NCAA Tournament March Madness

#153 Portland St

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Portland State’s standing is logical because its nonconference resume features tough road defeats at Stanford, San Francisco, Colorado and Tulane and a damaging home loss to NE Omaha that leave it without a signature win, so the clearest path to the NCAA field runs through winning the Big Sky tournament. The team’s best moments — road victories at Weber St and at E Washington and conference wins over Idaho and CS Sacramento — show it can win away and handle league competition, but those wins are offset by the poor results against power-conference opponents. Remaining league chances are meaningful: home dates with Montana and Montana St and a late home meeting with Weber St combined with road tests at CS Sacramento, Northern Arizona, Montana and Montana St give Portland State opportunities to build the kind of resume that would remove the need to rely on an automatic bid.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/4@Stanford81L89-79
11/12@San Francisco102L80-70
11/17CS Bakersfield303W93-80
11/25@Utah Tech215W68-63
12/3@South Dakota287W77-71
12/6NE Omaha256L60-55
12/17@Colorado80L84-73
12/20@Tulane194L63-61
1/1@Weber St203W95-90
1/3@Idaho St213W93-87
1/10CS Sacramento285W96-69
1/15N Colorado187W76-73
1/17Northern Arizona316W63-52
1/22@E Washington233W65-61
1/24@Idaho190W69-66
1/29Montana15161%
1/31Montana St14860%
2/2Idaho St21372%
2/7@CS Sacramento28567%
2/12@Northern Arizona31674%
2/14@N Colorado18746%
2/19Idaho19069%
2/21E Washington23376%
2/26@Montana St14838%
2/28@Montana15138%
3/2Weber St20371%