NCAA Tournament March Madness

#151 Montana

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Montana’s résumé is anchored by a statement road victory at UNLV and a string of conference home wins, but it is dragged down by lopsided losses at Stanford and Louisville and messy nonconference setbacks to mid‑major opponents such as Lamar and Oakland. Those damaging results blunt the impact of solid League wins over Northern Arizona and Weber State and leave the Grizzlies without a true marquee victory away from Big Sky play. Competitive showings at Texas A&M and narrow defeats at Eastern Washington and Montana State show they can hang with better teams, yet close losses do little to replace the kind of neutral or road signature wins the selection eye prizes. The remaining slate — including road dates at Portland State and Sacramento State and a stretch of winnable conference games at home — provides clear opportunities to repair the profile, but until Montana adds a standout nonconference or neutral result the most certain path to the bracket runs through winning the Big Sky.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/8@Stanford81L91-68
11/11@UNLV134W102-93
11/14Cal Poly269W90-82
11/18@Texas A&M33L86-81
11/23Lamar207L68-63
11/25Oakland121L95-87
12/3N Dakota St120L81-72
12/6@North Dakota280W79-75
12/20@Louisville19L94-54
1/1Northern Arizona316W78-64
1/3N Colorado187W88-79
1/8@Idaho190W79-73
1/10@E Washington233L66-65
1/17@Montana St148L76-67
1/19@Northern Arizona316W98-72
1/22Weber St203W81-65
1/24Idaho St213W69-60
1/29@Portland St15339%
1/31@CS Sacramento28567%
2/5E Washington23376%
2/7Idaho19069%
2/14Montana St14860%
2/19@Idaho St21352%
2/21@Weber St20351%
2/26CS Sacramento28584%
2/28Portland St15362%
3/2@N Colorado18747%