NCAA Tournament March Madness

#196 Portland

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Portland’s résumé is built around a signature home upset of Gonzaga but is otherwise cluttered with damaging road defeats at Gonzaga, Washington State, Oregon and Stanford and a nonconference ledger made up mostly of modest wins over Arkansas‑Pine Bluff, UC Davis and Cal State Fullerton. Some neutral-site victories over Pepperdine and Washington State in conference play provided a lift but were offset by heavy road losses and a lack of sustained success away from home. With so few true quality road and neutral wins and multiple bad defeats, the team’s clearest route into the NCAA field is to claim the West Coast Conference’s automatic bid.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/6Ark Pine Bluff315W83-74
11/9UC Davis155W67-63
11/15@Wyoming98L93-56
11/21CS Fullerton169W103-85
11/22N Colorado136L86-80
11/23St Thomas MN108L76-66
11/26Long Beach St234W93-73
12/1@Stanford59L94-72
12/14Kent154W88-78
12/17@Oregon96L94-69
12/22@UC Santa Barbara126L79-61
12/28Washington St137L67-62
12/30Santa Clara37L92-85
1/2@St Mary's CA22L78-57
1/4@San Francisco119L73-68
1/8Pacific111W90-89
1/10Oregon St179W82-76
1/14@Pepperdine263L67-63
1/17@Loy Marymount161W71-58
1/24St Mary's CA22L75-69
1/28@Pacific111L74-51
1/31@Washington St137L104-74
2/4Gonzaga10W87-80
2/7Seattle118W54-53
2/11@San Diego224L71-58
2/18Pepperdine263L95-87
2/21@Seattle118L71-59
2/25@Gonzaga10L89-48
2/28San Diego224W87-74
3/5(N)Pepperdine263W77-68
3/6(N)Washington St137W74-68
3/7(N)San Francisco119L82-65