NCAA Tournament March Madness

#87 Colorado St

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Projection: likely out

Colorado State’s resume reads like a team with solid flashes but too many damaging moments: signature neutral wins over Wichita State and South Florida and a home victory over Colorado show it can beat quality opponents, yet a lopsided loss at Utah State and setbacks to New Mexico and Nevada expose trouble winning away from home and against the better Mountain West competition. A narrow neutral defeat to Virginia Tech indicates the Rams can hang with good programs but haven’t closed key nonconference chances, and while a road win at Grand Canyon is a useful counterpoint, the body of work is defined more by inconsistency than by reliable road or neutral success. The season now turns on upcoming league chances at Fresno State, Boise State and San Diego State and at home against UNLV and San Jose State; meaningful victories in those spots would erase lingering doubts about road toughness, while failure to produce them will keep concerns about the profile’s overall quality.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3Incarnate Word173W98-64
11/9NE Omaha273W97-74
11/12Cal Poly239W93-79
11/16@Loyola-Chicago275W80-67
11/21Denver246L83-81
11/26(N)Virginia Tech57L66-64
11/27(N)Wichita St95W76-70
11/28(N)South Florida90W83-68
12/6Colorado83W91-86
12/9Dartmouth231W76-55
12/20@Utah St26L100-58
12/30Nevada79L75-62
1/3@Grand Canyon101W70-60
1/6New Mexico54L80-70
1/9UNLV14980%
1/13@Fresno St14660%
1/16@Boise St5127%
1/20Air Force33797%
1/23Utah St2634%
1/28@San Diego St4926%
1/31@Wyoming9742%
2/7San Jose St21988%
2/10@Air Force33792%
2/14Wyoming9764%
2/18@UNLV14961%
2/21San Diego St4947%
2/24Fresno St14680%
2/28@San Jose St21974%
3/4@New Mexico5428%
3/7Boise St5148%