NCAA Tournament March Madness

#70 California

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Projection: likely out

California's résumé sits on the bubble because it mixes eye-catching victories with damaging defeats. Its marquee moments include a neutral-site win over UCLA and road triumphs at Miami and Stanford along with notable home wins over North Carolina and SMU and a close victory over Notre Dame that demonstrate the team's upside. Those highs are counterbalanced by lopsided setbacks at Duke and Virginia, a wild loss at Syracuse, sobering home defeats to Louisville, Clemson and Pittsburgh and a nonconference road loss at Kansas State, all of which raise questions about consistency. With the season winding down, a road trip to Wake Forest is a toss-up that offers the chance to add a résumé-defining road victory or to leave the profile vulnerable and that remaining opportunity largely determines whether this résumé will be viewed as tournament-worthy.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3CS Bakersfield322W87-60
11/6Wright St147W77-67
11/10CS Fullerton170W93-65
11/13@Kansas St101L99-96
11/18Presbyterian278W67-57
11/21CS Sacramento256W91-67
11/25(N)UCLA34W80-72
12/2Utah120W79-72
12/6Pacific113W67-61
12/13Northwestern LA276W79-70
12/19Morgan St351W97-50
12/21Columbia189W74-56
12/30Louisville17L90-70
1/2Notre Dame87W72-71
1/7@Virginia19L84-60
1/10@Virginia Tech58L78-75
1/14Duke1L71-56
1/17North Carolina29W84-78
1/24@Stanford61W78-66
1/28@Florida St71L63-61
1/31@Miami FL28W86-85
2/4Georgia Tech169W90-85
2/7Clemson38L77-55
2/11@Syracuse79L107-100
2/14@Boston College161W86-75
2/21Stanford61W72-66
2/25SMU43W73-69
2/28Pittsburgh102L72-56
3/4@Georgia Tech169W76-65
3/7@Wake Forest7641%