NCAA Tournament March Madness

#232 CS Fullerton

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

CS Fullerton's résumé is a mix of eye-catching nonconference moments and damaging blemishes that leave its case fragile with the committee. The road win at Denver, the neutral victory over St Thomas and the home result against Pepperdine are the résumé's best evidence that this group can win away from home and handle midlevel opponents in neutral settings. The most harmful moments came in the heavy outings at California and at Wyoming along with the home setback to Pacific and the loss at Cal Poly, results that dilute the quality of the profile and underscore inconsistency. The remaining stretch, with a trip to SMU, visits to UC Santa Barbara and UC Irvine and a run of winnable home dates against the likes of UC Riverside and CS Bakersfield, gives clear opportunities to add the kind of road or neutral wins the committee prizes and to erase bad losses; failing to capitalize on those chances will leave the résumé short on signature victories and vulnerable to exclusion.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/8@Wyoming97L92-82
11/10@California73L93-65
11/15Pacific142L85-73
11/21@Portland230L103-85
11/22(N)St Thomas MN139W88-80
11/23(N)N Colorado150L97-93
11/29Pepperdine266W83-69
12/4Cal Poly244L94-91
12/6@Hawaii104L69-59
12/13@Denver267W105-86
12/21@Oklahoma St61L94-89
12/28@SMU40L110-63
1/1UC Santa Barbara14341%
1/3UC Irvine13139%
1/8@UC San Diego8810%
1/10CS Northridge21056%
1/15@UC Davis16526%
1/17@UC Riverside25843%
1/22Long Beach St25765%
1/24@Cal Poly24441%
1/31@UC Santa Barbara14322%
2/5UC Riverside25865%
2/7CS Bakersfield30876%
2/12@Long Beach St25743%
2/14@UC Irvine13120%
2/19UC Davis16547%
2/21@CS Bakersfield30855%
2/28Hawaii10430%
3/5UC San Diego8824%
3/7@CS Northridge21034%