NCAA Tournament March Madness

#303 CS Bakersfield

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

CS Bakersfield’s profile points to a reliance on winning the Big West tournament because the season has been defined more by heavy road losses at California, Mississippi and Florida State than by breakthrough wins. Road victories at Fresno State and at UC Davis represent the resume’s high points and close wins over UC Riverside and Idaho add helpful texture, but repeated defeats in hostile settings to UC Santa Barbara and UC San Diego and a poor trip to Hawaii have done the most damage to any at-large case. With a stretch of winnable league games remaining at home against Cal Poly and a return date with UC Davis plus road opportunities at UC Irvine and UC San Diego the path to changing perception is clear: protect the home floor and steal a meaningful result away from a quality conference opponent to shift how committee eyes will fall.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3@California66L87-60
11/11W Illinois357W74-58
11/14@Mississippi73L82-60
11/17@Portland St153L93-80
11/22MS Valley St365W86-70
11/25@Florida St101L89-59
11/30@Fresno St138W76-71
12/4@CS Northridge210L87-66
12/6@UC Santa Barbara137L109-84
12/11N Dakota St120L80-69
12/13Pepperdine273L70-62
12/23Idaho190W64-63
1/1UC Irvine118L81-77
1/3@UC Davis167W81-79
1/8UC Riverside276W67-66
1/10@Long Beach St236L81-75
1/15UC Santa Barbara137L75-69
1/17UC San Diego108L83-62
1/22@Hawaii91L98-71
1/29Cal Poly26953%
1/31UC Davis16732%
2/5@UC Irvine1189%
2/7@CS Fullerton18618%
2/12Hawaii9116%
2/19@UC Riverside27632%
2/21CS Fullerton18636%
2/26@UC San Diego1087%
2/28Long Beach St23645%
3/5CS Northridge21040%
3/7@Cal Poly26931%