NCAA Tournament March Madness

#199 San Diego

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

San Diego’s résumé reads like a team that can beat the league’s middling opponents and even pushed Gonzaga in a tight game, but it is marred by several ugly road defeats to power conference opponents that damage any at-large case. The Toreros’ best moments — a gritty road victory at UC San Diego and convincing home wins over Pepperdine and Washington State — show they can close out important games, yet blowouts at Washington and Santa Clara and road setbacks at San Jose State and Long Beach State highlight alarming inconsistency away from home. With the remainder of the schedule offering tangible chances to add resume wins at Pepperdine and Oregon State plus home opportunities against Portland and San Francisco, there is still a path to improve, but the tough trip to St. Mary’s underscores why the clearest route to the national tournament runs through capturing the conference’s automatic berth.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/7Idaho St214L71-68
11/12Idaho194W78-74
11/18Grambling281W78-68
11/21UC Riverside275L85-71
11/25(N)Cal Baptist133L76-61
11/30@Long Beach St234L76-72
12/5@San Jose St241L86-69
12/9USC50L94-81
12/13Northern Arizona314W78-69
12/19@UC San Diego106W82-80
12/22@Washington48L86-56
12/28Pacific115W66-54
12/30Gonzaga9L99-93
1/2@San Francisco100L74-64
1/4@Santa Clara43L98-70
1/8Pepperdine273W83-63
1/10@Pacific115L77-70
1/15@Seattle120L75-64
1/21Washington St146W96-92
1/24Santa Clara43L85-73
1/28@Pepperdine27354%
1/31Oregon St22165%
2/4@St Mary's CA344%
2/7@Loy Marymount15529%
2/11Portland19159%
2/15San Francisco10035%
2/21Loy Marymount15551%
2/25@Oregon St22143%
2/28@Portland19137%