (1-0)
3. South Dakota State (2-1)
T4. Denver (0-2)
T4. Omaha (0-2)
Summit League Leader (North Dakota State) Resume Snapshot
Record vs. DI Opponents: 12-5, 5-0 Summit
Projected NCAA Tournament Seed: #15
True Road Record: 5-4
NET: #136
Torvik (T-Rank): #126
Strength of Record: #132
Wins Above Bubble: #140
Overall SOS: #359
Non-Conference SOS: #351
Record/Winning% vs. Quad 1: 0-0
Record/Winning% vs. Quads 1 & 2 Combined: 0-0
Record/Winning % vs. Quads 1-3 Combined: 3-4 (42.9%)
Quad 4 (Awful) Losses: 1 (@ #270 UTEP)
Record vs. Projected NCAA Qualifiers: 0-0
Dribbles & Scribbles
-- Owen Freeman's free agency move from Iowa to Creighton isn't working out so well. Freeman got a DNP last night @ Providence and has played a total of 20 minutes in the Bluejays' last four games.
-- Baylor is more and more NOT looking like a NCAA Tournament team after Friday's drubbing at Kansas in Lawrence. I call it karma for the mid-season pickup of not-good-enough-for-the-NBA James Nnaji. Hoping Louisville is next.
-- We have Bubbler vs. Bubbler battles today in Columbus (UCLA @ Ohio State), Bloomington (Iowa @ Indiana), Baton Rouge (Mizzou @ LSU), Austin (Texas A&M @ Texas), and San Diego (New Mexico @ San Diego State).
-- Enormous game tonight for Santa Clara when it hosts Saint Mary's. The smoothest path to the NCAA tourney for the Broncos is beating their conference brethren Gaels and Gonzaga.
Friday Bubblicious Results (bubble teams underlined)
Providence 93, #55 Creighton 88
Saturday Bubblicious Tracker
#34 Kentucky @ Tennessee, 11 (ESPN)
Notre Dame @ #54 Virginia Tech, 11 (ACCN)
Alabama @ #69 Oklahoma, 12 (SECN)
#44 UCLA @ #40 Ohio State, 12 (CBS)
#43 TCU @ Utah, 1 (TNT)
#22 Iowa @ #36 Indiana, 1 (FOX)
#31 Miami @ Clemson, 1:15 (The CWN)
#65 Missouri @ #53 LSU, 2:30 (SECN)
Duke @ #64 Stanford, 5 (ACCN)
Michigan State @ #57 Washington, 5 (BTN)
#48 Texas A&M @ #39 Texas, 5 (ESPN)
Saint Mary's @ #49 Santa Clara, 6 (ESPN+)
#42 New Mexico @ #50 San Diego State, 7 (CBSSN)
Kansas State @ #74 Oklahoma State, 9 (CBSSN)
Daily Bubblicious Snapshots (#41, #50, #52, #68)
A daily look at the bubble and watching it evolve & shrink leading up to Selection Sunday:
#41 (Seton Hall) NCAA Tournament Resume (best at-large NET# left out of 2025 field)
Record vs. DI Opponents: 14-3, 4-2 Big East
True Road Record: 4-0
NET: #41
Torvik (T-Rank): #45
Strength of Record: #29
Wins Above Bubble: #29
Overall SOS: #93
Non-Conference SOS: #234
Record/Winning% vs. Quad 1: 1-3 (25%)
Record/Winning% vs. Quads 1 & 2 Combined: 5-3 (62.5%)
Record/Winning% vs. Quads 1-3 Combined: 7-3 (70%)
Quad 4 (Awful) Losses: 0
Record vs. Projected NCAA Qualifiers: 2-3 (wins over #29 NC State, #229 Saint Peter's)
#50 (San Diego State) NCAA Tournament Resume (mythical Bubble cutline)
Record vs. DI Opponents: 11-4, 6-0 Mountain West
True Road Record: 3-0
NET: #50
Torvik (T-Rank): #41
Strength of Record: #50
Wins Above Bubble: #48
Overall SOS: #78
Non-Conference SOS: #41
Record/Winning% vs. Quad 1: 1-3 (25%)
Record/Winning% vs. Quads 1 & 2 Combined: 2-3 (40%)
Record/Winning% vs. Quads 1-3 Combined: 7-4 (63.6%)
Quad 4 (Awful) Losses: 0
Record vs. Projected NCAA Qualifiers: 1-3 (win over #84 Utah Valley)
#52 (VCU) NCAA Tournament Resume (worst at-large NET# to make 2025 field)
Record vs. DI Opponents: 12-6, 3-2 Atlantic 10
True Road Record: 2-2
NET: #52
Torvik (T-Rank): #59
Strength of Record: #71
Wins Above Bubble: #62
Overall SOS: #63
Non-Conference SOS: #70
Record/Winning% vs. Quad 1: 0-5 (0%)
Record/Winning% vs. Quads 1 & 2 Combined: 2-6 (25%)
Record/Winning% vs. Quads 1-3 Combined: 5-6 (45.5%)
Quad 4 (Awful) Losses: 0
Record vs. Projected NCAA Qualifiers: 1-6 (win over #229 Saint Peter's)
#68 (Cal) NCAA Tournament Resume (if the field was best 68 NET)
Record vs. DI Opponents: 12-5, 1-4 ACC
True Road Record: 0-3
NET: #68
Torvik (T-Rank): #86
Strength of Record: #59
Wins Above Bubble: #58
Overall SOS: #86
Non-Conference SOS: #325
Record/Winning% vs. Quad 1: 1-4 (20%)
Record/Winning% vs. Quads 1 & 2 Combined: 2-5 (28.6%)
Record/Winning% vs. Quads 1-3 Combined: 6-5 (54.5%)
Quad 4 (Awful) Losses: 0
Record vs. Projected NCAA Qualifiers: 1-3 (win over #120 Wright State)
Other Games to Watch
Virginia @ SMU, 11 (ESPN2)
Buffalo @ Miami-Ohio, 12 (ESPN+)
Florida @ Vanderbilt, 1 (ESPN)
St. Thomas @ North Dakota State, 1 (SLN)
Quinnipiac @ Merrimack, 2 (ESPN+)
Arizona @ UCF, 3 (ESPN)
North Carolina @ Cal, 3 (ACCN)
Arkansas @ Georgia, 3 (ESPN2)
UT-Arlington @ Utah Valley, 3 (ESPN+)
Purdue @ USC, 5 (NBCSN/Peacock)
BYU @ Texas Tech, 7 (ESPN)
Saint John's @ Villanova, 7 (NBCSN/Peacock)
Saturday Pick to Click (44-27, 62%, W-3 streak)
St. Thomas @ North Dakota State over 150.5 points
Saturday Outright +7 or More ‘Dog (14-57, 19.7%, L-1 streak)
@ UCF (+9.5) outright over Arizona
Deep Thoughts, by Buzz Studley
With the advent of free agency and the Wild Wild West in college sports, are compliance departments at major colleges and universities even necessary? There are no rules to follow/enforce!