NCAA Tournament March Madness

#158 Montana

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Montana's résumé reads like a club with a couple of meaningful road victories such as the trip to UNLV and wins away in conference but also some damaging setbacks such as the blowout at Louisville and the loss at Stanford that undercut any marquee nonconference statement. Mixed results in league play and surprising defeats to mid-majors like Lamar and Oakland dilute the value of the solid wins, and close losses at Eastern Washington and at Montana State expose an inconsistency that selection committees penalize. The remaining stretch features winnable home chances against Montana State, CS Sacramento and Portland State and genuine resume tests on the road at Weber State and at Northern Colorado, so those outcomes will decide whether this résumé can be rescued or whether the surest path to the field runs through a conference tournament title.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/8@Stanford76L91-68
11/11@UNLV129W102-93
11/14Cal Poly233W90-82
11/18@Texas A&M36L86-81
11/23Lamar207L68-63
11/25Oakland137L95-87
12/3N Dakota St126L81-72
12/6@North Dakota290W79-75
12/20@Louisville15L94-54
1/1Northern Arizona313W78-64
1/3N Colorado149W88-79
1/8@Idaho179W79-73
1/10@E Washington196L66-65
1/17@Montana St150L76-67
1/19@Northern Arizona313W98-72
1/22Weber St216W81-65
1/24Idaho St255W69-60
1/29@Portland St143W64-60
1/31@CS Sacramento252L86-79
2/5E Washington196L82-74
2/7Idaho179W73-68
2/14Montana St15060%
2/19@Idaho St25558%
2/21@Weber St21650%
2/26CS Sacramento25278%
2/28Portland St14358%
3/2@N Colorado14937%