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Tommie Talk and the NET/Torvik Gospel
St. Thomas (16-5, 8-10 ATS)
NET: Tommies move up 1 spot to #115
Torvik (T-Rank): Tommies move up 1 spot to #116
(all rankings NET, all times Central)
#115 St. Thomas (16-5, 5-1 Summit) @ #272 South Dakota (11-10, 3-3 Summit)
Time (TV): 1 p.m. (Midco Sports)
Place: Sanford Coyote Sports Center, Vermillion, SD
Series Record since St. Thomas move to Division 1: South Dakota leads 6-3
The Spread: St. Thomas favored by 9.5
The Skinny: Since going D1, the Tommies have never won a regular season game in the state of South Dakota.
Friday Summit League Results/Highlights
No games
Saturday Summit League Slate
#115 St. Thomas @ #272 South Dakota, 1 (Midco Sports)
#283 North Dakota @ #251 Denver, 3 (SLN)
#281 Omaha @ #346 Kansas City, 7 (SLN)
#131 North Dakota State @ #319 Oral Roberts (SLN)
Friday Reach the Summit Selections (20-6, 76.9%, 0 exactas)
St. Thomas over South Dakota by 11
Denver over North Dakota by 6
Omaha over Kansas City by 7
North Dakota over Oral Roberts by 12
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 (3-1)
3. North Dakota (2-1)
T4. South Dakota State (0-3)
T4. South Dakota (0-3)
Summit League Leader (North Dakota State) Resume Snapshot
NET: #131
Torvik (T-Rank): #125
Record vs. DI Opponents: 14-5, 7-0 Summit
True Road Record: 6-4
Projected NCAA Tournament Seed: #15
Strength of Record: #111
Wins Above Bubble: #117
Overall SOS: #357
Non-Conference SOS: #346
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 (@ #278 UTEP)
Record vs. Projected NCAA Qualifiers: 0-0
Dribbles & Scribbles
-- #19 Saint Louis (19-1, 7-0 Atlantic 10) extended its winning streak to 13 games with a 97-62 thumping of host Saint Bonaventure.
#25 Utah State (16-3, 7-2 Mountain West) earned a gritty 65-61 win @ Colorado State to snap a two-game losing streak. The Aggies probably are the best team in the Mountain West, but the conference is down and has no sure-fire NCAA Tournament teams.
-- #35 Indiana (13-7, 4-5 B1G) got a win it had to have, cruising past Rutgers 82-59 at the RAC to avoid an awful loss. Now the paper-tiger Hoosiers need to start beating good teams. They are 0-6 vs. Quad 1 opponents and 1-7 vs. Quads 1 & 2 combined. Next up for the Hoosiers is #5 Purdue on Tuesday in Bloomington. Get busy livin'.
-- Today's "bubble on bubble" matchups are #46 TCU @ #54 Baylor (5/ESPN) and #60 Cal @ #68 Stanford (7/ACCN)
Friday Bubblicious Results (bubble teams underlined)
Michigan 74, #36 Ohio State 62
#48 Butler 87, Marquette 76
Saturday Bubblicious Tracker
#30 NC State @ Pitt, 11 (ESPNU)
Georgia @ #43 Texas, noon (SECN)
Illinois State @ #64 Belmont, noon (ESPN+)
#38 Miami-Florida @ Syracuse, 1 (ACCN)
#57 West Virginia @ Arizona, 1 (CBS)
#63 George Mason @ Rhode Island, 1 (ESPN+)
Oklahoma @ #69 Missouri, 1 (ESPN2)
#50 Virginia Tech @ Louisville, 1:15 (The CWN)
Iowa State @ #73 Oklahoma State, 2 (NBCSN/Peacock)
