NCAA Tournament March Madness

#177 Montana St

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Projected seed: 15 (automatic qualifier)

Montana State's resume faces significant challenges, primarily reflected in their lack of quality victories and overall inconsistent performance. Despite a few wins against lower-tier opponents like Southern Miss and Idaho, notable losses to teams like Wisconsin and TCU highlight their difficulties against stronger competition. Furthermore, their struggles in conference play, as seen in their close losses to Northern Arizona and the high-scoring defeat against Portland State, indicate a vulnerable position entering the postseason. Their best path to an NCAA tournament appearance is to secure the Big Sky Conference tournament title, as their current records and rankings simply don’t provide a strong enough case for at-large consideration.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/7@Wisconsin14L79-67
11/9@Wichita St135L89-69
11/17@Denver303L79-78
11/19@Northwestern53L72-69
11/24Southern Miss298W79-59
11/26Abilene Chr225W85-59
11/30CS Northridge98L72-69
12/4@NE Omaha157W76-65
12/7Missouri KC233W74-62
12/15@USC65L89-63
12/18@UC Riverside138L83-80
12/22@TCU76L82-48
1/2@Idaho262L69-64
1/4@E Washington283L68-63
1/9N Colorado126L83-82
1/11Northern Arizona240W58-53
1/16@Idaho St192L70-67
1/18@Weber St285W80-71
1/20E Washington283W74-64
1/25@Montana174L77-70
1/30CS Sacramento340W70-58
2/1Portland St193W74-73
2/6@Northern Arizona240L69-64
2/8@N Colorado126L73-66
2/13Weber St285W74-66
2/15Idaho St192W74-69
2/22Montana174L89-85
2/27@Portland St193L69-52
3/1@CS Sacramento340W87-60
3/3Idaho262W75-60
3/10(N)Idaho St19251%