NCAA Tournament March Madness

#258 UC Riverside

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

UC Riverside’s profile reads like a team with flashes of promise and too many damaging setbacks, which explains its current standing with the committee. Road wins at San Diego and at North Dakota show the program can win away from home, but a home loss to North Dakota and the heavy defeat at Cal Baptist expose inconsistency and keep those victories from carrying the weight they might. The trip to New Mexico and the losses at UC Irvine highlight trouble closing against stronger opponents, while victories over Cal Poly and Grambling bolster the ledger without producing the kind of signature scalps the committee rewards. Defensive lapses in key defeats have turned winnable contests into resume blemishes, and the remainder of the schedule — including road tests at BYU and UCLA and pivotal conference clashes at UC San Diego, Long Beach State and UC Davis — represents the clear path to add meaningful road or neutral wins and erase earlier damage.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/6@North Dakota335W74-70
11/11@New Mexico77L82-68
11/15North Dakota335L76-74
11/18@Cal Baptist129L80-57
11/21@San Diego252W85-71
11/24Grambling281W83-74
11/29@Utah Tech251L77-69
12/4@UC Irvine125L73-60
12/6@Cal Poly238W88-84
12/13@BYU91%
12/20@St Thomas MN14219%
12/23@UCLA302%
1/1Hawaii10126%
1/8@CS Bakersfield31453%
1/10UC San Diego9825%
1/15@Long Beach St26340%
1/17CS Fullerton24959%
1/22UC Irvine12532%
1/24@UC Davis19128%
1/29Long Beach St26362%
1/31Cal Poly23858%
2/5@CS Fullerton24937%
2/7@CS Northridge21232%
2/12UC Santa Barbara14739%
2/14@UC San Diego9811%
2/19CS Bakersfield31474%
2/21UC Davis19149%
2/26@UC Santa Barbara14720%
2/28CS Northridge21254%
3/5@Hawaii10111%
3/6@Hawaii10111%