#52 San Diego State @ UNLV, 3 (CBS)
#47 Tulsa @ Rice, 3:30 (ESPN+)
#49 LSU @ Arkansas, 4 (SECN)
Northwestern @ #40 UCLA, 5 (FS1)
#46 TCU @ #54 Baylor, 5 (ESPN)
Nevada @ #42 New Mexico, 7 (FS1)
#60 Cal @ #68 Stanford, 7 ACCN)
#44 Santa Clara @ San Diego, 8:30 (ESPN+)
Daily Bubblicious Snapshots (#41, #50, #52, #68)
A daily look at the bubble and watching it evolve & shrink leading up to Selection Sunday:
#41 (Texas A&M) NCAA Tournament Resume (best NET# left out of 2025 field)
NET: #41
Torvik (T-Rank): #30
Record vs. DI Opponents: 15-4, 5-1 SEC
True Road Record: 3-2
Strength of Record: #33
Wins Above Bubble: #36
Overall SOS: #89
Non-Conference SOS: #265
Record/Winning% vs. Quad 1: 2-3 (40%)
Record/Winning% vs. Quads 1 & 2 Combined: 5-4 (55.6%)
Record/Winning% vs. Quads 1-3 Combined: 8-4 (66.7%)
Quad 4 (Awful) Losses: 0
Record vs. Projected NCAA Qualifiers: 2-3 (wins @ #34 Auburn, @ #43 Texas)
#50 (Virginia Tech) NCAA Tournament Resume (mythical Bubble cutline)
NET: #50
Torvik (T-Rank): #53
Record vs. DI Opponents: 15-5, 4-3 ACC
True Road Record: 2-2
Strength of Record: #45
Wins Above Bubble: #40
Overall SOS: #74
Non-Conference SOS: #198
Record/Winning% vs. Quad 1: 1-3 (25%)
Record/Winning% vs. Quads 1 & 2 Combined: 7-5 (58.3%)
Record/Winning% vs. Quads 1-3 Combined: 8-5 (61.5%)
Quad 4 (Awful) Losses: 0
Record vs. Projected NCAA Qualifiers: 2-3 (wins #13 Virginia, #323 UMES)
#52 (San Diego State) NCAA Tournament Resume (worst at-large NET# to make 2025 field)
NET: #52
Torvik (T-Rank): #41
Record vs. DI Opponents: 12-5, 7-1 Mountain West
True Road Record: 3-1
Strength of Record: #55
Wins Above Bubble: #52
Overall SOS: #71
Non-Conference SOS: #46
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 #42 New Mexico, #95 Utah Valley)
#68 (Stanford) NCAA Tournament Resume (if the field was best 68 NET)
NET: #68
Torvik (T-Rank): #69
Record vs. DI Opponents: 14-5, 3-3 ACC
True Road Record: 2-1
Strength of Record: #46
Wins Above Bubble: #38
Overall SOS: #61
Non-Conference SOS: #268
Record/Winning% vs. Quad 1: 4-2 (66.7%)
Record/Winning% vs. Quads 1 & 2 Combined: 6-2 (75%)
Record/Winning% vs. Quads 1-3 Combined: 10-5 (66.7%)
Quad 4 (Awful) Losses: 0
Record vs. Projected NCAA Qualifiers: 5-2 (wins #15 Louisville, vs. #19 Saint Louis, #27 North Carolina, @ #50 Virginia Tech, #137 Portland State)
Other Games to Watch
Nebraska @ Minnesota, 11 (FS1)
North Carolina @ Virginia, 11 (ESPN2)
Villanova @ UConn, 11:30 (FOX)
Houston @ Texas Tech, 1 (ESPN)
Yale @ Penn, 1 (ESPNU)
Illinois @ Purdue, 2 (FOX)
Saint Peter's @ Merrimack, 2 (ESPN+)
Auburn @ Florida, 3 (ESPN)
Utah Valley @ Cal Baptist, 7 (ESPN+)
Tennessee @ Alabama, 7:30 (ESPN)
UC-Irvine @ UC-San Diego, 9 (ESPN+)
Saturday Pick to Click (47-31, 60.3%, L-1 streak)
North Carolina +6.5 @ Virginia
Saturday Outright +7 or More ‘Dog (16-62, 20.5%, L-2 streak)
Army (+10.5) outright @ Navy
Deep Thoughts, by Buzz Studley
Undefeated Nebraska's 23-game winning streak ends today at Minnesota's Barn.
