NCAA Tournament March Madness

#265 CS Sacramento

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

CS Sacramento’s résumé contains a few genuine bright spots, highlighted by home victories over Montana and Montana State and a strong showing against Weber State, but those moments are swamped by brutal road losses at UCLA, Baylor and California that leave little for the committee to reward outside of conference play. The team has not been able to carry its home form into hostile environments, falling on the road at UC Davis, Northern Arizona and Northern Colorado and dropping a tight game at Portland State, and the absence of meaningful neutral‑site or big‑name road wins makes an at‑large case thin. With the nonconference slate marked by lop‑sided defeats and conference road struggles piling up, the clearest path to the NCAA tournament for this roster is to secure the Big Sky’s automatic spot rather than expect the profile to be rescued by resume additions.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/11UC Santa Barbara130L92-87
11/14@UC Davis159L77-73
11/16Presbyterian270W64-62
11/18@UCLA27L79-48
11/21@California73L91-67
11/29@Pacific112L68-54
12/2@Baylor49L110-88
12/20@Cal Baptist106L74-67
12/22@CS Northridge175L100-88
1/1@Idaho St250L97-84
1/3@Weber St198L95-82
1/10@Portland St146L96-69
1/15Northern Arizona319W83-69
1/17N Colorado141W93-89
1/22@Idaho145L86-76
1/24@E Washington171L75-67
1/29Montana St133W83-80
1/31Montana186W86-79
2/2Weber St198W104-90
2/7Portland St146L74-73
2/12@N Colorado141L95-79
2/14@Northern Arizona319L79-74
2/19E Washington171L102-94
2/21Idaho145L86-80
2/26@Montana186L81-73
2/28@Montana St133L82-61
3/2Idaho St250W83-65
3/7(N)Idaho145L68-45