NCAA Tournament March Madness

#255 CS Sacramento

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

CS Sacramento's résumé leaves little margin for error because its best moments are home wins over league rivals such as Montana State, Montana and Weber State while its worst results are heavy road losses at high-major programs like UCLA, Baylor and California and a string of conference setbacks away at Montana, Montana State, Northern Arizona and Northern Colorado. Those lopsided nonconference defeats and the lack of meaningful neutral-site or true road victories undercut the value of its home wins and make it difficult for a selection committee to view the profile as tourney-ready. The realistic path forward is clear: the Hornets must win the Big Sky tournament to secure a spot because without a signature win away from home the résumé does not have the quality an at-large bid requires.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/11UC Santa Barbara128L92-87
11/14@UC Davis152L77-73
11/16Presbyterian274W64-62
11/18@UCLA34L79-48
11/21@California69L91-67
11/29@Pacific113L68-54
12/2@Baylor49L110-88
12/20@Cal Baptist112L74-67
12/22@CS Northridge167L100-88
1/1@Idaho St253L97-84
1/3@Weber St193L95-82
1/10@Portland St145L96-69
1/15Northern Arizona319W83-69
1/17N Colorado139W93-89
1/22@Idaho173L86-76
1/24@E Washington163L75-67
1/29Montana St130W83-80
1/31Montana188W86-79
2/2Weber St193W104-90
2/7Portland St145L74-73
2/12@N Colorado139L95-79
2/14@Northern Arizona319L79-74
2/19E Washington163L102-94
2/21Idaho173L86-80
2/26@Montana188L81-73
2/28@Montana St130L82-61
3/2Idaho St253W83-65
3/7(N)Idaho17333%