NDSU vs. St. Thomas Odds & Betting Predictions - February 27, 2026

The Bison and the Tommies are 117th and 118th respectively in KenPom. And if the winner here, wins out and cuts down the net as the Summit Conference Tournament champion, there’s a chance they could grab the 13 line. So there’s plenty to play for in terms of bracket positioning, even though NDSU already has the No. 1 seed in the Summit Tourney locked up. Now in Round 1 in Fargo, the Tommies led at half, and it was tied with under 9 minnutes to go. Nick Janowski missed a long range three at the buzzer that would have forced overtime. That first meeting also demonstrated why David Richman ’s team is so hard to kill this year. They get so many second chance buckets, gobbling up 15 offensive baords in the first meeting. They’re 9th nationally in Extra Scoring opportunities which is the margin of their offensive baords and forced tunrovers against their opponents. They’re +5.7 per game there. So why step in front of this NDSU train? Shooting. The Tommies are 1st nationally in 2P%, 9th in shooting efficiency, and they don’t turn the ball over, fewer than 10 per game. John Tauer their coach helped them make the first jump from D3 to D1 because he’s an elite offensive coach. This will be back to back years inside the KenPom top 100 on offense. They won the 2016 D3 Natty, and they’re on pace to improve their D1 win total for the fourth straight season. Their two wings Nolan Minnesale and Nick Janowski are microwaves, both have multiple 30+ poiint games. This is their game of the year, in the brand new Lee & Penny Anderson Arena a $183 million dollar venue, top of the line in the low-major ranks. This place will be sold out, going nuts, against an NDSU team that already clinched #1