NCAA Tournament March Madness

#215 San Diego

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

San Diego presents a mixed resume that leaves the committee wary: its best moment was a tight home game against Gonzaga that showed it can hang with the league’s elite, and a gritty road win at UC San Diego demonstrated the ability to win away, but the profile is undermined by a shock home loss to UC Riverside and heavy road defeats at Washington and Santa Clara that expose inconsistency. Most victories have come against lesser opposition rather than marquee opponents, so there are few truly eye-catching wins to counter those damaging losses, and the Toreros must use the remaining slate to change the narrative. Upcoming home dates against Pepperdine, Washington State, Portland and San Francisco offer clear chances to pad the resume while road tests at St. Mary’s, Oregon State and Loyola Marymount represent the kind of statement opportunities committees respect, so protecting home court and stealing at least one tough road game is the clearest path out of the current hole.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/7Idaho St175L71-68
11/12Idaho190W78-74
11/18Grambling240W78-68
11/21UC Riverside280L85-71
11/25(N)Cal Baptist142L76-61
11/30@Long Beach St242L76-72
12/5@San Jose St219L86-69
12/9USC46L94-81
12/13Northern Arizona292W78-69
12/19@UC San Diego93W82-80
12/22@Washington52L86-56
12/28Pacific129W66-54
12/30Gonzaga5L99-93
1/2@San Francisco100L74-64
1/4@Santa Clara55L98-70
1/8Pepperdine25369%
1/10@Pacific12922%
1/13@Seattle11118%
1/15@Seattle11118%
1/21Washington St15349%
1/24Santa Clara5519%
1/28@Pepperdine25347%
1/31Oregon St22362%
2/4@St Mary's CA283%
2/7@Loy Marymount12521%
2/11Portland23063%
2/15San Francisco10034%
2/21Loy Marymount12541%
2/25@Oregon St22340%
2/28@Portland23041%