St. Thomas (16-5, 8-10 ATS)
NET: Tommies move up 1 spot to #115
Torvik (T-Rank): Tommies move up 1 spot to #116
(all rankings NET, all times Central)
#115 St. Thomas (16-5, 5-1 Summit) @ #272 South Dakota (11-10, 3-3 Summit)
Time (TV): 1 p.m. (Midco Sports)
Place: Sanford Coyote Sports Center, Vermillion, SD
Series Record since St. Thomas move to Division 1: South Dakota leads 6-3
The Spread: St. Thomas favored by 9.5
The Skinny: Since going D1, the Tommies have never won a regular season game in the state of South Dakota.
Friday Summit League Results/Highlights
No games
Saturday Summit League Slate
#115 St. Thomas @ #272 South Dakota, 1 (Midco Sports)
#283 North Dakota @ #251 Denver, 3 (SLN)
#281 Omaha @ #346 Kansas City, 7 (SLN)
#131 North Dakota State @ #319 Oral Roberts (SLN)
Friday Reach the Summit Selections (20-6, 76.9%, 0 exactas)
St. Thomas over South Dakota by 11
Denver over North Dakota by 6
Omaha over Kansas City by 7
North Dakota over Oral Roberts by 12
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 (3-1)
3. North Dakota (2-1)
T4. South Dakota State (0-3)
T4. South Dakota (0-3)
Summit League Leader (North Dakota State) Resume Snapshot
NET: #131
Torvik (T-Rank): #125
Record vs. DI Opponents: 14-5, 7-0 Summit
True Road Record: 6-4
Projected NCAA Tournament Seed: #15
Strength of Record: #111
Wins Above Bubble: #117
Overall SOS: #357
Non-Conference SOS: #346
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 (@ #278 UTEP)
Record vs. Projected NCAA Qualifiers: 0-0
Dribbles & Scribbles
-- #19 Saint Louis (19-1, 7-0 Atlantic 10) extended its winning streak to 13 games with a 97-62 thumping of host Saint Bonaventure.
#25 Utah State (16-3, 7-2 Mountain West) earned a gritty 65-61 win @ Colorado State to snap a two-game losing streak. The Aggies probably are the best team in the Mountain West, but the conference is down and has no sure-fire NCAA Tournament teams.
-- #35 Indiana (13-7, 4-5 B1G) got a win it had to have, cruising past Rutgers 82-59 at the RAC to avoid an awful loss. Now the paper-tiger Hoosiers need to start beating good teams. They are 0-6 vs. Quad 1 opponents and 1-7 vs. Quads 1 & 2 combined. Next up for the Hoosiers is #5 Purdue on Tuesday in Bloomington. Get busy livin'.
-- Today's "bubble on bubble" matchups are #46 TCU @ #54 Baylor (5/ESPN) and #60 Cal @ #68 Stanford (7/ACCN)
Friday Bubblicious Results (bubble teams underlined)
Michigan 74, #36 Ohio State 62
#48 Butler 87, Marquette 76
Saturday Bubblicious Tracker
#30 NC State @ Pitt, 11 (ESPNU)
Georgia @ #43 Texas, noon (SECN)
Illinois State @ #64 Belmont, noon (ESPN+)
#38 Miami-Florida @ Syracuse, 1 (ACCN)
#57 West Virginia @ Arizona, 1 (CBS)
#63 George Mason @ Rhode Island, 1 (ESPN+)
Oklahoma @ #69 Missouri, 1 (ESPN2)
#50 Virginia Tech @ Louisville, 1:15 (The CWN)
Iowa State @ #73 Oklahoma State, 2 (NBCSN/Peacock)
#52 San Diego State @ UNLV, 3 (CBS)
#47 Tulsa @ Rice, 3:30 (ESPN+)
