NCAA Tournament March Madness

#113 Pacific

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Projection: likely out

Pacific looks like an outsider because its résumé is built mostly on wins over low-major opponents such as Stony Brook and Jacksonville while its few resume-enhancing moments — a road victory at Oregon State and a solid road showing at Cal State Fullerton — are outweighed by ugly defeats on the road at Nevada and at nonconference stops like BYU and Florida Atlantic and by losses to the West Coast's heavyweights Gonzaga and St Mary's. The committee will care more about the lack of a neutral-site signature and the way Pacific has stumbled away from home, where losses at true road venues and struggles against league contenders have erased the value of comfortable home victories. With limited opportunities left to produce a marquee upset, Pacific needs a shock win over a top conference opponent or a deep conference run to change the picture; without that, soft nonconference scalps plus several damaging losses keep them on the outside looking in.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/8@Nevada74L78-77
11/12Long Beach St247W69-66
11/15@CS Fullerton171W85-73
11/20@FL Atlantic124L82-59
11/24(N)Stony Brook229W86-58
11/25(N)Jacksonville293W68-53
11/29CS Sacramento255W68-54
12/3@Air Force345W80-65
12/6@California70L67-61
12/16@BYU24L93-57
12/21Nicholls St239W95-82
12/28@San Diego226L66-54
12/30@Loy Marymount159L80-71
1/2Oregon St178W84-53
1/4Pepperdine265W74-69
1/8@Portland191L90-89
1/10San Diego226W77-70
1/14@Santa Clara39L85-69
1/17@Oregon St178W81-64
1/24Seattle115W56-54
1/28Portland191W74-51
1/31@San Francisco123L87-82
2/4Santa Clara39L71-56
2/7@Pepperdine265W92-59
2/11Loy Marymount159W65-59
2/14St Mary's CA22L72-61
2/18@Washington St138L87-70
2/21@Gonzaga11L71-62
2/28San Francisco123L72-61