NCAA Tournament March Madness

#108 UC San Diego

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Projection: likely out

UC San Diego’s resume is built around eye-catching road and neutral-site wins such as the trips to Fresno St and UC Davis and the neutral tournament victories over Temple, Bradley and Towson, but those highlights are offset by damaging results like the poor home showing against CS Fullerton, the rough night at Cal Poly and the narrow losses to San Diego, CS Northridge and UC Irvine that a committee will view as avoidable blemishes. The profile shows the Tritons can win away from campus and handle neutral-site pressure yet lacks a truly defining signature triumph against a respected opponent, and the accumulation of bad losses drags down the overall resume. The closing Big West slate includes clear chances to rebuild value in visits to UC Santa Barbara and Hawaii and in home dates with Long Beach St, UC Riverside and CS Bakersfield, but those are mixed opportunities and must be taken to erase earlier damage. Overall this is a resume with appealing elements and road cred but not enough marquee quality and too many harmful results to be comfortably in the at-large conversation.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/8Houston Chr306W78-60
11/12@Fresno St138W78-73
11/15Idaho190W75-67
11/24(N)Temple152W91-76
11/25(N)Bradley144W87-77
11/26(N)Towson168W87-73
12/2@Nevada63L76-70
12/6@Long Beach St236W80-74
12/13(N)Tulane194W93-67
12/16@Loy Marymount161W67-57
12/19San Diego196L82-80
1/1@Cal Poly269L67-65
1/3Hawaii91W83-73
1/8CS Fullerton186L88-71
1/10@UC Riverside276W69-66
1/15CS Northridge210L84-79
1/17@CS Bakersfield303W83-62
1/22@UC Davis167W80-74
1/24UC Irvine118L61-59
1/29UC Santa Barbara13770%
1/31@CS Northridge21064%
2/5Long Beach St23685%
2/7@Hawaii9134%
2/8@Hawaii9134%
2/12UC Davis16776%
2/14UC Riverside27690%
2/21@UC Irvine11843%
2/26CS Bakersfield30393%
2/28Cal Poly26989%
3/5@CS Fullerton18660%
3/7@UC Santa Barbara13749%