NCAA Tournament March Madness

#157 Portland St

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Portland State’s standing points to needing the conference title because its nonconference resume contains solid but winless showings against major-conference foes rather than a marquee victory that would carry an at-large case. The high point is a gritty road win at Weber State and a string of convincing home conference wins, while the greatest damage comes from a home loss to Nebraska Omaha and tight defeats at Stanford, San Francisco, Colorado and Tulane that, however respectable, leave no signature résumé booster. The remainder of the schedule hands Portland State a chance to polish its profile with winnable home dates and useful road tests at Sacramento State and Northern Arizona as well as matchups against Eastern Washington and Idaho, yet those outcomes would still fall short of replacing a true statement win against a top opponent. Without that kind of nonconference scalp the most reliable path to the NCAA tournament for Portland State is to secure the Big Sky crown.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/4@Stanford76L89-79
11/12@San Francisco106L80-70
11/17CS Bakersfield306W93-80
11/25@Utah Tech216W68-63
12/3@South Dakota284W77-71
12/6NE Omaha269L60-55
12/17@Colorado78L84-73
12/20@Tulane190L63-61
1/1@Weber St195W95-90
1/3@Idaho St203W93-87
1/10CS Sacramento282W96-69
1/15N Colorado175W76-73
1/17Northern Arizona321W63-52
1/22@E Washington23354%
1/24@Idaho19146%
1/29Montana16363%
1/31Montana St15259%
2/2Idaho St20370%
2/7@CS Sacramento28265%
2/12@Northern Arizona32175%
2/14@N Colorado17543%
2/19Idaho19168%
2/21E Washington23375%
2/26@Montana St15237%
2/28@Montana16341%
3/2Weber St19569%