NCAA Tournament March Madness

#236 Long Beach St

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Long Beach State’s resume is anchored by a handful of home wins over league-level opponents and a gritty road victory at Cal State Northridge, but it is undermined by ugly road blowouts at San Diego State and Iowa State and a string of losses away from home at Fresno State, UC Santa Barbara, UC Irvine and San Jose State that leave the peak wins thin and the bad losses glaring. Close losses to Illinois State, Montana State and Pacific suggest the team can compete with solid midmajor opponents yet those tight results do not replace a signature neutral-site victory, and the lack of quality wins away from Long Beach leaves the committee with little margin for error. A slate of remaining conference games at UC Riverside, at UC San Diego and at Cal Poly along with home opportunities against Hawaii, Cal State Fullerton and UC Davis gives the team chances to right the ship and build momentum, but with its best nonconference moments modest and its worst outings damaging, the practical path to the NCAA tournament runs through capturing the conference’s automatic bid.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/4@San Diego St43L77-45
11/8@Fresno St138L82-62
11/12@Pacific109L69-66
11/16Illinois St84L82-80
11/21Montana St148L78-72
11/26@Portland199L93-73
11/30San Diego196W76-72
12/4@UC Santa Barbara137L84-77
12/6UC San Diego108L80-74
12/9@San Jose St255L89-83
12/18Pepperdine273W81-78
12/21@Iowa St5L91-60
1/3Cal Poly269W74-66
1/8@UC Irvine118L74-64
1/10CS Bakersfield303W81-75
1/15UC Riverside276W88-73
1/17@CS Northridge210W87-80
1/22@CS Fullerton186L71-61
1/24UC Santa Barbara137L74-71
1/29@UC Riverside27648%
1/31Hawaii9127%
2/5@UC San Diego10815%
2/12CS Fullerton18652%
2/14@UC Davis16727%
2/19UC Irvine11836%
2/21CS Northridge21057%
2/26@Cal Poly26947%
2/28@CS Bakersfield30355%
3/5UC Davis16748%
3/7@Hawaii9112%
3/8@Hawaii9112%