NCAA Tournament March Madness

#171 UC Davis

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

UC Davis pairs a high-profile road victory at Nevada with solid home wins over Sacramento State and North Dakota State that prove it can beat respectable opponents, but those positives are undercut by ugly losses at Colorado and Oregon and an unexpected setback to Cal State Bakersfield that hurt its credibility. Road success is inconsistent because the Nevada result is not reinforced by wins in other hostile environments and the heavy defeats at major-conference sites raise questions about how the team fares against top-level competition. Nonconference losses at Portland, Hawaii and a narrow home loss to Seattle further dilute the résumé, while the Big West schedule still offers clear chances to flip the script with trips to UC Santa Barbara, Cal Poly, Cal State Northridge and Cal State Bakersfield and home tests against UC Irvine, UC San Diego and Long Beach State. Winning on the road in those league venues and avoiding more damaging home slips would markedly improve perception, whereas further wavering would leave lingering doubts about consistency against quality opponents.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/5N Dakota St149W80-68
11/9@Portland230L67-63
11/14CS Sacramento287W77-73
11/18@Nevada81W75-71
11/21@Colorado80L95-79
11/24Louisiana324W77-56
12/4@Hawaii96L75-69
12/13@Oregon78L104-62
12/17Seattle112L79-78
12/21@Idaho St175W93-83
1/1CS Northridge200W89-80
1/3CS Bakersfield297L81-79
1/8@UC Santa Barbara16338%
1/10@Cal Poly24252%
1/15CS Fullerton23472%
1/17UC Irvine12749%
1/22UC San Diego9136%
1/24UC Riverside27980%
1/29@CS Northridge20045%
1/31@CS Bakersfield29764%
2/5UC Santa Barbara16360%
2/7Cal Poly24273%
2/12@UC San Diego9118%
2/14Long Beach St24574%
2/19@CS Fullerton23451%
2/21@UC Riverside27961%
2/26Hawaii9637%
3/5@Long Beach St24554%
3/7@UC Irvine12728%