South Dakota St beat their rivals North Dakota St in the Summit championship on Tuesday night.  The Jackrabbits played their way in to the Big Dance and are slotted as a dangerous 12-seed by Joe “Joey Buckets” Lunardi of ESPN Bracketology.  So we move them up in the NBK rankings, as we continue to track those teams who have never made the Sweet Sixteen or Never Been Kissed.

Joey Brackets must be monitoring the NBK closely, as his March 9 bracket has two pairs of NBK teams squaring off against each other:

• Colorado vs South Carolina in an 8/9 matchup
• Monmouth vs St. Bonaventure in a play-in game for a number 11-seed

Outside of the Monmouth and St. Bonaventure fans holding their respective breaths, this is a quiet day in the NBK.   Colorado opens Pac-12 play, but sits safely IN and unless they are going to go ahead and win the conference tournament, might benefit from a drop in seed.

Oregon St also opens Pac-12 play and as they remain First Four Out, will need to rip off a streak to feel safe on Sunday.

Meanwhile, Hawaii, Stony Brook, UALR and Akron have to be watching all of these #1 conference seeds go down and wonder if they are next.