NCAA Tournament March Madness

#171 CS Fullerton

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Fullerton needs the Big West automatic bid because its résumé offers a few encouraging wins yet is punctured by too many damaging defeats away from home against power opponents, so the committee will view the profile as lacking the kind of signature victories that earn an at-large nod. The team’s best moments — a neutral-site victory over St Thomas, true road wins at Denver and Long Beach State and a quality home result against UC Santa Barbara — show it can win in tough environments, but heavy losses at California and SMU and road setbacks at Oklahoma State and Wyoming alongside conference stumbles to Cal Poly and UC Irvine undercut those gains. With the nonconference slate leaving a visible hole and conference play showing home comfort but inconsistent results on the road, Fullerton’s remaining chances against UC Irvine, UC Davis, Hawaii, CS Bakersfield and UC San Diego and the conference tournament are where it must erase the worst blemishes and force the committee to take a different view.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/8@Wyoming104L92-82
11/10@California67L93-65
11/15Pacific105L85-73
11/21@Portland198L103-85
11/22(N)St Thomas MN121W88-80
11/23(N)N Colorado149L97-93
11/29Pepperdine274W83-69
12/4Cal Poly233L94-91
12/6@Hawaii91L69-59
12/13@Denver221W105-86
12/21@Oklahoma St62L94-89
12/28@SMU38L110-63
1/1UC Santa Barbara117W95-84
1/3UC Irvine119L86-64
1/8@UC San Diego113W88-71
1/10CS Northridge178W86-79
1/15@UC Davis156L74-69
1/17@UC Riverside277L81-72
1/22Long Beach St240W71-61
1/24@Cal Poly233W93-78
1/31@UC Santa Barbara117L83-69
2/5UC Riverside277W78-72
2/7CS Bakersfield316W82-66
2/12@Long Beach St240W86-82
2/14@UC Irvine11927%
2/19UC Davis15658%
2/21@CS Bakersfield31672%
2/28Hawaii9139%
3/5UC San Diego11347%
3/7@CS Northridge17840%