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Tommie Talk and the NET/Torvik Gospel
St. Thomas (15-5, 8-9 ATS)
NET: Tommies move up 5 spots to #117
Torvik (T-Rank): Tommies move up 3 spots to #110
(all rankings NET, all times Central)
#182 South Dakota State (10-10, 3-2 Summit) @ #117 St. Thomas (15-5, 4-1)
Time (TV): 8 (FOX9+)
Place: Lee and Penny Anderson Arena, Saint Paul, MN
Series Record since St. Thomas move to DI: South Dakota State leads 7-2
The Spread: St. Thomas favored by 7.5
The Skinny: The Tommies, looking to extend a nation-best 27-game home winning streak, have not lost back-to-back games all season.
Wednesday Summit League Results/Highlights
#272 South Dakota 68, @ #278 Omaha 64: Playing without injured leading scorer Isaac Bruns, the 'Yotes (11-10) improved to 3-3 in the Summit League behind 27 points from junior guard Jordan Crawford. Crawford was 5-of-10 from three-point range. Junior guard Paul Djobet led the Mavericks (9-12, 2-4) with 22 points and seven rebounds.
Thursday Summit League Slate
#291 North Dakota @ #309 Oral Roberts, 7 (SLN)
#182 South Dakota State @ #117 St. Thomas, 8 (FOX9+)
#134 North Dakota State @ #249 Denver, 8 (SLN)
Thursday Reach the Summit Selections (17-6, 73.9%, 0 exactas)
North Dakota over Oral Roberts by 4
St. Thomas over South Dakota State by 6
North Dakota State over Denver by 2
Current Top 5 (NDSU/UST/UND/SDSU/USD) Head-to-Head
Let's keep tabs on how the current top five teams are faring head-to-head. The league's regular season champion(s) likely finishes with the best record in this group.
Head-to-Head
1. North Dakota State (3-0)
2. St. Thomas (2-1)
3. North Dakota (2-1)
4. South Dakota State (0-2)
5. South Dakota (0-3)
Summit League Leader (North Dakota State) Resume Snapshot
Record vs. DI Opponents: 13-5, 6-0 Summit
Projected NCAA Tournament Seed: #15
True Road Record: 5-4
NET: #134
Torvik (T-Rank): #128
Strength of Record: #116
Wins Above Bubble: #121
Overall SOS: #359
Non-Conference SOS: #352
Record/Winning% vs. Quad 1: 0-0
Record/Winning% vs. Quads 1 & 2 Combined: 0-0
Record/Winning % vs. Quads 1-3 Combined: 4-4 (50%)
Quad 4 (Awful) Losses: 1 (@ #285 UTEP)
Record vs. Projected NCAA Qualifiers: 0-0
Dribbles & Scribbles
-- Nebraska freshman sixth-man supreme Braden Frager (12.2 ppg, 3.9 rpg) suffered an apparent ankle injury four minutes into the Cornhuskers' 76-66 win over Washington and did not return to the game. His status for Saturday's 11 a.m. start at Minnesota is unknown.
-- #52 San Diego State (@ Grand Canyon), #74 Murray State (@ Drake), and #80 Dayton (@ La Salle) all suffered their first conference losses Wednesday.
-- #55 USC suffered a critical 74-68 home loss to Northwestern. The Trojans (13-5, 3-5 B1G) lost two of three games on their just completed homestand and now sit squarely on the bubble.
-- #88 Grand Canyon is kicking it into gear in its first year in the Mountain West. The Lopes have back-to-back wins over Utah State and Mountain West leader San Diego State. A team to watch as we move closer to March.
