NCAA Tournament March Madness

#171 Idaho St

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Idaho State’s resume is built around a handful of meaningful wins and a handful of damaging slips that together explain its current standing. The high points include a tough road victory at San Diego, a decisive neutral-site win over CS Northridge, and an underappreciated road triumph at Missouri Kansas City that show the team can win away from home and close out opportunities. The low points are the losses at San Diego State, Seattle, and Santa Clara plus the neutral loss to Sam Houston State, results that expose problems against stronger nonconference opposition and leave a blemish when the team needed to prove itself. The remaining Big Sky slate features several home games against regional rivals where the team can rack up resume-building wins and a string of difficult road tests at Utah Valley, Montana and Montana State that are the clearest chances to change perception. Put simply, the balance of signature road and neutral success against those bad nonconference losses, coupled with a path ahead that contains both safe wins and winnable statement opportunities, is what underpins how the team is being viewed.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/7@San Diego269W71-68
11/9@San Diego St47L73-57
11/15@Seattle111L83-74
11/18@Santa Clara49L64-55
11/26(N)Sam Houston St127L84-81
11/28(N)CS Northridge240W82-50
12/3@Missouri KC342W68-59
12/6Denver28178%
12/10@Utah Valley8917%
12/21UC Davis16659%
1/1CS Sacramento27977%
1/3Portland St16258%
1/8@N Colorado15335%
1/10@Northern Arizona26656%
1/14@Idaho21045%
1/15Idaho21067%
1/17E Washington24774%
1/22@Montana St15636%
1/24@Montana19543%
1/31@Weber St19042%
2/2@Portland St16236%
2/5Northern Arizona26676%
2/7N Colorado15357%
2/12@E Washington24753%
2/14@Idaho21045%
2/19Montana19565%
2/21Montana St15658%
2/28Weber St19064%
3/2@CS Sacramento27957%