NCAA Tournament March Madness

#65 Santa Clara

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Projection: likely out

Santa Clara’s resume hinges on memorable offensive nights and damaging showings on the road. The Broncos proved they can score with a signature win at Xavier and a neutral-site victory over Minnesota and they also beat Nevada at home, but a catastrophic trip to New Mexico and a narrow neutral loss to Saint Louis exposed defensive lapses that a selection committee will treat as real risk. The remaining slate offers clear ways to improve with neutral games against Arizona State, North Texas and Loyola-Chicago and conference tests at Gonzaga and Saint Mary’s, yet a résumé-changing result would need to come away from home or on a neutral floor against a recognized opponent to counterbalance earlier failures. Until that kind of win arrives the profile reads as offensively capable but margin-for-error thin because of road and defensive inconsistency.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/7McNeese St70W79-67
11/10@Xavier85W87-68
11/15Nevada89W98-83
11/18Idaho St157W64-55
11/21Louisiana332W80-43
11/27(N)St Louis41L71-70
11/28(N)Minnesota118W86-75
12/3Utah Tech251W90-80
12/6@New Mexico77L98-71
12/13(N)Arizona St6349%
12/17(N)North Texas13574%
12/20(N)Loyola-Chicago29193%
12/28@Oregon St16972%
12/30@Portland24582%
1/2Pepperdine28495%
1/4San Diego25294%
1/8@Gonzaga36%
1/10Loy Marymount13482%
1/14Pacific12479%
1/17St Mary's CA3245%
1/24@San Diego25283%
1/28San Francisco9672%
1/31@Loy Marymount13464%
2/4@Pacific12460%
2/7@Washington St17072%
2/10Seattle11076%
2/11Seattle11076%
2/14Gonzaga316%
2/21@San Francisco9651%
2/25@St Mary's CA3224%
2/28Oregon St16987%