NCAA Tournament March Madness

#99 UC San Diego

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Projection: likely out

UC San Diego’s résumé is built around eye-catching neutral wins over Temple, Bradley and Towson and an early true road victory at Fresno State that demonstrate the Tritons can beat respectable opponents away from home, but those moments are undercut by a damaging road loss at Nevada and a conference ledger heavy on home dates against lesser Big West foes. The remaining neutral matchup with Tulane and a string of true road tests at Loyola Marymount, UC Davis, UC Irvine and UC Santa Barbara are the clear opportunities to turn promising nonconference flashes into sustained evidence of quality and until those tougher results arrive the committee will view the strong early wins as isolated rather than proof of consistent resume-building performance.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/8Houston Chr268W78-60
11/12@Fresno St173W78-73
11/15Idaho194W75-67
11/24(N)Temple163W91-76
11/25(N)Bradley125W87-77
11/26(N)Towson141W87-73
12/2@Nevada87L76-70
12/6@Long Beach St265W80-74
12/13(N)Tulane18875%
12/14(N)Tulane18875%
12/16@Loy Marymount13752%
12/19San Diego25790%
1/1@Cal Poly24173%
1/3Hawaii10162%
1/8CS Fullerton27991%
1/10@UC Riverside25074%
1/15CS Northridge24788%
1/17@CS Bakersfield30182%
1/22@UC Davis16560%
1/24UC Irvine12469%
1/29UC Santa Barbara14073%
1/31@CS Northridge24774%
2/5Long Beach St26590%
2/7@Hawaii10140%
2/8@Hawaii10140%
2/12UC Davis16579%
2/14UC Riverside25089%
2/21@UC Irvine12448%
2/26CS Bakersfield30193%
2/28Cal Poly24188%
3/5@CS Fullerton27978%
3/7@UC Santa Barbara14052%