It was garbage, but at least it could be justified as financially necessary. Once UND was sent to Weber, even after crushing their bid, a change had to be made.
NDSU is in
USD is in at 8-4
ISUr is in with 8 wins assuming today’s score holds
YSU beats UNI next week and they’re in with 8 wins
I’m not sure the MVFC gets more than 5, so UND-SDSU is quite possibly a loser out game next week. UND needs to play accordingly.
USD gets the fg to take a 34-31 lead with 1 minute to go. Will finish the regular season 8-4 assuming they hold for the win. SIU falls to 6-5 with 1 game remaining against ISUr next week
USD and SIU tied at 31 with 4 minutes to go. SIU with the ball in a game with major playoff implications. USD, SIU, YSU, SDSU, ISUr, and UND fighting for 3, maybe 4 MVFC playoff spots after NDSU.
Montana St lost to SDSU and Montana should've been beaten solidly by UND, with both of those games taking place in Montana. Montana hasn't played anyone other than UND this season and Mt State's best win is probably Northern Arizona. They aren't it unless those earlier games against SDSU and UND were anomalies.
I don't think they care about conference matchups, but if you played each other in the regular season they're supposed to avoid having you play each other in round 1.