NCAA Tournament March Madness

#196 San Diego

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

San Diego’s body of work already shows why the only sure path to the bracket is winning the conference title: the team has shown it can compete with quality opponents when it pushed Gonzaga close and collected a road win at UC San Diego plus a home victory over Washington State, but those moments are drowned out by damaging losses away from home and in nonconference play that a committee will view as red flags. Road blowouts at Washington and Santa Clara and setbacks to teams like USC and UC Riverside undercut the resume, and while the remaining slate offers chances to repair the profile — a brutal trip to St Mary’s, a rematch with Oregon State and home dates with Portland, San Francisco and Loyola Marymount — only road or neutral-site signature wins will change perceptions. Without that kind of scalp or a deep run through the conference tournament, San Diego’s résumé lacks the marquee result that typically earns an at-large nod.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/7Idaho St213L71-68
11/12Idaho190W78-74
11/18Grambling279W78-68
11/21UC Riverside276L85-71
11/25(N)Cal Baptist133L76-61
11/30@Long Beach St236L76-72
12/5@San Jose St255L86-69
12/9USC47L94-81
12/13Northern Arizona316W78-69
12/19@UC San Diego108W82-80
12/22@Washington48L86-56
12/28Pacific109W66-54
12/30Gonzaga10L99-93
1/2@San Francisco102L74-64
1/4@Santa Clara44L98-70
1/8Pepperdine273W83-63
1/10@Pacific109L77-70
1/15@Seattle131L75-64
1/21Washington St140W96-92
1/24Santa Clara44L85-73
1/28@Pepperdine273W92-88
1/31Oregon St21463%
2/4@St Mary's CA365%
2/7@Loy Marymount16131%
2/11Portland19962%
2/15San Francisco10236%
2/21Loy Marymount16153%
2/25@Oregon St21441%
2/28@Portland19939%