NCAA Tournament March Madness

#43 Santa Clara

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Projection: likely out

Santa Clara sits on the outside because its résumé pairs eye‑catching road and neutral wins with damaging setbacks. Road victories at Xavier and Oregon State, a neutral-site win over Minnesota and a home victory over St Mary's show the team can beat quality opponents away from its campus, but a heavy loss at New Mexico, a defeat at Gonzaga and neutral-site setbacks to Saint Louis, Arizona State and Loyola‑Chicago have left glaring holes. Upcoming chances at San Diego, San Francisco and Pacific along with a rematch with Gonzaga give the team clear opportunities to add a meaningful road or neutral scalp and repair the résumé, yet until one of those wins arrives the damaging losses will keep the committee on the fence.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/7McNeese St66W79-67
11/10@Xavier87W87-68
11/15Nevada65W98-83
11/18Idaho St203W64-55
11/21Louisiana330W80-43
11/27(N)St Louis29L71-70
11/28(N)Minnesota83W86-75
12/3Utah Tech216W90-80
12/6@New Mexico44L98-71
12/13(N)Arizona St92L82-79
12/17(N)North Texas133W63-60
12/20(N)Loyola-Chicago309L80-78
12/28@Oregon St226W102-64
12/30@Portland196W92-85
1/2Pepperdine267W82-63
1/4San Diego201W98-70
1/8@Gonzaga7L89-77
1/10Loy Marymount155W103-72
1/14Pacific120W85-69
1/17St Mary's CA32W62-54
1/24@San Diego20184%
1/28San Francisco10683%
1/31@Loy Marymount15577%
2/4@Pacific12069%
2/7@Washington St15176%
2/10Seattle12386%
2/11Seattle12386%
2/14Gonzaga728%
2/21@San Francisco10665%
2/25@St Mary's CA3232%
2/28Oregon St22695%