NCAA Tournament March Madness

#185 Portland St

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Portland State’s resume is built around some encouraging road performances and sturdy defense but lacks a true signature victory, with road wins at Utah Tech and South Dakota and a home triumph over CS Bakersfield standing out as its best moments. Those positives are tempered by a damaging home loss to Nebraska Omaha and a string of competitive road defeats at Power Conference programs like Stanford, San Francisco, Colorado and Tulane that show the team can hang with better opposition but did not produce the kind of upset that committees reward. The remaining conference slate presents multiple opportunities to repair the resume, particularly with meaningful trips to Weber State, Montana and Montana State and a run of winnable home dates that would be valued more if they include road success. In short, the team looks like one that has proven it can travel and defend but still needs a higher-quality win and a clean finish against conference rivals to change how its body of work is judged.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/4@Stanford94L89-79
11/12@San Francisco98L80-70
11/17CS Bakersfield306W93-80
11/25@Utah Tech233W68-63
12/3@South Dakota294W77-71
12/6NE Omaha249L60-55
12/17@Colorado86L84-73
12/20@Tulane188L63-61
1/1@Weber St21745%
1/3@Idaho St16735%
1/10CS Sacramento27676%
1/15N Colorado15053%
1/17Northern Arizona28478%
1/22@E Washington25852%
1/24@Idaho18739%
1/29Montana21265%
1/31Montana St17158%
2/2Idaho St16757%
2/7@CS Sacramento27656%
2/12@Northern Arizona28458%
2/14@N Colorado15031%
2/19Idaho18762%
2/21E Washington25873%
2/26@Montana St17136%
2/28@Montana21243%
3/2Weber St21767%