NCAA Tournament March Madness

#218 Idaho St

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Idaho State’s profile shows flashes that matter but not enough résumé polish to feel safe without winning the conference tournament. The Vandals’ best moments include a road victory at San Diego and a dominant neutral showing against CS Northridge plus a gritty road win at Missouri KC, while damaging results such as the losses at San Diego State and Santa Clara, the home collapse against Eastern Washington and the big road defeats at Portland State, Montana and Montana State have left too many questions about consistency away from home. With a stretch of conference games ahead at home against Northern Arizona and N Colorado and road tests at Eastern Washington, Idaho, Montana and Montana State, those matchups are the clear opportunities to add the kind of road and neutral-site wins the selection committee values, otherwise the cleanest path to the field will be the automatic berth.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/7@San Diego202W71-68
11/9@San Diego St43L73-57
11/15@Seattle124L83-74
11/18@Santa Clara41L64-55
11/26(N)Sam Houston St102L84-81
11/28(N)CS Northridge187W82-50
12/3@Missouri KC353W68-59
12/6Denver269W93-79
12/10@Utah Valley92L73-69
12/21UC Davis168L93-83
1/1CS Sacramento249W97-84
1/3Portland St136L93-87
1/8@N Colorado186L85-72
1/10@Northern Arizona314W81-79
1/15Idaho182W76-68
1/17E Washington232L84-66
1/22@Montana St156L74-62
1/24@Montana151L69-60
1/31@Weber St215L81-79
2/2@Portland St136L88-65
2/5Northern Arizona31481%
2/7N Colorado18654%
2/12@E Washington23242%
2/14@Idaho18232%
2/19Montana15147%
2/21Montana St15648%
2/28Weber St21560%
3/2@CS Sacramento24946%