NCAA Tournament March Madness

#225 San Jose St

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

San Jose State’s profile reads like a team that can steal a game or two but has not done enough to persuade a committee for an at-large bid because its nonconference slate included bruising road defeats at Michigan State, Utah and UC Santa Barbara and the resume lacks a marquee win over an established upper-tier opponent. The program’s best moments—a neutral-site victory over Loyola Chicago, road wins at Boise State and Air Force and a home win over Nevada—show it can win away from home and handle midlevel foes, but those positives are swamped by a string of lopsided losses away at Utah State, New Mexico and Nevada and disappointing results against Mountain West peers such as San Diego State and Fresno State that pull the whole résumé down. With so few signature victories and several damaging setbacks, the clear pathway into the tournament is to win the Mountain West tournament and secure the automatic berth that the regular season resume does not safely provide.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3@Utah126L84-75
11/8@UC Santa Barbara130L85-74
11/13@Michigan St9L79-60
11/21Southern Univ279W80-66
11/25(N)Tulsa63L81-51
11/26(N)Loyola-Chicago280W63-51
11/30UC Irvine104L72-63
12/5San Diego224W86-69
12/9Long Beach St231W89-83
12/13Stanford58L86-82
12/20@New Mexico50L88-65
12/30San Diego St48L81-68
1/3@Utah St30L96-78
1/6Fresno St132L70-55
1/10@Grand Canyon61L76-58
1/13Air Force345W70-62
1/17UNLV108L76-62
1/20@Nevada75L87-54
1/24@Wyoming98L66-62
1/27Boise St62L89-58
1/31New Mexico50L90-80
2/7@Colorado St88L65-57
2/10@UNLV108L82-75
2/14Grand Canyon61L94-79
2/17Nevada75W87-71
2/21@Boise St62L84-69
2/24@Air Force345W86-80
2/28Colorado St88L85-73
3/3@Fresno St132L82-68
3/7Wyoming98L88-78
3/11(N)Boise St62W84-74
3/12(N)New Mexico50L93-77