NCAA Tournament March Madness
#247 San Diego
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Projection: need to automatically qualify
San Diego's projection as a team that must secure its conference's automatic berth is driven by a resume with a couple of respectable nonconference wins but also by damaging setbacks and a near absence of eye‑catching road or neutral victories that selection committees prize. The Toreros' best moments came against Idaho and Grambling, yet those are undermined by losses at UC Riverside, to Cal Baptist and to Idaho State, leaving the profile short on marquee scalps to counter a league slate that tilts toward hostile venues. The rest of the schedule presents few soft touches because San Diego still must travel to heavyweights such as Gonzaga, St Mary's, San Francisco, Santa Clara and Washington while trying to harvest must‑have home wins against the likes of Pepperdine and Portland, so unless the Toreros flip several of those difficult road tests into statement results their clearest route to the tournament will be through winning the conference tournament.
| Date | Opponent | Ranking | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11/7 | Idaho St | 229 | L71-68 |
| 11/12 | Idaho | 195 | W78-74 |
| 11/18 | Grambling | 293 | W78-68 |
| 11/21 | UC Riverside | 243 | L85-71 |
| 11/25 | (N)Cal Baptist | 135 | L76-61 |
| 11/30 | @Long Beach St | 280 | 45% |
| 12/5 | @San Jose St | 188 | 29% |
| 12/9 | USC | 28 | 8% |
| 12/13 | Northern Arizona | 244 | 60% |
| 12/19 | @UC San Diego | 96 | 11% |
| 12/22 | @Washington | 52 | 5% |
| 12/28 | Pacific | 139 | 39% |
| 12/30 | Gonzaga | 5 | 2% |
| 1/2 | @San Francisco | 69 | 7% |
| 1/4 | @Santa Clara | 53 | 5% |
| 1/8 | Pepperdine | 238 | 60% |
| 1/10 | @Pacific | 139 | 20% |
| 1/13 | @Seattle | 111 | 14% |
| 1/15 | @Seattle | 111 | 14% |
| 1/21 | Washington St | 163 | 46% |
| 1/24 | Santa Clara | 53 | 14% |
| 1/28 | @Pepperdine | 238 | 38% |
| 1/31 | Oregon St | 193 | 51% |
| 2/4 | @St Mary's CA | 29 | 2% |
| 2/7 | @Loy Marymount | 121 | 15% |
| 2/11 | Portland | 252 | 61% |
| 2/15 | San Francisco | 69 | 17% |
| 2/21 | Loy Marymount | 121 | 32% |
| 2/25 | @Oregon St | 193 | 30% |
| 2/28 | @Portland | 252 | 39% |