NCAA Tournament March Madness

#291 Northern Arizona

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Northern Arizona’s résumé is built around a couple of respectable nonconference wins and a home victory over Southern Utah, but those positives are offset by a string of damaging road and neutral defeats that include heavy setbacks at Arizona and Arizona State and a discouraging loss at Incarnate Word, while a razor‑thin loss at North Dakota State showed the team can compete away from home but hasn’t closed out those moments. The defense has been the steadier element while the offense has struggled for consistency, which helps explain why the profile reads as underwhelming against top opposition. The remaining Big Sky slate gives clear paths to repair the resume with trips to Montana and Montana State and matchups with Weber State, Sacramento State, Portland State and other conference foes serving as the opportunities to add the meaningful road and neutral results a committee will be looking for.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3(N)Drake145L77-71
11/11@Arizona2L84-49
11/24Cal Poly237W93-87
11/26SE Missouri St224W79-72
12/3S Dakota St187L75-62
12/6@N Dakota St150L69-68
12/9@Arizona St77L73-48
12/13@San Diego231L78-69
12/18Southern Utah320W65-57
12/21@Incarnate Word169L90-66
1/1@Montana21225%
1/3@Montana St17019%
1/8Weber St21647%
1/10Idaho St17238%
1/15@CS Sacramento27636%
1/17@Portland St18221%
1/19Montana21246%
1/24N Colorado16837%
1/29E Washington25854%
1/31Idaho18942%
2/5@Idaho St17219%
2/7@Weber St21627%
2/12Portland St18240%
2/14CS Sacramento27658%
2/21@N Colorado16819%
2/26@Idaho18923%
2/28@E Washington25833%
3/2Montana St17037%