NCAA Tournament March Madness

#261 UC Riverside

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

UC Riverside’s résumé features resume-making road wins at San Diego and North Dakota and a solid home victory over Grambling, but it is undercut by a lopsided loss at Cal Baptist, road defeats at New Mexico and Utah Tech and a surprising home loss to North Dakota that expose defensive lapses and inconsistency away from home. The remainder of the schedule offers clear chances to repair the picture with meaningful road and neutral tests at UC Irvine, Long Beach State and visits to BYU and UCLA while conference dates against Cal Poly, CS Fullerton, UC Santa Barbara and rivals such as UC Davis and CS Bakersfield are the spots to prove the team can win away from home; collecting those signature wins and avoiding more bad losses is the path to overcome the damage from the earlier blowouts.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/6@North Dakota335W74-70
11/11@New Mexico109L82-68
11/15North Dakota335L76-74
11/18@Cal Baptist134L80-57
11/21@San Diego248W85-71
11/24Grambling285W83-74
11/29@Utah Tech239L77-69
12/4@UC Irvine13016%
12/6@Cal Poly22734%
12/13@BYU111%
12/20@St Thomas MN18126%
12/23@UCLA332%
1/1Hawaii9724%
1/8@CS Bakersfield25939%
1/10UC San Diego9524%
1/15@Long Beach St27541%
1/17CS Fullerton28765%
1/22UC Irvine13033%
1/24@UC Davis16924%
1/29Long Beach St27563%
1/31Cal Poly22756%
2/5@CS Fullerton28743%
2/7@CS Northridge26640%
2/12UC Santa Barbara14638%
2/14@UC San Diego9510%
2/19CS Bakersfield25961%
2/21UC Davis16945%
2/26@UC Santa Barbara14619%
2/28CS Northridge26662%
3/5@Hawaii9710%
3/6@Hawaii9710%