NCAA Tournament March Madness

#167 UC Davis

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

UC Davis’ resume reads like a team with clear upside that needs to clean up some damaging outings: the road victory at Nevada and solid nonconference wins over North Dakota State, Sacramento State and Idaho State give the profile noteworthy high points, but lopsided losses at Oregon and Colorado and setbacks at Hawaii and at home to Seattle undercut those gains and raise questions about the ability to win away from home against top-tier opponents. The remainder of the Big West slate is a mix of manageable tests — games against Bakersfield, Cal Poly and Riverside among them — and resume-defining opportunities on the road at UC Santa Barbara and at UC San Diego plus a home showdown with UC Irvine, so the Aggies can materially improve their standing with a few key road or neutral wins but will damage their case with more bad losses. Committees will weigh the quality of the Nevada win and the nonconference victories against the severity of the losses to major-conference foes, making how UC Davis navigates its upcoming conference stretch the deciding factor in whether its profile holds up.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/5N Dakota St150W80-68
11/9@Portland228L67-63
11/14CS Sacramento276W77-73
11/18@Nevada85W75-71
11/21@Colorado70L95-79
11/24Louisiana325W77-56
12/4@Hawaii105L75-69
12/13@Oregon74L104-62
12/17Seattle111L79-78
12/21@Idaho St172W93-83
1/1CS Northridge20969%
1/3CS Bakersfield31185%
1/8@UC Santa Barbara14633%
1/10@Cal Poly23754%
1/15CS Fullerton21871%
1/17UC Irvine13052%
1/22UC San Diego8837%
1/24UC Riverside26077%
1/29@CS Northridge20948%
1/31@CS Bakersfield31168%
2/5UC Santa Barbara14655%
2/7Cal Poly23774%
2/12@UC San Diego8818%
2/14Long Beach St25977%
2/19@CS Fullerton21850%
2/21@UC Riverside26057%
2/26Hawaii10542%
3/5@Long Beach St25957%
3/7@UC Irvine13030%