NCAA Tournament March Madness
#82 Colorado St
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Projection: likely out
Colorado State's profile features enough high-end scalps to suggest upside but too many damaging slip-ups to feel secure; neutral-site wins over Wichita State and South Florida and road victories at Loyola-Chicago and New Mexico plus the home triumph over Colorado show the team can beat worthy opponents, yet the resume is marred by the ugly loss at Utah State, the tough defeat at San Diego State and the unexpected home stumble against Denver which leave a string of bad results that committees notice. The contrast between those signature moments and the ugly losses underscores inconsistent play away from home and against midlevel conference foes, so the remaining meeting with Boise State becomes a clear opportunity to add a resume-boosting result and erase some doubt, otherwise the overall body of work looks like a club with clear quality wins but not enough sustained, road-and-neutral consistency to be comfortably in.
| Date | Opponent | Ranking | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11/3 | Incarnate Word | 267 | W98-64 |
| 11/9 | NE Omaha | 254 | W97-74 |
| 11/12 | Cal Poly | 218 | W93-79 |
| 11/16 | @Loyola-Chicago | 302 | W80-67 |
| 11/21 | Denver | 233 | L83-81 |
| 11/26 | (N)Virginia Tech | 57 | L66-64 |
| 11/27 | (N)Wichita St | 89 | W76-70 |
| 11/28 | (N)South Florida | 54 | W83-68 |
| 12/6 | Colorado | 64 | W91-86 |
| 12/9 | Dartmouth | 268 | W76-55 |
| 12/20 | @Utah St | 36 | L100-58 |
| 12/30 | Nevada | 74 | L75-62 |
| 1/3 | @Grand Canyon | 63 | W70-60 |
| 1/6 | New Mexico | 48 | L80-70 |
| 1/9 | UNLV | 105 | W70-62 |
| 1/13 | @Fresno St | 126 | L79-69 |
| 1/16 | @Boise St | 58 | L79-73 |
| 1/20 | Air Force | 345 | W81-52 |
| 1/23 | Utah St | 36 | L65-61 |
| 1/28 | @San Diego St | 46 | L73-50 |
| 1/31 | @Wyoming | 98 | L68-57 |
| 2/7 | San Jose St | 232 | W65-57 |
| 2/10 | @Air Force | 345 | W91-74 |
| 2/14 | Wyoming | 98 | W79-68 |
| 2/18 | @UNLV | 105 | W91-86 |
| 2/21 | San Diego St | 46 | W83-74 |
| 2/24 | Fresno St | 126 | W74-70 |
| 2/28 | @San Jose St | 232 | W85-73 |
| 3/4 | @New Mexico | 48 | W82-74 |
| 3/7 | Boise St | 58 | 53% |