NCAA Tournament March Madness

#301 CS Bakersfield

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

CS Bakersfield’s résumé mixes a few respectable moments with a string of damaging blowouts, and that combination explains the selection panel’s stance. The nonconference home victory over Illinois and the road win at Fresno State are the team’s best credentials, but those are offset by lopsided defeats at California, Mississippi and Florida State and heavy road losses at Portland State, CS Northridge and UC Santa Barbara that undermine at-large claims. The remaining conference slate offers winnable home dates against Pepperdine, UC Riverside, CS Fullerton and Long Beach St while also carrying hazardous trips to UC Davis, UC Irvine, UC San Diego and visits to Hawaii, so there are chances to improve but very little margin for error. With few truly quality results and an abundance of damaging losses away from home and on neutral floors, the selection panel will view a conference championship as the clearest path to the field.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3@California71L87-60
11/11W Illinois353W74-58
11/14@Mississippi50L82-60
11/17@Portland St183L93-80
11/22MS Valley St365W86-70
11/25@Florida St95L89-59
11/30@Fresno St173W76-71
12/4@CS Northridge247L87-66
12/6@UC Santa Barbara140L109-84
12/11N Dakota St15633%
12/13Pepperdine29459%
12/23Idaho19441%
1/1UC Irvine12424%
1/3@UC Davis16517%
1/8UC Riverside25050%
1/10@Long Beach St26531%
1/15UC Santa Barbara14028%
1/17UC San Diego9918%
1/22@Hawaii1017%
1/23@Hawaii1017%
1/29Cal Poly24148%
1/31UC Davis16535%
2/5@UC Irvine12410%
2/7@CS Fullerton27934%
2/12Hawaii10118%
2/19@UC Riverside25029%
2/21CS Fullerton27956%
2/26@UC San Diego997%
2/28Long Beach St26553%
3/5CS Northridge24750%
3/7@Cal Poly24127%