NCAA Tournament March Madness

#124 Fresno St

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Projection: likely out

Fresno State sits outside the field because its résumé mixes a handful of respectable moments — a neutral-site win over Pepperdine, road victories at San Jose State and Air Force, and home wins over Colorado State and UNLV — with several damaging setbacks, the most alarming being the blowout at Arkansas and road losses at San Diego State, Utah State, Nevada and Wyoming. The committee will focus on the absence of signature wins against high-end opponents and the team’s struggle to close out games away from home, and those negatives outweigh wins that came against midlevel opposition. With the remaining slate including home dates against Boise State and San Jose State and road trips to Colorado State and Grand Canyon, Fresno State’s path back into consideration requires clear victories in those games, which is why it projects out right now.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/5SC Upstate293L67-66
11/8Long Beach St243W82-62
11/12UC San Diego113L78-73
11/15Utah Valley81W75-74
11/18SF Austin89W80-78
11/21New Orleans188W85-76
11/26(N)Pepperdine268W76-53
11/30CS Bakersfield326L76-71
12/6@Arkansas17L82-58
12/10@CS Northridge155L89-87
12/20@UNLV125L84-72
12/30Utah St23L72-63
1/3Nevada67L66-65
1/6@San Jose St227W70-55
1/10@San Diego St45L71-52
1/13Colorado St88W79-69
1/17Wyoming95W63-60
1/21@New Mexico43L83-74
1/24Grand Canyon62L68-57
1/31@Air Force350W79-62
2/3UNLV125W98-96
2/7@Nevada67L69-59
2/10@Utah St23L91-78
2/14Air Force350W93-63
2/17@Wyoming95L92-82
2/21New Mexico43L80-78
2/24@Colorado St8827%
2/28Boise St6041%
3/3San Jose St22782%
3/7@Grand Canyon6221%