NCAA Tournament March Madness

#168 CS Fullerton

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Fullerton’s body of work shows the kind of midlevel wins and occasional road success that keep a résumé alive but not the standout victory that convinces the selection committee to grant an at-large berth. Nonconference trips to Wyoming and California and tough neutral outings against Oklahoma State and SMU produced damaging losses, with the SMU game in particular erasing any suggestion they can beat high-major opponents. Home wins over conference names like UC Santa Barbara and road victories at Denver, Long Beach State and Cal Poly demonstrate they can win away from home, yet those wins come against teams the committee views as middling and are counterbalanced by road setbacks at UC Santa Barbara, UC Irvine and Hawaii. With solid but unspectacular highlights and several results that hurt more than they help, the clear path for this team to reach the NCAA field is to claim the Big West’s automatic bid.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/8@Wyoming98L92-82
11/10@California73L93-65
11/15Pacific112L85-73
11/21@Portland202L103-85
11/22(N)St Thomas MN109W88-80
11/23(N)N Colorado141L97-93
11/29Pepperdine264W83-69
12/4Cal Poly212L94-91
12/6@Hawaii107L69-59
12/13@Denver234W105-86
12/21@Oklahoma St66L94-89
12/28@SMU42L110-63
1/1UC Santa Barbara130W95-84
1/3UC Irvine104L86-64
1/8@UC San Diego118W88-71
1/10CS Northridge175W86-79
1/15@UC Davis159L74-69
1/17@UC Riverside258L81-72
1/22Long Beach St231W71-61
1/24@Cal Poly212W93-78
1/31@UC Santa Barbara130L83-69
2/5UC Riverside258W78-72
2/7CS Bakersfield326W82-66
2/12@Long Beach St231W86-82
2/14@UC Irvine104L86-65
2/19UC Davis159W93-92
2/21@CS Bakersfield326W88-80
2/28Hawaii107L87-85
3/5UC San Diego118W75-71
3/7@CS Northridge175W90-77
3/12(N)UC Davis159W82-70
3/13(N)Hawaii107L78-63