NCAA Tournament March Madness

#187 N Colorado

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Northern Colorado’s profile rests on a handful of eye-catching moments and a longer stretch of damaging results, which is why the outlook is what it is. The road win at Colorado and a high-scoring neutral victory over Cal State Fullerton demonstrate the team can win hostile places and score in bunches, and nonconference road wins at Pepperdine and Portland add credibility. Those bright spots are offset by a string of conference setbacks on the road at Montana State and Montana and at Cal State Sacramento plus losses at home to Denver and Weber State that a selection panel will view as resume erosion, and a tough but losing trip to Texas Tech only tempers rather than erases those blemishes. Defensive inconsistency has left Northern Colorado vulnerable in close league games, so the remaining slate — with home chances against Idaho and Eastern Washington and a pivotal trip to Weber State — gives the team a realistic path to repair its standing but also makes winning the league tournament the cleanest way back to the big dance.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/15@Pepperdine273W88-81
11/21(N)St Thomas MN127L73-72
11/22@Portland199W86-80
11/23(N)CS Fullerton186W97-93
11/26@Air Force346W71-53
12/3@NE Omaha256W75-70
12/6South Dakota287W89-87
12/16@Texas Tech18L101-90
12/20Denver265L86-79
12/28@Colorado80W86-81
1/1@Montana St148L89-75
1/3@Montana151L88-79
1/8Idaho St213W85-72
1/10Weber St203L76-71
1/15@Portland St153L76-73
1/17@CS Sacramento285L93-89
1/19Montana St148L73-68
1/24@Northern Arizona316L81-77
1/29Idaho19062%
1/31E Washington23369%
2/5@Weber St20342%
2/7@Idaho St21344%
2/12CS Sacramento28579%
2/14Portland St15354%
2/21Northern Arizona31685%
2/26@E Washington23348%
2/28@Idaho19040%
3/2Montana15153%