NCAA Tournament March Madness

#209 Denver

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Denver’s résumé has bright spots and glaring blemishes that explain why the safest path to the tournament is winning the conference. The road victories at Montana St and at Colorado St and solid results away at North Dakota show the team can win hostile games, but those signature moments are overshadowed by brutal losses at Arizona and at Wyoming and by damaging nonconference setbacks to UT San Antonio, Idaho St, and Cal State Fullerton that sap at-large credibility. Conference play brought a steadier stretch with wins over South Dakota and S Dakota St and a sweep of Missouri KC that provide momentum, yet the profile still lacks a marquee neutral or power‑conference win. A final road trip to Oral Roberts is a clear chance to change the narrative, so without that kind of quality result Denver’s most realistic route into the bracket is through the automatic qualifier.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3@Seattle120L84-73
11/6@Washington47L84-70
11/9@Montana St146W75-73
11/15UT San Antonio339L84-79
11/21@Colorado St88W83-81
11/24@Arizona3L103-73
11/26@Wyoming95L101-59
12/3E Washington172W93-89
12/6@Idaho St230L93-79
12/13CS Fullerton174L105-86
12/20@N Colorado151W86-79
12/22@Tulsa64L90-85
12/31Missouri KC355W87-74
1/4@St Thomas MN118L92-88
1/8@S Dakota St214L87-79
1/10@South Dakota292L82-72
1/14Oral Roberts332W98-87
1/22N Dakota St117L82-77
1/24North Dakota285L93-86
1/28@Missouri KC355W69-61
1/31NE Omaha250L84-82
2/5@N Dakota St117W78-71
2/7@North Dakota285W98-79
2/12S Dakota St214W79-61
2/15@NE Omaha250L83-76
2/19South Dakota292W90-70
2/21St Thomas MN118W82-80
2/26@Oral Roberts33270%