NCAA Tournament March Madness

#145 Portland St

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Portland State’s profile reads as a strong Big Sky résumé that still lacks national proof, because its best moments are clear conference statements — convincing home wins over Sacramento State and Idaho State and resume-building victories against Weber State and Montana State — and it has road wins at Utah Tech and South Dakota that show the program can travel. The damaging elements are nonconference setbacks at Stanford, San Francisco, Colorado and Tulane along with a surprising home loss to NE Omaha, results that leave the sheet without a signature neutral-site or major-conference road victory. Given solid league form but the absence of a marquee nonconference win, the cleanest path into the NCAA tournament runs through securing the Big Sky’s automatic berth.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/4@Stanford61L89-79
11/12@San Francisco123L80-70
11/17CS Bakersfield322W93-80
11/25@Utah Tech182W68-63
12/3@South Dakota283W77-71
12/6NE Omaha254L60-55
12/17@Colorado64L84-73
12/20@Tulane211L63-61
1/1@Weber St193W95-90
1/3@Idaho St253W93-87
1/10CS Sacramento255W96-69
1/15N Colorado139W76-73
1/17Northern Arizona319W63-52
1/22@E Washington163W65-61
1/24@Idaho173W69-66
1/29Montana188L64-60
1/31Montana St130W63-54
2/2Idaho St253W88-65
2/7@CS Sacramento255W74-73
2/12@Northern Arizona319W77-68
2/14@N Colorado139L77-65
2/19Idaho173W77-67
2/21E Washington163L67-55
2/26@Montana St130L84-69
2/28@Montana188L74-68
3/2Weber St193W84-60