NCAA Tournament March Madness

#39 UCLA

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Projected seed: 8

UCLA’s résumé is built around a handful of eye‑catching victories and a string of damaging road and neutral losses, so its placement makes sense; a home knockout of Purdue and a true road win at Washington show the ceiling of this group, while neutral setbacks to Arizona and Gonzaga and defeats away at Iowa, Wisconsin and Ohio State expose inconsistency and weaken their case. The remaining schedule hands them clear opportunities to change that picture with marquee road tests at Michigan and Michigan State and meaningful home matches against Illinois and USC, and a couple of solid results in those spots would shift perception quickly. The committee will reward the best moments but will be reluctant to overlook more bad results away from home, so avoiding another damaging loss and grabbing at least a big road or home signature is the path to a firmer seed.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3E Washington233W80-74
11/7Pepperdine267W74-63
11/10West Georgia337W83-62
11/14(N)Arizona2L69-65
11/18CS Sacramento282W79-48
11/21Presbyterian274W86-46
11/25(N)California75L80-72
12/3@Washington50W82-80
12/6Oregon90W74-63
12/13(N)Gonzaga7L82-72
12/17Arizona St92W90-77
12/19Cal Poly245W108-87
12/23UC Riverside273W97-65
1/3@Iowa20L74-61
1/6@Wisconsin40L80-72
1/10Maryland115W67-55
1/14@Penn St118W71-60
1/17@Ohio St35L86-74
1/20Purdue6W69-67
1/24Northwestern6172%
1/28@Oregon9061%
1/31Indiana3860%
2/3Rutgers14290%
2/7Washington5067%
2/14@Michigan18%
2/17@Michigan St915%
2/21Illinois831%
2/24USC5168%
2/28@Minnesota8358%
3/3Nebraska1339%
3/7@USC5146%