NCAA Tournament March Madness
#188 San Jose St
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Projection: need to automatically qualify
Road losses at Utah, UC Santa Barbara and Michigan State and a neutral-site blowout at Tulsa have defined San Jose State’s resume more than their neutral win over Loyola-Chicago and a home victory over Southern University, leaving the profile short on the kind of quality, road and neutral wins a selection committee prizes. The Mountain West slate still offers home opportunities against Fresno State, San Diego, Long Beach State and Stanford where wins would strengthen the case, but looming road tests at New Mexico, San Diego State, Utah State and Boise State are the moments that really matter if this team hopes to change its trajectory. Given the scarcity of signature victories and the damage of the tough early defeats away from home, the clearest path to the NCAA tournament is to secure the conference’s automatic berth rather than rely on an at-large selection.
| Date | Opponent | Ranking | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11/3 | @Utah | 126 | L84-75 |
| 11/8 | @UC Santa Barbara | 143 | L85-74 |
| 11/13 | @Michigan St | 18 | L79-60 |
| 11/21 | Southern Univ | 200 | W80-66 |
| 11/25 | (N)Tulsa | 84 | L81-51 |
| 11/26 | (N)Loyola-Chicago | 284 | W63-51 |
| 11/30 | UC Irvine | 137 | 49% |
| 12/5 | San Diego | 247 | 71% |
| 12/9 | Long Beach St | 280 | 76% |
| 12/13 | Stanford | 97 | 35% |
| 12/20 | @New Mexico | 104 | 19% |
| 12/30 | San Diego St | 46 | 19% |
| 1/3 | @Utah St | 27 | 4% |
| 1/6 | Fresno St | 144 | 52% |
| 1/10 | @Grand Canyon | 103 | 18% |
| 1/13 | Air Force | 315 | 81% |
| 1/17 | UNLV | 117 | 43% |
| 1/20 | @Nevada | 108 | 20% |
| 1/24 | @Wyoming | 118 | 23% |
| 1/27 | Boise St | 57 | 23% |
| 1/31 | New Mexico | 104 | 38% |
| 2/7 | @Colorado St | 83 | 13% |
| 2/10 | @UNLV | 117 | 23% |
| 2/14 | Grand Canyon | 103 | 37% |
| 2/17 | Nevada | 108 | 39% |
| 2/21 | @Boise St | 57 | 9% |
| 2/24 | @Air Force | 315 | 62% |
| 2/28 | Colorado St | 83 | 29% |
| 3/3 | @Fresno St | 144 | 30% |
| 3/7 | Wyoming | 118 | 43% |