NCAA Tournament March Madness

#106 Cal Baptist

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Projected seed: 13 (automatic qualifier)

Cal Baptist’s resume reads like a team with clear peaks but fatal valleys: road wins at Oregon State and UC Irvine and a neutral-site victory over San Diego show it can win away from home, yet those moments are blunted by a blowout neutral loss to BYU and damaging road defeats at Utah, Utah Valley and UT Arlington that committees treat as resume killers. The defense has been the steady hand through the conference grind and helped rack up convincing league wins, but the offense disappeared in the program’s worst showings against BYU and Utah and in some late road setbacks that leave doubts about consistency. With a remaining trip to Utah Valley still available, there is a concrete chance to shift perception, but without a signature win over a clearly established top opponent the overall profile looks like a strong mid-major season rather than an at-large résumé.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3SC Upstate302W87-75
11/7@UC Irvine104W69-61
11/14W Illinois364W69-59
11/18UC Riverside258W80-57
11/21Grambling298W72-59
11/25(N)San Diego224W76-61
11/29@Oregon St177W75-69
12/1@Colorado70L78-70
12/3(N)BYU23L91-60
12/6@Utah126L91-85
12/12@E Washington171W88-83
12/16Southern Univ279W75-67
12/20CS Sacramento265W74-67
12/29@Utah Valley90L73-66
1/1@UT Arlington154L63-51
1/3@Tarleton St221L81-76
1/8Utah Tech188W84-72
1/10Southern Utah251W58-55
1/15@Abilene Chr242W74-58
1/21Utah Tech188W73-64
1/24Utah Valley90W78-71
1/31@UT Arlington154W87-77
2/5Tarleton St221W56-55
2/7Abilene Chr242W65-63
2/12@Southern Utah251W83-66
2/14@Utah Tech188L70-65
2/19@Utah Valley90L65-46
2/26UT Arlington154W68-56
2/28Tarleton St221W82-67
3/5Abilene Chr242W87-48
3/7@Southern Utah251W82-75
3/13(N)Utah Tech188W86-72
3/15@Utah Valley9032%