NCAA Tournament March Madness

#177 Idaho

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Idaho’s profile reads like a team with headline wins and nagging blemishes: road victories at Washington State and South Dakota State and a neutral-site triumph over Cal State Northridge give the committee clear signature moments, but an ugly neutral loss to Sam Houston State and a handful of harmful conference defeats at Montana and Montana State undercut consistency; close nonconference losses at San Diego, UC San Diego, and a road trip to Notre Dame show the Vandals can compete away from home but have too many low-value results to feel safe at-large. Home blowouts of Idaho State and Cal State Sacramento pad the ledger but carry less weight, and the remaining games at home against Northern Arizona and Northern Colorado along with a road trip to Eastern Washington represent the realistic chances to replace shaky outcomes with resume-building results, which is why their most practical path to the NCAA field runs through the league automatic bid.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3@Washington St129W83-81
11/12@San Diego225L78-74
11/15@UC San Diego113L75-67
11/26(N)CS Northridge155W78-64
11/28(N)Sam Houston St107L94-68
12/3North Dakota285W90-58
12/6@S Dakota St214W84-81
12/10@Notre Dame87L80-65
12/21@Cal Poly212W83-80
12/23@CS Bakersfield326L64-63
1/3E Washington172W84-81
1/8Montana184L79-73
1/10Montana St146W92-89
1/15@Idaho St230L76-68
1/17@Weber St195W75-67
1/22CS Sacramento257W86-76
1/24Portland St143L69-66
1/29@N Colorado151L91-83
1/31@Northern Arizona301W79-62
2/5@Montana St146L73-66
2/7@Montana184L73-68
2/12Weber St195L83-72
2/14Idaho St230W99-69
2/19@Portland St143L77-67
2/21@CS Sacramento257W86-80
2/26Northern Arizona30184%
2/28N Colorado15156%
3/2@E Washington17238%