NCAA Tournament March Madness

#36 St Mary's CA

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Projected seed: 10

St. Mary's looks like a middle-of-the-bracket at-large because its resume combines signature neutral-site wins over Wichita State and Virginia Tech with true road victories at Davidson, San Francisco and Pepperdine that demonstrate the team can win away from home. Those highs are offset by a heavy neutral loss to Vanderbilt, a damaging defeat at Santa Clara and a narrow setback to Boise State, blemishes that stop the resume from rising into the next tier despite several dominant results. The remaining conference stretch, including meetings with Gonzaga and a run of otherwise winnable league games, gives St. Mary's clear chances to add a marquee win or simply lock up its standing, which is exactly how a committee would view a solid but workmanlike profile.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3St Thomas MN127W84-58
11/7Chattanooga267W87-66
11/11Ohio235W90-60
11/14North Texas149W80-49
11/19Arkansas St159W85-72
11/26(N)Wichita St96W70-65
11/27(N)Virginia Tech55W77-66
11/28(N)Vanderbilt12L96-71
12/7@Davidson132W70-61
12/14(N)Boise St54L68-67
12/19FL Atlantic97W88-75
12/22Northern Iowa112W63-58
12/28@Loy Marymount161W78-73
12/30@Pepperdine273W72-45
1/2Portland199W78-57
1/4Seattle131W93-76
1/10Washington St140W88-82
1/13@San Francisco102W82-68
1/17@Santa Clara44L62-54
1/21Oregon St214W81-51
1/24@Portland199W75-69
1/31@Gonzaga1019%
2/4San Diego19695%
2/7San Francisco10286%
2/11Pepperdine27398%
2/14@Pacific10972%
2/18@Seattle13177%
2/21@Washington St14079%
2/25Santa Clara4466%
2/28Gonzaga1038%