NCAA Tournament March Madness

#234 Denver

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Denver projects as a team that can beat good opponents away but has too many damaging setbacks to feel safe on an at-large line, so its clearest route to the NCAA field is winning the Summit League’s automatic berth. The positives jump out: real road victories at Montana State and at Colorado State and solid road and neutral results against conference foes show the roster can win when the venue is hostile. The negatives are glaring and specific: a blowout trip to Arizona, a road rout at Wyoming and nonconference setbacks at home to UT San Antonio, Cal State Fullerton and Idaho State undermine any claim to consistent quality. Conference play has been uneven with losses to Oral Roberts and to North Dakota mixed in with home wins, so without a string of signature victories away from home the committee will view the profile as one that needs the conference tournament to secure its place.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3@Seattle119L84-73
11/6@Washington53L84-70
11/9@Montana St133W75-73
11/15UT San Antonio340L84-79
11/21@Colorado St88W83-81
11/24@Arizona2L103-73
11/26@Wyoming98L101-59
12/3E Washington171W93-89
12/6@Idaho St250L93-79
12/13CS Fullerton168L105-86
12/20@N Colorado141W86-79
12/22@Tulsa63L90-85
12/31Missouri KC358W87-74
1/4@St Thomas MN109L92-88
1/8@S Dakota St220L87-79
1/10@South Dakota282L82-72
1/14Oral Roberts309W98-87
1/22N Dakota St113L82-77
1/24North Dakota275L93-86
1/28@Missouri KC358W69-61
1/31NE Omaha262L84-82
2/5@N Dakota St113W78-71
2/7@North Dakota275W98-79
2/12S Dakota St220W79-61
2/15@NE Omaha262L83-76
2/19South Dakota282W90-70
2/21St Thomas MN109W82-80
2/26@Oral Roberts309L102-80
3/6(N)North Dakota275L83-67