Wednesday Bubblicious Results (bubble teams underlined)
#41 New Mexico 83, Fresno State 74
Kentucky 85, #43 Texas 80
#47 Tulsa 83, Memphis 66
#49 Virginia Tech 76, Syracuse 74
Grand Canyon 70, #52 San Diego State 69
Northwestern 74, #55 USC 68
#59 Creighton 94, Xavier 93
Thursday Bubblicious Tracker
No games
Daily Bubblicious Snapshots (#41, #50, #52, #68)
A daily look at the bubble and watching it evolve & shrink leading up to Selection Sunday:
#41 (New Mexico) NCAA Tournament Resume (best NET# left out of 2025 field)
Record vs. DI Opponents: 14-4, 6-2 Mountain West
True Road Record: 3-3
NET: #41
Torvik (T-Rank): #40
Strength of Record: #49
Wins Above Bubble: #46
Overall SOS: #107
Non-Conference SOS: #120
Record/Winning% vs. Quad 1: 1-3 (25%)
Record/Winning% vs. Quads 1 & 2 Combined: 4-4 (50%)
Record/Winning% vs. Quads 1-3 Combined: 8-4 (66.7%)
Quad 4 (Awful) Losses: 0
Record vs. Projected NCAA Qualifiers: 0-2
#50 (Butler) NCAA Tournament Resume (mythical Bubble cutline)
Record vs. DI Opponents: 12-7, 3-5 Big East
True Road Record: 1-4
NET: #50
Torvik (T-Rank): #51
Strength of Record: #58
Wins Above Bubble: #54
Overall SOS: #37
Non-Conference SOS: #128
Record/Winning% vs. Quad 1: 2-4 (33.3%)
Record/Winning% vs. Quads 1 & 2 Combined: 4-7 (36.4%)
Record/Winning% vs. Quads 1-3 Combined: 7-7 (50%)
Quad 4 (Awful) Losses: 0
Record vs. Projected NCAA Qualifiers: 3-4 (wins vs. #13 Virginia, @ #45 Seton Hall, #139 Wright State)
#52 (San Diego State) NCAA Tournament Resume (worst at-large NET# to make 2025 field)
Record vs. DI Opponents: 12-5, 7-1 Mountain West
True Road Record: 3-1
NET: #52
Torvik (T-Rank): #41
Strength of Record: #54
Wins Above Bubble: #52
Overall SOS: #71
Non-Conference SOS: #43
Record/Winning% vs. Quad 1: 1-2 (33.3%)
Record/Winning% vs. Quads 1 & 2 Combined: 4-4 (50%)
Record/Winning% vs. Quads 1-3 Combined: 7-5 (58.3%)
Quad 4 (Awful) Losses: 0
Record vs. Projected NCAA Qualifiers: 2-3 (wins #41 New Mexico, #96 Utah Valley)
#68 (Missouri) NCAA Tournament Resume (if the field was best 68 NET)
Record vs. DI Opponents: 13-6, 3-3 SEC
True Road Record: 2-4
NET: #68
Torvik (T-Rank): #63
Strength of Record: #47
Wins Above Bubble: #49
Overall SOS: #52
Non-Conference SOS: #212
Record/Winning% vs. Quad 1: 2-4 (33.3%)
Record/Winning% vs. Quads 1 & 2 Combined: 3-6 (33.3%)
Record/Winning% vs. Quads 1-3 Combined: 4-6 (40%)
Quad 4 (Awful) Losses: 0
Record vs. Projected NCAA Qualifiers: 4-3 (wins #14 Florida, @ #31 Kentucky, #34 Auburn, #269 Bethune-Cookman)
Other Games to Watch
Vermont @ UMass-Lowell, 5 (ESPN+)
NJIT @ UMBC, 5 (ESPN+)
Wisconsin @ Penn State, 6 (FS1)
Thursday Pick to Click (46-30, 60.5%, L-2 streak)
Wisconsin -5.5 @ Penn State
Thursday Outright +7 or More ‘Dog (16-60, 21.1%, W-1 streak)
Green Bay (+7.5) outright @ Youngstown State
Deep Thoughts, by Buzz Studley
My preseason Final Four consisted of Houston, Michigan, Purdue, and Saint John's, with the Boilermakers as national champions. What would it be today as we approach college basketball's penultimate month?
Arizona, Houston, Illinois, and Michigan, with Houston cutting down the nets.
