NCAA Tournament March Madness

#163 Montana

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Montana's résumé makes clear why the safest route to the NCAA field is to secure the Big Sky's automatic spot: a signature road victory at UNLV and steady conference wins over Northern Arizona, Northern Colorado and Idaho show the team can win important games, but glaring setbacks at Stanford and Louisville and bad losses at the hands of midmajor opponents like Lamar and Oakland have undercut any at-large case. Inconsistency away from home, highlighted by a narrow defeat at Eastern Washington and a road loss at Montana State, means the Grizzlies lack a marquee neutral win that would vault them into serious at-large consideration, so the remaining slate of rivalry rematches and road tests at Portland State and Northern Colorado are really opportunities to build momentum before the conference tournament where winning is their clearest path to the big dance.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/8@Stanford76L91-68
11/11@UNLV117W102-93
11/14Cal Poly245W90-82
11/18@Texas A&M36L86-81
11/23Lamar220L68-63
11/25Oakland129L95-87
12/3N Dakota St140L81-72
12/6@North Dakota308W79-75
12/20@Louisville16L94-54
1/1Northern Arizona321W78-64
1/3N Colorado175W88-79
1/8@Idaho191W79-73
1/10@E Washington233L66-65
1/17@Montana St152L76-67
1/19@Northern Arizona321W98-72
1/22Weber St19567%
1/24Idaho St20369%
1/29@Portland St15737%
1/31@CS Sacramento28263%
2/5E Washington23373%
2/7Idaho19166%
2/14Montana St15258%
2/19@Idaho St20347%
2/21@Weber St19546%
2/26CS Sacramento28282%
2/28Portland St15759%
3/2@N Colorado17542%