NCAA Tournament March Madness

#139 N Colorado

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Northern Colorado has a resume with a clear high point—a road victory over a major-conference opponent—and a strong late surge that included meaningful road wins in league play and a dominant closing victory over Montana, but the rest of the profile undermines an at-large case because quality nonconference scalps are scarce and the ledger contains damaging losses at Sacramento and Portland State and setbacks against Montana State and other midlevel league foes. A competitive outing at a nationally prominent opponent shows they can hang with better teams, yet it does not erase the accumulation of unimpressive wins against lesser opponents that limits committee credit. With the best wins concentrated and the bad losses still prominent, their most reliable path to the Big Dance is to secure the conference’s automatic berth.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/15@Pepperdine265W88-81
11/21(N)St Thomas MN104L73-72
11/22@Portland191W86-80
11/23(N)CS Fullerton171W97-93
11/26@Air Force345W71-53
12/3@NE Omaha254W75-70
12/6South Dakota283W89-87
12/16@Texas Tech14L101-90
12/20Denver233L86-79
12/28@Colorado64W86-81
1/1@Montana St130L89-75
1/3@Montana188L88-79
1/8Idaho St253W85-72
1/10Weber St193L76-71
1/15@Portland St145L76-73
1/17@CS Sacramento255L93-89
1/19Montana St130L73-68
1/24@Northern Arizona319L81-77
1/29Idaho173W91-83
1/31E Washington163W74-71
2/5@Weber St193W88-74
2/7@Idaho St253W69-61
2/12CS Sacramento255W95-79
2/14Portland St145W77-65
2/21Northern Arizona319W78-77
2/26@E Washington163L82-72
2/28@Idaho173W76-67
3/2Montana188W85-57