NCAA Tournament March Madness

#316 CS Bakersfield

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

CS Bakersfield’s season profile makes clear that winning the Big West tournament is the clearest path to the NCAA field because their few best moments, like the gritty road victory at Fresno State and the close road win at UC Davis, show they can get meaningful results away from home, but those are outweighed by a string of heavy defeats on the road at California, Mississippi and Florida State and by blowout losses at UC Santa Barbara and Hawaii that exposed defensive problems. The nonconference slate yielded no marquee scalp and conference play has featured more damaging setbacks than signature home wins, so the resume lacks the eye-catching victories a committee prizes. Remaining conference dates at UC Riverside and at UC San Diego along with home opportunities against CS Fullerton, Long Beach State and CS Northridge and a finish at Cal Poly are practical chances to rebuild momentum but several come away from home and will allow for very little margin for error. Given the quality of the Fresno State road win, the severity of the top-end defeats, and the location of the remaining opportunities, the committee would likely see the conference tournament as the team’s route into the field.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3@California67L87-60
11/11W Illinois361W74-58
11/14@Mississippi73L82-60
11/17@Portland St143L93-80
11/22MS Valley St365W86-70
11/25@Florida St79L89-59
11/30@Fresno St122W76-71
12/4@CS Northridge178L87-66
12/6@UC Santa Barbara117L109-84
12/11N Dakota St126L80-69
12/13Pepperdine274L70-62
12/23Idaho179W64-63
1/1UC Irvine119L81-77
1/3@UC Davis156W81-79
1/8UC Riverside277W67-66
1/10@Long Beach St240L81-75
1/15UC Santa Barbara117L75-69
1/17UC San Diego113L83-62
1/22@Hawaii91L98-71
1/29Cal Poly233L104-79
1/31UC Davis156L80-72
2/5@UC Irvine119L78-62
2/7@CS Fullerton171L82-66
2/12Hawaii91L89-74
2/19@UC Riverside27728%
2/21CS Fullerton17128%
2/26@UC San Diego1137%
2/28Long Beach St24041%
3/5CS Northridge17829%
3/7@Cal Poly23321%