#49 LSU @ Arkansas, 4 (SECN)
Northwestern @ #40 UCLA, 5 (FS1)
#46 TCU @ #54 Baylor, 5 (ESPN)
Nevada @ #42 New Mexico, 7 (FS1)
#60 Cal @ #68 Stanford, 7 ACCN)
#44 Santa Clara @ San Diego, 8:30 (ESPN+)
Daily Bubblicious Snapshots (#41, #50, #52, #68)
A daily look at the bubble and watching it evolve & shrink leading up to Selection Sunday:
#41 (Texas A&M) NCAA Tournament Resume (best NET# left out of 2025 field)
NET: #41
Torvik (T-Rank): #30
Record vs. DI Opponents: 15-4, 5-1 SEC
True Road Record: 3-2
Strength of Record: #33
Wins Above Bubble: #36
Overall SOS: #89
Non-Conference SOS: #265
Record/Winning% vs. Quad 1: 2-3 (40%)
Record/Winning% vs. Quads 1 & 2 Combined: 5-4 (55.6%)
Record/Winning% vs. Quads 1-3 Combined: 8-4 (66.7%)
Quad 4 (Awful) Losses: 0
Record vs. Projected NCAA Qualifiers: 2-3 (wins @ #34 Auburn, @ #43 Texas)
#50 (Virginia Tech) NCAA Tournament Resume (mythical Bubble cutline)
NET: #50
Torvik (T-Rank): #53
Record vs. DI Opponents: 15-5, 4-3 ACC
True Road Record: 2-2
Strength of Record: #45
Wins Above Bubble: #40
Overall SOS: #74
Non-Conference SOS: #198
Record/Winning% vs. Quad 1: 1-3 (25%)
Record/Winning% vs. Quads 1 & 2 Combined: 7-5 (58.3%)
Record/Winning% vs. Quads 1-3 Combined: 8-5 (61.5%)
Quad 4 (Awful) Losses: 0
Record vs. Projected NCAA Qualifiers: 2-3 (wins #13 Virginia, #323 UMES)
#52 (San Diego State) NCAA Tournament Resume (worst at-large NET# to make 2025 field)
NET: #52
Torvik (T-Rank): #41
Record vs. DI Opponents: 12-5, 7-1 Mountain West
True Road Record: 3-1
Strength of Record: #55
Wins Above Bubble: #52
Overall SOS: #71
Non-Conference SOS: #46
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 #42 New Mexico, #95 Utah Valley)
#68 (Stanford) NCAA Tournament Resume (if the field was best 68 NET)
NET: #68
Torvik (T-Rank): #69
Record vs. DI Opponents: 14-5, 3-3 ACC
True Road Record: 2-1
Strength of Record: #46
Wins Above Bubble: #38
Overall SOS: #61
Non-Conference SOS: #268
Record/Winning% vs. Quad 1: 4-2 (66.7%)
Record/Winning% vs. Quads 1 & 2 Combined: 6-2 (75%)
Record/Winning% vs. Quads 1-3 Combined: 10-5 (66.7%)
Quad 4 (Awful) Losses: 0
Record vs. Projected NCAA Qualifiers: 5-2 (wins #15 Louisville, vs. #19 Saint Louis, #27 North Carolina, @ #50 Virginia Tech, #137 Portland State)
Other Games to Watch
Nebraska @ Minnesota, 11 (FS1)
North Carolina @ Virginia, 11 (ESPN2)
Villanova @ UConn, 11:30 (FOX)
Houston @ Texas Tech, 1 (ESPN)
Yale @ Penn, 1 (ESPNU)
Illinois @ Purdue, 2 (FOX)
Saint Peter's @ Merrimack, 2 (ESPN+)
Auburn @ Florida, 3 (ESPN)
Utah Valley @ Cal Baptist, 7 (ESPN+)
Tennessee @ Alabama, 7:30 (ESPN)
UC-Irvine @ UC-San Diego, 9 (ESPN+)
Saturday Pick to Click (47-31, 60.3%, L-1 streak)
North Carolina +6.5 @ Virginia
Saturday Outright +7 or More ‘Dog (16-62, 20.5%, L-2 streak)
Army (+10.5) outright @ Navy
Deep Thoughts, by Buzz Studley
Undefeated Nebraska's 23-game winning streak ends today at Minnesota's Barn.