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
11/3Incarnate Word267W98-64
11/9NE Omaha254W97-74
11/12Cal Poly218W93-79
11/16@Loyola-Chicago302W80-67
11/21Denver233L83-81
11/26(N)Virginia Tech57L66-64
11/27(N)Wichita St89W76-70
11/28(N)South Florida54W83-68
12/6Colorado64W91-86
12/9Dartmouth268W76-55
12/20@Utah St36L100-58
12/30Nevada74L75-62
1/3@Grand Canyon63W70-60
1/6New Mexico48L80-70
1/9UNLV105W70-62
1/13@Fresno St126L79-69
1/16@Boise St58L79-73
1/20Air Force345W81-52
1/23Utah St36L65-61
1/28@San Diego St46L73-50
1/31@Wyoming98L68-57
2/7San Jose St232W65-57
2/10@Air Force345W91-74
2/14Wyoming98W79-68
2/18@UNLV105W91-86
2/21San Diego St46W83-74
2/24Fresno St126W74-70
2/28@San Jose St232W85-73
3/4@New Mexico48W82-74
3/7Boise St5853%