NCAA Tournament March Madness

#32 St Mary's CA

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Projected seed: 10

St. Mary's résumé fits its placement because it pairs signature neutral victories over Wichita State and Virginia Tech with a string of true road wins at Davidson, Loyola Marymount, Pepperdine and San Francisco that demonstrate it can win away from home, yet those positives are offset by a blowout neutral loss to Vanderbilt, a narrow neutral defeat at Boise State and road setbacks at Santa Clara and Gonzaga. The nonconference slate also includes a collection of comfortable wins over lesser foes that bolster the win total without materially improving the strength of schedule, so the committee will weigh the high-end wins and road resume against the damaging losses. With remaining road trips to Pacific, Seattle and Washington State and conference dates against Santa Clara and Gonzaga, St. Mary’s still has clear opportunities to add resume-making results or to reduce its margin for error. That mix of notable achievements, conspicuous blemishes and an unfinished league slate explains its projected standing.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3St Thomas MN122W84-58
11/7Chattanooga299W87-66
11/11Ohio221W90-60
11/14North Texas141W80-49
11/19Arkansas St149W85-72
11/26(N)Wichita St93W70-65
11/27(N)Virginia Tech64W77-66
11/28(N)Vanderbilt11L96-71
12/7@Davidson106W70-61
12/14(N)Boise St56L68-67
12/19FL Atlantic115W88-75
12/22Northern Iowa86W63-58
12/28@Loy Marymount147W78-73
12/30@Pepperdine284W72-45
1/2Portland196W78-57
1/4Seattle132W93-76
1/10Washington St133W88-82
1/13@San Francisco130W82-68
1/17@Santa Clara38L62-54
1/21Oregon St178W81-51
1/24@Portland196W75-69
1/31@Gonzaga10L73-65
2/4San Diego216W87-60
2/7San Francisco130W79-54
2/11Pepperdine284W88-60
2/14@Pacific10373%
2/18@Seattle13280%
2/21@Washington St13380%
2/25Santa Clara3865%
2/28Gonzaga1044%