NCAA Tournament March Madness

#264 Pepperdine

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Pepperdine’s résumé reads like a team with flashes but not enough high-end proof, with respectable wins over midmajor opponents such as New Orleans and Rice plus a few road victories at CS Bakersfield and Portland but also a string of damaging losses at established powers like UCLA and Gonzaga and decisive defeats to St. Mary’s and Pacific that undercut its case. Success away from home has been spotty and neutral-site setbacks have done little to boost the profile, so the body of work lacks the signature victories the committee rewards. Given that mix of limited quality wins and several résumé-denting losses, the clearest path onto the NCAA bracket runs through winning the West Coast conference tournament, where a run against familiar conference foes is the team’s remaining chance to secure an automatic berth.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/7@UCLA27L74-63
11/15N Colorado141L88-81
11/18New Orleans193W90-79
11/21SF Austin91L63-60
11/26(N)Fresno St132L76-53
11/29@CS Fullerton168L83-69
12/2Abilene Chr242L71-63
12/6Vermont240L65-56
12/13@CS Bakersfield326W70-62
12/18@Long Beach St231L81-78
12/20Rice226W84-62
12/28Gonzaga10L96-56
12/30St Mary's CA24L72-45
1/2@Santa Clara35L82-63
1/4@Pacific112L74-69
1/8@San Diego224L83-63
1/10San Francisco121L80-60
1/14Portland202W67-63
1/21@Gonzaga10L84-60
1/24@Washington St137L95-79
1/28San Diego224L92-88
2/4@Seattle119L83-81
2/7Pacific112L92-59
2/11@St Mary's CA24L88-60
2/14Loy Marymount161W90-89
2/18@Portland202W95-87
2/21@Oregon St177L83-73
2/25Seattle119L87-80
2/28Washington St137W88-79
3/5(N)Portland202L77-68