NCAA Tournament March Madness

#30 UCLA

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Projection: first four out

UCLA’s resume is a study in contrast: dominant wins over lower‑tier opponents and a home victory over Oregon plus a hard fought road triumph at Washington show the team can pile up results and win outside cozy circumstances, but neutral‑site setbacks to Arizona and California undercut any claim to a signature scalp and raise questions about how they fare against top competition. The immediate neutral meeting with Gonzaga and a punishing string of true road tests in the Big Ten, including trips to Iowa, Wisconsin, Michigan and Michigan State as well as games at Ohio State and USC, are clear opportunities to flip the narrative. Until one of those marquee chances is seized the profile looks like a team with a sturdy body of wins but not yet the marquee victory that separates comfortable tournament locks from the teams still being closely weighed.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3E Washington237W80-74
11/7Pepperdine284W74-63
11/10West Georgia309W83-62
11/14(N)Arizona5L69-65
11/18CS Sacramento279W79-48
11/21Presbyterian264W86-46
11/25(N)California76L80-72
12/3@Washington47W82-80
12/6Oregon82W74-63
12/13(N)Gonzaga321%
12/17Arizona St6376%
12/19Cal Poly23897%
12/23UC Riverside25898%
1/3@Iowa2235%
1/6@Wisconsin3843%
1/10Maryland10286%
1/14@Penn St10671%
1/17@Ohio St3944%
1/20Purdue636%
1/24Northwestern5874%
1/28@Oregon8262%
1/31Indiana2658%
2/3Rutgers14592%
2/7Washington4770%
2/14@Michigan18%
2/17@Michigan St1224%
2/21Illinois1445%
2/24USC3663%
2/28@Minnesota11874%
3/3Nebraska2056%
3/7@USC3641%