NCAA Tournament March Madness

#233 Cal Poly

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Cal Poly’s resume makes clear why the team is viewed as dependent on the conference title: there are eye-catching road wins at Seattle, Utah and Cal State Fullerton that prove this team can win away, but those positives are outweighed by lopsided defeats at UCLA and UC Santa Barbara and by disappointing losses at home and to lesser conference foes that damage any at-large case. The offense has produced high-scoring wins, yet the defense has given up too many nights where opponents run away, and the combination of signature wins that are good but scarce and damaging blemishes that are hard to explain leaves little margin for error. With difficult trips to Hawaii, UC San Diego and UC Irvine coming up alongside winnable games against Long Beach State and Cal State Bakersfield, the clearest route into the field is through a deep conference run because the resume as it stands lacks the consistent quality needed for an at-large berth.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3@USC50L94-64
11/8@Seattle131W73-71
11/12@Colorado St93L93-79
11/14@Montana158L90-82
11/20@Utah128W92-85
11/24@Northern Arizona313L93-87
11/25(N)SE Missouri St231L84-68
12/4@CS Fullerton171W94-91
12/6UC Riverside277L88-84
12/16Montana St150L83-80
12/19@UCLA41L108-87
12/21Idaho179L83-80
1/1UC San Diego113W67-65
1/3@Long Beach St240L74-66
1/8@CS Northridge178L95-90
1/10UC Davis156W84-78
1/15Hawaii91L86-66
1/22@UC Santa Barbara117L107-67
1/24CS Fullerton171L93-78
1/29@CS Bakersfield316W104-79
1/31@UC Riverside277W94-87
2/5CS Northridge178L97-96
2/7@UC Davis156L67-58
2/12UC Irvine119W79-73
2/14UC Santa Barbara11735%
2/19@Hawaii9112%
2/20@Hawaii9112%
2/26Long Beach St24062%
2/28@UC San Diego11317%
3/5@UC Irvine11918%
3/7CS Bakersfield31679%