St. Thomas (15-5, 8-9 ATS)
NET: Tommies move up 5 spots to #117
Torvik (T-Rank): Tommies move up 3 spots to #110
(all rankings NET, all times Central)
#182 South Dakota State (10-10, 3-2 Summit) @ #117 St. Thomas (15-5, 4-1)
Time (TV): 8 (FOX9+)
Place: Lee and Penny Anderson Arena, Saint Paul, MN
Series Record since St. Thomas move to DI: South Dakota State leads 7-2
The Spread: St. Thomas favored by 7.5
The Skinny: The Tommies, looking to extend a nation-best 27-game home winning streak, have not lost back-to-back games all season.
Wednesday Summit League Results/Highlights
#272 South Dakota 68, @ #278 Omaha 64: Playing without injured leading scorer Isaac Bruns, the 'Yotes (11-10) improved to 3-3 in the Summit League behind 27 points from junior guard Jordan Crawford. Crawford was 5-of-10 from three-point range. Junior guard Paul Djobet led the Mavericks (9-12, 2-4) with 22 points and seven rebounds.
Thursday Summit League Slate
#291 North Dakota @ #309 Oral Roberts, 7 (SLN)
#182 South Dakota State @ #117 St. Thomas, 8 (FOX9+)
#134 North Dakota State @ #249 Denver, 8 (SLN)
Thursday Reach the Summit Selections (17-6, 73.9%, 0 exactas)
North Dakota over Oral Roberts by 4
St. Thomas over South Dakota State by 6
North Dakota State over Denver by 2
Current Top 5 (NDSU/UST/UND/SDSU/USD) Head-to-Head
Let's keep tabs on how the current top five teams are faring head-to-head. The league's regular season champion(s) likely finishes with the best record in this group.
Head-to-Head
1. North Dakota State (3-0)
2. St. Thomas (2-1)
3. North Dakota (2-1)
4. South Dakota State (0-2)
5. South Dakota (0-3)
Summit League Leader (North Dakota State) Resume Snapshot
Record vs. DI Opponents: 13-5, 6-0 Summit
Projected NCAA Tournament Seed: #15
True Road Record: 5-4
NET: #134
Torvik (T-Rank): #128
Strength of Record: #116
Wins Above Bubble: #121
Overall SOS: #359
Non-Conference SOS: #352
Record/Winning% vs. Quad 1: 0-0
Record/Winning% vs. Quads 1 & 2 Combined: 0-0
Record/Winning % vs. Quads 1-3 Combined: 4-4 (50%)
Quad 4 (Awful) Losses: 1 (@ #285 UTEP)
Record vs. Projected NCAA Qualifiers: 0-0
Dribbles & Scribbles
-- Nebraska freshman sixth-man supreme Braden Frager (12.2 ppg, 3.9 rpg) suffered an apparent ankle injury four minutes into the Cornhuskers' 76-66 win over Washington and did not return to the game. His status for Saturday's 11 a.m. start at Minnesota is unknown.
-- #52 San Diego State (@ Grand Canyon), #74 Murray State (@ Drake), and #80 Dayton (@ La Salle) all suffered their first conference losses Wednesday.
-- #55 USC suffered a critical 74-68 home loss to Northwestern. The Trojans (13-5, 3-5 B1G) lost two of three games on their just completed homestand and now sit squarely on the bubble.
-- #88 Grand Canyon is kicking it into gear in its first year in the Mountain West. The Lopes have back-to-back wins over Utah State and Mountain West leader San Diego State. A team to watch as we move closer to March.
