NCAA Tournament March Madness

#89 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 Chr285W78-60
11/12@Fresno St177W78-73
11/15Idaho189W75-67
11/24(N)Temple149W91-76
11/25(N)Bradley117W87-77
11/26(N)Towson147W87-73
12/2@Nevada86L76-70
12/6@Long Beach St259W80-74
12/13(N)Tulane197W93-67
12/16@Loy Marymount128W67-57
12/19San Diego223L82-80
1/1@Cal Poly23175%
1/3Hawaii10566%
1/8CS Fullerton21988%
1/10@UC Riverside25578%
1/15CS Northridge21388%
1/17@CS Bakersfield31487%
1/22@UC Davis16563%
1/24UC Irvine14377%
1/29UC Santa Barbara15379%
1/31@CS Northridge21372%
2/5Long Beach St25991%
2/7@Hawaii10544%
2/8@Hawaii10544%
2/12UC Davis16581%
2/14UC Riverside25591%
2/21@UC Irvine14357%
2/26CS Bakersfield31495%
2/28Cal Poly23189%
3/5@CS Fullerton21973%
3/7@UC Santa Barbara15360%