NCAA Tournament March Madness

#88 UC San Diego

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Projection: likely out

UC San Diego’s résumé is defined by a true road victory at Fresno State and a cluster of neutral-site wins over Temple, Bradley and Towson that show the team can win away from home and in event settings. Those strong moments are bolstered by solid nonconference results, including a comfortable home win over Houston Christian and a convincing neutral win over Tulane. Damage comes from a road loss at Nevada and a narrow defeat to crosstown rival San Diego, which raise questions about consistency against the better opponents and in hostile environments. The remaining conference slate offers clear chances to improve with home dates against Cal Poly, CS Fullerton and Long Beach State and road tests at UC Davis, UC Santa Barbara and UC Irvine that could provide signature wins. The committee will reward more road and neutral victories over top Big West peers and will be wary of additional bad losses, because the profile shows promise but still lacks the standout results that erase doubt.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/8Houston Chr278W78-60
11/12@Fresno St169W78-73
11/15Idaho187W75-67
11/24(N)Temple148W91-76
11/25(N)Bradley122W87-77
11/26(N)Towson144W87-73
12/2@Nevada66L76-70
12/6@Long Beach St257W80-74
12/13(N)Tulane196W93-67
12/16@Loy Marymount119W67-57
12/19San Diego194L82-80
1/1@Cal Poly24477%
1/3Hawaii10468%
1/8CS Fullerton23290%
1/10@UC Riverside25879%
1/15CS Northridge21087%
1/17@CS Bakersfield30887%
1/22@UC Davis16564%
1/24UC Irvine13176%
1/29UC Santa Barbara14378%
1/31@CS Northridge21072%
2/5Long Beach St25791%
2/7@Hawaii10446%
2/8@Hawaii10446%
2/12UC Davis16582%
2/14UC Riverside25891%
2/21@UC Irvine13155%
2/26CS Bakersfield30895%
2/28Cal Poly24490%
3/5@CS Fullerton23276%
3/7@UC Santa Barbara14358%