NCAA Tournament March Madness

#326 CS Bakersfield

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

CS Bakersfield’s résumé points squarely to the need for an automatic berth because bright spots are scarce and the damage from bad losses is substantial. The signature win at Fresno State shows they can steal a victory on the road against a power conference opponent, and a few narrow league wins demonstrate fight, but those are dwarfed by blowouts at California and Florida State and repeated lopsided setbacks against conference frontrunners such as UC Santa Barbara and Hawaii. Home wins over lesser opponents and tight results at UC Davis and UC Riverside do little to erase the pattern of struggling away from home and dropping games to UC Irvine, Long Beach State and Cal Poly, so the simplest path to the national field runs through winning the Big West tournament.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3@California73L87-60
11/11W Illinois364W74-58
11/14@Mississippi65L82-60
11/17@Portland St146L93-80
11/22MS Valley St365W86-70
11/25@Florida St56L89-59
11/30@Fresno St132W76-71
12/4@CS Northridge175L87-66
12/6@UC Santa Barbara130L109-84
12/11N Dakota St113L80-69
12/13Pepperdine264L70-62
12/23Idaho145W64-63
1/1UC Irvine104L81-77
1/3@UC Davis159W81-79
1/8UC Riverside258W67-66
1/10@Long Beach St231L81-75
1/15UC Santa Barbara130L75-69
1/17UC San Diego118L83-62
1/22@Hawaii107L98-71
1/29Cal Poly212L104-79
1/31UC Davis159L80-72
2/5@UC Irvine104L78-62
2/7@CS Fullerton168L82-66
2/12Hawaii107L89-74
2/19@UC Riverside258L93-65
2/21CS Fullerton168L88-80
2/26@UC San Diego118L84-72
2/28Long Beach St231L88-87
3/5CS Northridge175L86-84
3/7@Cal Poly212L108-76