NCAA Tournament March Madness

#229 Long Beach St

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Long Beach State’s résumé is defined by a handful of reliable league wins, including a road victory at Cal State Northridge and home triumphs over San Diego and Pepperdine, contrasted with a parade of damaging nonconference road losses when it was routed at San Diego State and at Iowa State and beaten decisively at Fresno State and Portland and edged out at UC Santa Barbara and San Jose State; that split leaves the committee seeing a team that can handle peer opponents but gets exposed against quality opposition away from home. The conference slate ahead is the only place to change that perception because wins at Cal State Fullerton, at UC Riverside and at UC San Diego and strong home results against UC Santa Barbara and UC Irvine would turn routine conference success into the sorts of wins that erase nonconference blemishes, while more road setbacks would leave the profile reliant on a conference tournament title to reach the field.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/4@San Diego St45L77-45
11/8@Fresno St135L82-62
11/12@Pacific120L69-66
11/16Illinois St86L82-80
11/21Montana St152L78-72
11/26@Portland196L93-73
11/30San Diego201W76-72
12/4@UC Santa Barbara156L84-77
12/6UC San Diego104L80-74
12/9@San Jose St250L89-83
12/18Pepperdine267W81-78
12/21@Iowa St5L91-60
1/3Cal Poly245W74-66
1/8@UC Irvine125L74-64
1/10CS Bakersfield306W81-75
1/15UC Riverside273W88-73
1/17@CS Northridge204W87-80
1/22@CS Fullerton20235%
1/24UC Santa Barbara15646%
1/29@UC Riverside27349%
1/31Hawaii10031%
2/5@UC San Diego10415%
2/12CS Fullerton20257%
2/14@UC Davis16527%
2/19UC Irvine12539%
2/21CS Northridge20457%
2/26@Cal Poly24542%
2/28@CS Bakersfield30656%
3/5UC Davis16548%
3/7@Hawaii10014%
3/8@Hawaii10014%