NCAA Tournament March Madness

#210 CS Northridge

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

CS Northridge’s resume is a study in contrast: road victories at North Dakota and Delaware and a notable nonconference win over Fresno State show they can win away from home, yet crushing losses at Northern Iowa and North Dakota State and blowouts to Idaho and Idaho State expose defensive holes and leave the profile blemished. A tough nonconference trip to Stanford still stands as a chance to prove themselves and Big West play presents a string of opportunities against UC Davis, UC Santa Barbara, UC Irvine and Long Beach State where neutral or road wins would carry real weight. The team’s best moments are bright offensive performances and comfortable wins over midlevel foes such as CS Bakersfield and CS Sacramento, while the worst results are unforgiving losses in hostile settings that committees remember. The path forward is simple in concept: add meaningful wins in the listed road and neutral tests to erase the damage from the bad losses and demonstrate that the defense can tighten when it matters.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/6@Northern Iowa91L86-57
11/9@North Dakota322W93-85
11/11@N Dakota St151L90-68
11/16Troy138W94-85
11/26(N)Idaho187L78-64
11/28(N)Idaho St167L82-50
12/4CS Bakersfield308W87-66
12/6@UC Irvine131L85-71
12/10Fresno St169W89-87
12/13@Delaware296W88-66
12/22CS Sacramento276W100-88
12/27@Stanford92L88-80
1/1@UC Davis16531%
1/3UC Santa Barbara14346%
1/8Cal Poly24467%
1/10@CS Fullerton23244%
1/15@UC San Diego8813%
1/17Long Beach St25769%
1/25@Hawaii10417%
1/29UC Davis16552%
1/31UC San Diego8828%
2/5@Cal Poly24446%
2/7UC Riverside25869%
2/14Hawaii10434%
2/19@UC Santa Barbara14326%
2/21@Long Beach St25748%
2/26UC Irvine13144%
2/28@UC Riverside25848%
3/5@CS Bakersfield30860%
3/7CS Fullerton23266%