NCAA Tournament March Madness

#91 Hawaii

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Projected seed: 14 (automatic qualifier)

Hawaii’s résumé is anchored by a narrow road loss at Oregon and a competitive home game with Arizona State, showing the program can hang with power-conference opponents, while a dominant road win at UC Riverside and steady conference victories prove it can win away from its building. Those high points are offset by damaging road defeats at UC San Diego and UC Santa Barbara, results that committees treat harshly and that blunt the impact of otherwise solid wins. The remainder of the Big West schedule presents clear chances to change the picture, with road tests at UC Irvine and Long Beach State offering resume-defining opportunities and home dates against Cal Poly and UC San Diego allowing Hawaii to clean up the ledger, so unless the team lands an eye-catching road or neutral victory or avoids more bad losses the profile will remain on the edge. Strong defensive play and notable nonconference showings underpin why the current placement reflects both upside and vulnerability.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/4@Oregon98L60-59
11/9East Texas A&M295W100-74
11/12MS Valley St365W88-56
11/14Manhattan333W86-56
11/15Utah Tech215W68-62
11/20Arizona St78L83-76
11/28North Dakota280W92-55
12/4UC Davis167W75-69
12/6CS Fullerton186W69-59
12/13UTEP288W66-61
1/1@UC Riverside276W88-45
1/3@UC San Diego108L83-73
1/10UC Irvine118W67-66
1/15@Cal Poly269W86-66
1/17@UC Santa Barbara137L77-62
1/22CS Bakersfield303W98-71
1/24CS Northridge210W89-68
1/29@UC Irvine11848%
1/31@Long Beach St23673%
2/7UC San Diego10866%
2/8UC San Diego10866%
2/12@CS Bakersfield30384%
2/14@CS Northridge21069%
2/19Cal Poly26991%
2/20Cal Poly26991%
2/22UC Santa Barbara13774%
2/26@UC Davis16760%
2/28@CS Fullerton18664%
3/5UC Riverside27692%
3/6UC Riverside27692%
3/7Long Beach St23688%
3/8Long Beach St23688%