NCAA Tournament March Madness

#186 Montana

Bubble Watch | Bracketology

Chat with the Bracketologist | How does this work?


Projection: need to automatically qualify

Montana’s season profile explains why an automatic berth is its clearest route: a road victory at UNLV and another on the road at Northern Arizona along with solid home wins over Weber State and Idaho prove the team can win both away and at home, but blowout defeats at Stanford and Louisville and tough losses at Texas A&M and Lamar expose a vulnerability against major opposition and in hostile settings. In conference the team has been uneven, dropping games at Montana State, at Eastern Washington and at Idaho which has kept signature neutral-site wins off the résumé. Winning the Big Sky tournament would erase those damaging results and provide a single, straightforward path to the NCAA field through rematches with Montana State, Idaho and Northern Arizona.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/8@Stanford58L91-68
11/11@UNLV108W102-93
11/14Cal Poly212W90-82
11/18@Texas A&M39L86-81
11/23Lamar237L68-63
11/25Oakland169L95-87
12/3N Dakota St113L81-72
12/6@North Dakota275W79-75
12/20@Louisville19L94-54
1/1Northern Arizona319W78-64
1/3N Colorado141W88-79
1/8@Idaho145W79-73
1/10@E Washington171L66-65
1/17@Montana St133L76-67
1/19@Northern Arizona319W98-72
1/22Weber St198W81-65
1/24Idaho St250W69-60
1/29@Portland St146W64-60
1/31@CS Sacramento265L86-79
2/5E Washington171L82-74
2/7Idaho145W73-68
2/14Montana St133L82-71
2/19@Idaho St250L73-69
2/21@Weber St198L92-72
2/26CS Sacramento265W81-73
2/28Portland St146W74-68
3/2@N Colorado141L85-57
3/9(N)N Colorado141W95-89
3/10(N)Portland St146W75-72
3/11(N)Idaho145L77-66