NCAA Tournament March Madness

#114 UC San Diego

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Projection: likely out

UC San Diego’s résumé makes sense as a team on the outside because its best credentials are real but limited while its worst results are too damaging to ignore. The Tritons have earned notable neutral wins over Temple, Bradley and Tulane and picked up meaningful road victories at Fresno State and UC Davis, which show they can beat respectable opponents away from home. Those highlights are counterbalanced by bad home losses to Cal State Fullerton and UC Santa Barbara and a rough trip to Cal State Northridge that a committee will view as a clear blemish. A string of tight defeats at Nevada, Cal Poly and UC Irvine underscores that this group is competitive but has run out of margin, so the remaining road game at UC Santa Barbara is a decisive chance to erase the most damaging result on the ledger and give the résumé the kind of signature road win it still lacks.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/8Houston Chr288W78-60
11/12@Fresno St126W78-73
11/15Idaho173W75-67
11/24(N)Temple166W91-76
11/25(N)Bradley122W87-77
11/26(N)Towson174W87-73
12/2@Nevada74L76-70
12/6@Long Beach St247W80-74
12/13(N)Tulane211W93-67
12/16@Loy Marymount158W67-57
12/19San Diego223L82-80
1/1@Cal Poly218L67-65
1/3Hawaii106W83-73
1/8CS Fullerton171L88-71
1/10@UC Riverside263W69-66
1/15CS Northridge167L84-79
1/17@CS Bakersfield322W83-62
1/22@UC Davis152W80-74
1/24UC Irvine110L61-59
1/29UC Santa Barbara128L62-48
1/31@CS Northridge167L81-64
2/5Long Beach St247W77-74
2/7@Hawaii106L72-67
2/12UC Davis152W68-51
2/14UC Riverside263W72-66
2/21@UC Irvine110W71-69
2/26CS Bakersfield322W84-72
2/28Cal Poly218W80-64
3/5@CS Fullerton171L75-71
3/7@UC Santa Barbara12842%