NCAA Tournament March Madness

#316 Northern Arizona

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Northern Arizona’s résumé is built on a few modest home wins, most notably over Cal Poly, Southeast Missouri State, Southern Utah and Northern Colorado, but those bright spots are overwhelmed by ugly losses away from home and at neutral sites, including the road trips to Arizona and Arizona State, the blowout at Incarnate Word and the lopsided outings at Montana and San Diego. There is no marquee road or neutral victory for a committee to point to and conference play has been punctuated by defeats to Montana, Montana State and Weber State that erode the value of the modest wins. The remaining slate includes some home chances against Eastern Washington, Idaho and Sacramento but also tough trips to Idaho State, Weber State, North Colorado and Montana State, so opportunities to rehabilitate the resume are limited and must be seized. Given the severity of several losses, the absence of signature wins away from home and the mixed path left on the schedule it makes sense to view this team as needing the conference tournament to secure an NCAA berth.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3(N)Drake160L77-71
11/11@Arizona1L84-49
11/24Cal Poly269W93-87
11/26SE Missouri St251W79-72
12/3S Dakota St192L75-62
12/6@N Dakota St120L69-68
12/9@Arizona St78L73-48
12/13@San Diego196L78-69
12/18Southern Utah278W65-57
12/21@Incarnate Word248L90-66
1/1@Montana151L78-64
1/3@Montana St148L77-68
1/8Weber St203L78-65
1/10Idaho St213L81-79
1/15@CS Sacramento285L83-69
1/17@Portland St153L63-52
1/19Montana151L98-72
1/24N Colorado187W81-77
1/29E Washington23341%
1/31Idaho19033%
2/5@Idaho St21319%
2/7@Weber St20318%
2/12Portland St15326%
2/14CS Sacramento28552%
2/21@N Colorado18715%
2/26@Idaho19016%
2/28@E Washington23321%
3/2Montana St14825%