NCAA Tournament March Madness

#265 Long Beach St

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Projected seed: 16 (automatic qualifier, play-in game) (automatic qualifier)

Long Beach State’s profile is defined by a single respectable home win over San Diego set against several damaging road defeats at San Diego State, Fresno State and Portland that blunt the impact of narrow losses to Pacific, Illinois State, Montana State and a one-score road loss at UC Santa Barbara. Those competitive showings prove the team is capable of staying in games but the lack of a meaningful road or neutral-site victory combined with the heavy losses creates a résumé that looks thin against teams with cleaner top wins. Remaining conference dates such as a trip to San Jose State, a home date with Pepperdine and road opportunities at UC Irvine and at Iowa State represent clear chances to change perception, while wins at Cal Poly, CS Fullerton and other home tests will be important to build momentum. In short, the best moments demonstrate potential, the worst results do the most damage, and the coming run of league games is where the team can either erase those bad losses or leave them as the defining narrative.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/4@San Diego St46L77-45
11/8@Fresno St173L82-62
11/12@Pacific123L69-66
11/16Illinois St103L82-80
11/21Montana St164L78-72
11/26@Portland244L93-73
11/30San Diego257W76-72
12/4@UC Santa Barbara140L84-77
12/6UC San Diego99L80-74
12/9@San Jose St18426%
12/18Pepperdine29467%
12/21@Iowa St20%
1/3Cal Poly24156%
1/8@UC Irvine12415%
1/10CS Bakersfield30169%
1/15UC Riverside25058%
1/17@CS Northridge24736%
1/22@CS Fullerton27942%
1/24UC Santa Barbara14035%
1/29@UC Riverside25036%
1/31Hawaii10125%
2/5@UC San Diego9910%
2/12CS Fullerton27964%
2/14@UC Davis16523%
2/19UC Irvine12431%
2/21CS Northridge24758%
2/26@Cal Poly24134%
2/28@CS Bakersfield30147%
3/5UC Davis16543%
3/7@Hawaii10111%
3/8@Hawaii10111%