NCAA Tournament March Madness

#39 Santa Clara

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Projection: first four out

Santa Clara’s résumé pairs a handful of signature road wins at Xavier and Oregon State with a neutral-site triumph over Minnesota, showing it can win outside of its building, but those highlights are muddied by a blowout loss at New Mexico, a razor-thin neutral defeat to Saint Louis and other tight neutral setbacks to Arizona State and Loyola-Chicago along with a road loss at Gonzaga that underline inconsistency against top-tier opponents. A home victory over St Mary’s and solid road outcomes at Washington State and San Diego help the profile, yet many victories have come against lesser opponents and therefore carry limited sway with the selection committee. The remaining slate, which includes a home rematch with Gonzaga and trips to San Francisco and St Mary’s plus a home date with Oregon State, gives clear opportunities to flip the narrative. Until those games are played, the mixture of signature wins and damaging losses leaves Santa Clara looking like a borderline tournament candidate.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/7McNeese St64W79-67
11/10@Xavier95W87-68
11/15Nevada56W98-83
11/18Idaho St255W64-55
11/21Louisiana306W80-43
11/27(N)St Louis23L71-70
11/28(N)Minnesota80W86-75
12/3Utah Tech184W90-80
12/6@New Mexico45L98-71
12/13(N)Arizona St71L82-79
12/17(N)North Texas142W63-60
12/20(N)Loyola-Chicago314L80-78
12/28@Oregon St177W102-64
12/30@Portland198W92-85
1/2Pepperdine274W82-63
1/4San Diego214W98-70
1/8@Gonzaga10L89-77
1/10Loy Marymount152W103-72
1/14Pacific105W85-69
1/17St Mary's CA32W62-54
1/24@San Diego214W85-73
1/28San Francisco130W88-73
1/31@Loy Marymount152W104-73
2/4@Pacific105W71-56
2/7@Washington St133W96-92
2/11Seattle131W84-72
2/14Gonzaga1039%
2/21@San Francisco13077%
2/25@St Mary's CA3235%
2/28Oregon St17794%