Wednesday Bubblicious Results (bubble teams underlined)
#41 New Mexico 83, Fresno State 74
Kentucky 85, #43 Texas 80
#47 Tulsa 83, Memphis 66
#49 Virginia Tech 76, Syracuse 74
Grand Canyon 70, #52 San Diego State 69
Northwestern 74, #55 USC 68
#59 Creighton 94, Xavier 93
Thursday Bubblicious Tracker
No games
Daily Bubblicious Snapshots (#41, #50, #52, #68)
A daily look at the bubble and watching it evolve & shrink leading up to Selection Sunday:
#41 (New Mexico) NCAA Tournament Resume (best NET# left out of 2025 field)
Record vs. DI Opponents: 14-4, 6-2 Mountain West
True Road Record: 3-3
NET: #41
Torvik (T-Rank): #40
Strength of Record: #49
Wins Above Bubble: #46
Overall SOS: #107
Non-Conference SOS: #120
Record/Winning% vs. Quad 1: 1-3 (25%)
Record/Winning% vs. Quads 1 & 2 Combined: 4-4 (50%)
Record/Winning% vs. Quads 1-3 Combined: 8-4 (66.7%)
Quad 4 (Awful) Losses: 0
Record vs. Projected NCAA Qualifiers: 0-2
#50 (Butler) NCAA Tournament Resume (mythical Bubble cutline)
Record vs. DI Opponents: 12-7, 3-5 Big East
True Road Record: 1-4
NET: #50
Torvik (T-Rank): #51
Strength of Record: #58
Wins Above Bubble: #54
Overall SOS: #37
Non-Conference SOS: #128
Record/Winning% vs. Quad 1: 2-4 (33.3%)
Record/Winning% vs. Quads 1 & 2 Combined: 4-7 (36.4%)
Record/Winning% vs. Quads 1-3 Combined: 7-7 (50%)
Quad 4 (Awful) Losses: 0
Record vs. Projected NCAA Qualifiers: 3-4 (wins vs. #13 Virginia, @ #45 Seton Hall, #139 Wright State)
#52 (San Diego State) NCAA Tournament Resume (worst at-large NET# to make 2025 field)
Record vs. DI Opponents: 12-5, 7-1 Mountain West
True Road Record: 3-1
NET: #52
Torvik (T-Rank): #41
Strength of Record: #54
Wins Above Bubble: #52
Overall SOS: #71
Non-Conference SOS: #43
Record/Winning% vs. Quad 1: 1-2 (33.3%)
Record/Winning% vs. Quads 1 & 2 Combined: 4-4 (50%)
Record/Winning% vs. Quads 1-3 Combined: 7-5 (58.3%)
Quad 4 (Awful) Losses: 0
Record vs. Projected NCAA Qualifiers: 2-3 (wins #41 New Mexico, #96 Utah Valley)
#68 (Missouri) NCAA Tournament Resume (if the field was best 68 NET)
Record vs. DI Opponents: 13-6, 3-3 SEC
True Road Record: 2-4
NET: #68
Torvik (T-Rank): #63
Strength of Record: #47
Wins Above Bubble: #49
Overall SOS: #52
Non-Conference SOS: #212
Record/Winning% vs. Quad 1: 2-4 (33.3%)
Record/Winning% vs. Quads 1 & 2 Combined: 3-6 (33.3%)
Record/Winning% vs. Quads 1-3 Combined: 4-6 (40%)
Quad 4 (Awful) Losses: 0
Record vs. Projected NCAA Qualifiers: 4-3 (wins #14 Florida, @ #31 Kentucky, #34 Auburn, #269 Bethune-Cookman)
Other Games to Watch
Vermont @ UMass-Lowell, 5 (ESPN+)
NJIT @ UMBC, 5 (ESPN+)
Wisconsin @ Penn State, 6 (FS1)
Thursday Pick to Click (46-30, 60.5%, L-2 streak)
Wisconsin -5.5 @ Penn State
Thursday Outright +7 or More ‘Dog (16-60, 21.1%, W-1 streak)
Green Bay (+7.5) outright @ Youngstown State
Deep Thoughts, by Buzz Studley
My preseason Final Four consisted of Houston, Michigan, Purdue, and Saint John's, with the Boilermakers as national champions. What would it be today as we approach college basketball's penultimate month?
Arizona, Houston, Illinois, and Michigan, with Houston cutting down the nets.
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