NCAA Tournament March Madness

#269 Cal Poly

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Cal Poly’s résumé reads like a team that can steal a road win yet has suffered repeated lopsided defeats, so the automatic route looks like the clearest path to the big dance. Their best moments are gritty road victories at Seattle and at Utah and a tight win at Cal State Fullerton plus close home wins over UC Davis and UC San Diego, while their worst moments are blowouts at USC, UCLA and UC Santa Barbara and a poor neutral-site showing against Southeast Missouri State that undercuts the quality of those signature wins. With upcoming conference road tests at Cal State Bakersfield, UC Riverside, UC Davis and Hawaii and home chances against Long Beach State, UC Irvine and Cal State Northridge the Mustangs still control the opportunity to repair the resume but will need meaningful road or neutral victories to erase the damage and earn serious at-large consideration.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3@USC47L94-64
11/8@Seattle131W73-71
11/12@Colorado St95L93-79
11/14@Montana151L90-82
11/20@Utah114W92-85
11/24@Northern Arizona316L93-87
11/25(N)SE Missouri St251L84-68
12/4@CS Fullerton186W94-91
12/6UC Riverside276L88-84
12/16Montana St148L83-80
12/19@UCLA39L108-87
12/21Idaho190L83-80
1/1UC San Diego108W67-65
1/3@Long Beach St236L74-66
1/8@CS Northridge210L95-90
1/10UC Davis167W84-78
1/15Hawaii91L86-66
1/22@UC Santa Barbara137L107-67
1/24CS Fullerton186L93-78
1/29@CS Bakersfield30347%
1/31@UC Riverside27640%
2/5CS Northridge21048%
2/7@UC Davis16720%
2/12UC Irvine11828%
2/14UC Santa Barbara13733%
2/19@Hawaii919%
2/20@Hawaii919%
2/26Long Beach St23653%
2/28@UC San Diego10811%
3/5@UC Irvine11813%
3/7CS Bakersfield30369%