NCAA Tournament March Madness

#204 Idaho

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Idaho’s résumé is built around signature road victories at Washington State and South Dakota State and a convincing neutral-site win over Cal State Northridge, which provide the kind of marquee moments committees value, but those highlights are undercut by a lopsided neutral loss to Sam Houston State and disappointing defeats at San Diego, UC San Diego and Notre Dame along with a narrow loss at Cal State Bakersfield that points to inconsistency. The team has shown it can score but defensive lapses in its worst outings and a home stumble against Montana have made those bad results feel particularly damaging. With conference play still to come, including home dates against Weber State and Northern Arizona and difficult trips to Montana and Montana State, Idaho has tangible opportunities to add quality wins and erase blemishes, yet it must protect home court and close out tight games if it hopes to shift how the committee views its résumé.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3@Washington St146W83-81
11/12@San Diego208L78-74
11/15@UC San Diego106L75-67
11/26(N)CS Northridge215W78-64
11/28(N)Sam Houston St126L94-68
12/3North Dakota318W90-58
12/6@S Dakota St194W84-81
12/10@Notre Dame68L80-65
12/21@Cal Poly237W83-80
12/23@CS Bakersfield296L64-63
1/3E Washington254W84-81
1/8Montana185L79-73
1/10Montana St160W92-89
1/15@Idaho St18736%
1/17@Weber St18636%
1/22CS Sacramento30079%
1/24Portland St14950%
1/29@N Colorado16232%
1/31@Northern Arizona29960%
2/5@Montana St16031%
2/7@Montana18536%
2/12Weber St18658%
2/14Idaho St18758%
2/19@Portland St14929%
2/21@CS Sacramento30060%
2/26Northern Arizona29979%
2/28N Colorado16254%
3/2@E Washington25449%