NCAA Tournament March Madness

#137 Portland St

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Projected seed: 15 (automatic qualifier)

Portland State’s résumé sits where it does because its season is defined by sturdy conference victories and damaging nonconference setbacks. The high points — a gritty road win at Weber State and emphatic home results against Sacramento State and Montana State — show the team can close important league games, while the low points — losses at Stanford, San Francisco and Colorado and surprising home setbacks to Nebraska Omaha and Montana — leave the profile without a resume-building marquee win and with blemishes that selection committees notice. Upcoming conference trips to Sacramento State and Northern Arizona and home opportunities against Idaho and Eastern Washington provide clear chances to strengthen the case, but looming road tests at Montana and Montana State are the kinds of must-win opportunities that will determine whether the team can avoid relying solely on a conference tournament title to reach the NCAA field.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/4@Stanford79L89-79
11/12@San Francisco108L80-70
11/17CS Bakersfield318W93-80
11/25@Utah Tech197W68-63
12/3@South Dakota284W77-71
12/6NE Omaha256L60-55
12/17@Colorado76L84-73
12/20@Tulane191L63-61
1/1@Weber St223W95-90
1/3@Idaho St226W93-87
1/10CS Sacramento250W96-69
1/15N Colorado169W76-73
1/17Northern Arizona307W63-52
1/22@E Washington222W65-61
1/24@Idaho183W69-66
1/29Montana160L64-60
1/31Montana St150W63-54
2/2Idaho St226W88-65
2/7@CS Sacramento25063%
2/12@Northern Arizona30775%
2/14@N Colorado16946%
2/19Idaho18371%
2/21E Washington22277%
2/26@Montana St15042%
2/28@Montana16045%
3/2Weber St22378%