NCAA Tournament March Madness

#107 Hawaii

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Projected seed: 13 (automatic qualifier)

Hawaii’s résumé shows a team that can defend and win in its league but never secured a true marquee nonconference victory. The narrow trip to Oregon proved it can compete with a power conference opponent and road wins at UC Davis and UC Riverside plus late neutral-site victories over Cal State Fullerton and UC Irvine demonstrated it can win away from home when rolling. Those positives are offset by a home loss to Arizona State and a one-sided defeat at Cal State Northridge along with a string of wins that came against much smaller programs such as East Texas A&M, Mississippi Valley State and Manhattan which do little to impress a committee. In short, a sturdy conference run and a few encouraging moments do not erase the damaging losses and the lack of a high-end resume win, which is why Hawaii sits outside the safer zone for selection.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/4@Oregon99L60-59
11/9East Texas A&M289W100-74
11/12MS Valley St365W88-56
11/14Manhattan330W86-56
11/15Utah Tech188W68-62
11/20Arizona St67L83-76
11/28North Dakota275W92-55
12/4UC Davis159W75-69
12/6CS Fullerton168W69-59
12/13UTEP276W66-61
1/1@UC Riverside258W88-45
1/3@UC San Diego118L83-73
1/10UC Irvine104W67-66
1/15@Cal Poly212W86-66
1/17@UC Santa Barbara130L77-62
1/22CS Bakersfield326W98-71
1/24CS Northridge175W89-68
1/29@UC Irvine104L87-76
1/31@Long Beach St231W89-82
2/7UC San Diego118W72-67
2/12@CS Bakersfield326W89-74
2/14@CS Northridge175L84-60
2/19Cal Poly212L86-75
2/21UC Santa Barbara130W78-75
2/26@UC Davis159W77-73
2/28@CS Fullerton168W87-85
3/6UC Riverside258W93-74
3/8Long Beach St231L84-75
3/13(N)CS Fullerton168W78-63
3/14(N)UC Irvine104W71-64