NCAA Tournament March Madness

#160 Montana St

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Montana State’s profile is built on the right kind of road toughness and a handful of concerning slip-ups; they showed they can compete away from home with tight games at Colorado, Stanford, Boise State and Utah State and a resume-building road win at Long Beach State, and they have solid wins at places like Eastern Washington and home victories over Northern Colorado, Cal Poly and Northern Arizona to point to. The most damaging results are the unexpected home loss to Denver and setbacks at opponents such as Oregon State, Oral Roberts and Idaho, which blunt the impact of the competitive nonconference slate and leave the resume with avoidable blemishes. What matters now is the stretch of conference matchups ahead, including the home date with Montana and key road tests at Sacramento State and Northern Arizona, where a run of clean results would neutralize the midseason stumbles and turn the season’s strong moments into an unmistakably complete resume.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3@Colorado76L84-78
11/9Denver259L75-73
11/12@Stanford80L77-68
11/15@Boise St79L62-58
11/21@Long Beach St249W78-72
11/29@Utah St20L84-81
12/3St Thomas MN128W82-74
12/6@Oral Roberts294L72-68
12/13@Oregon St213L67-57
12/16@Cal Poly237W83-80
1/1N Colorado162W89-75
1/3Northern Arizona299W77-68
1/8@E Washington254W68-64
1/10@Idaho204L92-89
1/17Montana18566%
1/19@N Colorado16241%
1/22Idaho St18767%
1/24Weber St18667%
1/29@CS Sacramento30069%
1/31@Portland St14937%
2/5Idaho20469%
2/7E Washington25478%
2/14@Montana18545%
2/19@Weber St18645%
2/21@Idaho St18745%
2/26Portland St14959%
2/28CS Sacramento30085%
3/2@Northern Arizona29968%