NCAA Tournament March Madness

#227 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 St47L77-45
11/8@Fresno St140L82-62
11/12@Pacific117L69-66
11/16Illinois St89L82-80
11/21Montana St157L78-72
11/26@Portland195L93-73
11/30San Diego204W76-72
12/4@UC Santa Barbara154L84-77
12/6UC San Diego104L80-74
12/9@San Jose St237L89-83
12/18Pepperdine270W81-78
12/21@Iowa St8L91-60
1/3Cal Poly246W74-66
1/8@UC Irvine126L74-64
1/10CS Bakersfield305W81-75
1/15UC Riverside272W88-73
1/17@CS Northridge203W87-80
1/22@CS Fullerton20134%
1/24UC Santa Barbara15446%
1/29@UC Riverside27249%
1/31Hawaii10131%
2/5@UC San Diego10415%
2/12CS Fullerton20156%
2/14@UC Davis16227%
2/19UC Irvine12638%
2/21CS Northridge20357%
2/26@Cal Poly24642%
2/28@CS Bakersfield30556%
3/5UC Davis16248%
3/7@Hawaii10114%
3/8@Hawaii10114%