NCAA Tournament March Madness

#123 Pacific

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Projection: likely out

Pacific’s best moments are clear and concrete: a narrow loss at Nevada, road wins at Cal State Fullerton and Air Force, and comfortable neutral-site victories over Stony Brook and Jacksonville alongside a gritty home finish against Long Beach State that demonstrate the team can close out lesser opponents and compete away from home. Those positives are offset by a damaging, lopsided loss at Florida Atlantic and a missed opportunity at California that expose inconsistency and leave the resume light on high-end wins. The remainder of the schedule presents obvious paths forward and obvious pitfalls because trips to BYU and Gonzaga are genuine chance-to-move-the-needle opportunities while a string of more winnable dates against Nicholls State, Pepperdine, Portland, San Diego and Santa Clara give Pacific realistic chances to rebuild momentum. Until the team secures a marquee victory or puts together sustained road success, its profile reads as promising in flashes but short on the signature results that change the conversation.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/8@Nevada87L78-77
11/12Long Beach St265W69-66
11/15@CS Fullerton279W85-73
11/20@FL Atlantic118L82-59
11/24(N)Stony Brook205W86-58
11/25(N)Jacksonville290W68-53
11/29CS Sacramento275W68-54
12/3@Air Force330W80-65
12/6@California71L67-61
12/16@BYU114%
12/21Nicholls St25685%
12/28@San Diego25768%
12/30@Loy Marymount13743%
1/2Oregon St17975%
1/4Pepperdine29489%
1/8@Portland24466%
1/10San Diego25785%
1/14@Santa Clara6720%
1/17@Oregon St17954%
1/24Seattle10957%
1/28Portland24483%
1/31@San Francisco9430%
2/4Santa Clara6739%
2/7@Pepperdine29475%
2/11Loy Marymount13765%
2/14St Mary's CA3225%
2/18@Washington St17553%
2/21@Gonzaga32%
2/28San Francisco9452%