NCAA Tournament March Madness

#255 UC Riverside

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

UC Riverside’s profile reads like a team with bright peaks and ugly valley floors: signature road wins at San Diego and Cal Poly and a nonconference victory at North Dakota show it can win away from home and close tight games, but those moments are offset by blowout defeats at BYU and Cal Baptist and an unexpected home loss to North Dakota that reveal defensive lapses and inconsistency. The remaining conference calendar gives plenty of chances to rebuild momentum with home dates against Hawaii and UC San Diego and critical road tests at UC Santa Barbara and UC Davis as well as matchups with Long Beach State and CS Fullerton, so how the team finishes on the road and in its home arena will determine whether the strong offensive nights and a handful of road wins are enough to overcome the season’s bad losses.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/6@North Dakota326W74-70
11/11@New Mexico70L82-68
11/15North Dakota326L76-74
11/18@Cal Baptist130L80-57
11/21@San Diego221W85-71
11/24Grambling239W83-74
11/29@Utah Tech236L77-69
12/4@UC Irvine143L73-60
12/6@Cal Poly233W88-84
12/13@BYU9L100-53
12/20@St Thomas MN136L92-78
12/23@UCLA312%
1/1Hawaii10427%
1/8@CS Bakersfield31453%
1/10UC San Diego8922%
1/15@Long Beach St26340%
1/17CS Fullerton23859%
1/22UC Irvine14338%
1/24@UC Davis18127%
1/29Long Beach St26362%
1/31Cal Poly23358%
2/5@CS Fullerton23837%
2/7@CS Northridge21132%
2/12UC Santa Barbara15241%
2/14@UC San Diego899%
2/19CS Bakersfield31474%
2/21UC Davis18148%
2/26@UC Santa Barbara15221%
2/28CS Northridge21154%
3/5@Hawaii10412%
3/6@Hawaii10412%