NCAA Tournament March Madness

#147 N Colorado

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Northern Colorado’s profile hangs on a couple of high-impact moments and an equal share of damaging setbacks, with the road victory at Colorado and a gritty showing at Texas Tech proving this roster can compete away from home while neutral nonconference wins offered flashes of upside; those positives are offset by a home stumble against Denver and road defeats at Montana State and at Montana that expose recurring defensive issues and undermine at-large credibility. Recent conference wins, including a road bounce-back at Weber State and victories over Idaho and Eastern Washington, have steadied the season and the remaining slate provides clear chances to erase the bad losses, but without more quality road or neutral wins the team’s most realistic route to the NCAA tournament is to secure the conference’s automatic spot.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/15@Pepperdine274W88-81
11/21(N)St Thomas MN120L73-72
11/22@Portland200W86-80
11/23(N)CS Fullerton171W97-93
11/26@Air Force347W71-53
12/3@NE Omaha249W75-70
12/6South Dakota282W89-87
12/16@Texas Tech16L101-90
12/20Denver221L86-79
12/28@Colorado73W86-81
1/1@Montana St150L89-75
1/3@Montana157L88-79
1/8Idaho St254W85-72
1/10Weber St214L76-71
1/15@Portland St143L76-73
1/17@CS Sacramento250L93-89
1/19Montana St150L73-68
1/24@Northern Arizona313L81-77
1/29Idaho179W91-83
1/31E Washington197W74-71
2/5@Weber St214W88-74
2/7@Idaho St254W69-61
2/12CS Sacramento250W95-79
2/14Portland St143W77-65
2/21Northern Arizona31389%
2/26@E Washington19748%
2/28@Idaho17945%
3/2Montana15763%