NCAA Tournament March Madness

#112 Cal Baptist

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Projection: likely out

Cal Baptist is on the outside looking in for the NCAA tournament because its résumé is built mostly on wins over weaker conference rivals while the handful of signature moments and a string of damaging losses leave the committee with little reason to bet on inclusion. A true road victory at Oregon State and a neutral-site win over San Diego, plus a tough road win at UC Irvine, show the team can defend and win away from home, but a lopsided neutral loss to BYU and ugly road outings at Utah Valley and UT Arlington expose inconsistency that will be penalized, and the rest of the schedule is light on quality opponents who would balance those blemishes. A road trip to Southern Utah to finish the slate offers a final opportunity to add a resume-building win, yet as currently constructed their profile looks like one that needs a deep conference tournament run rather than one that has already done enough to earn a bid.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3SC Upstate300W87-75
11/7@UC Irvine110W69-61
11/14W Illinois364W69-59
11/18UC Riverside263W80-57
11/21Grambling297W72-59
11/25(N)San Diego226W76-61
11/29@Oregon St178W75-69
12/1@Colorado64L78-70
12/3(N)BYU24L91-60
12/6@Utah120L91-85
12/12@E Washington163W88-83
12/16Southern Univ278W75-67
12/20CS Sacramento255W74-67
12/29@Utah Valley85L73-66
1/1@UT Arlington160L63-51
1/3@Tarleton St212L81-76
1/8Utah Tech182W84-72
1/10Southern Utah249W58-55
1/15@Abilene Chr238W74-58
1/21Utah Tech182W73-64
1/24Utah Valley85W78-71
1/31@UT Arlington160W87-77
2/5Tarleton St212W56-55
2/7Abilene Chr238W65-63
2/12@Southern Utah249W83-66
2/14@Utah Tech182L70-65
2/19@Utah Valley85L65-46
2/26UT Arlington160W68-56
2/28Tarleton St212W82-67
3/5Abilene Chr238W87-48
3/7@Southern Utah24969%