NCAA Tournament March Madness

#188 Montana

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Montana’s resume makes the projection sensible because their season is a study in contrast: a resume-building road win at UNLV and sturdy conference victories at Northern Arizona and at North Dakota show they can win away from home, but those moments are overwhelmed by a brutal loss at Louisville, a poor trip to Texas A&M, and puzzling setbacks to lesser opponents such as Lamar and Oakland that create too many blemishes for an at-large case. The Grizzlies have shown they can beat quality opposition and grind out conference wins, yet they lack enough signature triumphs against strong nonconference foes and have too many damaging losses at home and on the road to overcome the margin for selection. Given that balance, their season essentially hinges on capturing the Big Sky’s automatic berth if they want to punch a ticket to the national field.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/8@Stanford61L91-68
11/11@UNLV105W102-93
11/14Cal Poly218W90-82
11/18@Texas A&M36L86-81
11/23Lamar236L68-63
11/25Oakland164L95-87
12/3N Dakota St117L81-72
12/6@North Dakota282W79-75
12/20@Louisville17L94-54
1/1Northern Arizona319W78-64
1/3N Colorado139W88-79
1/8@Idaho173W79-73
1/10@E Washington163L66-65
1/17@Montana St131L76-67
1/19@Northern Arizona319W98-72
1/22Weber St193W81-65
1/24Idaho St253W69-60
1/29@Portland St145W64-60
1/31@CS Sacramento255L86-79
2/5E Washington163L82-74
2/7Idaho173W73-68
2/14Montana St131L82-71
2/19@Idaho St253L73-69
2/21@Weber St193L92-72
2/26CS Sacramento255W81-73
2/28Portland St145W74-68
3/2@N Colorado139L85-57