NCAA Tournament March Madness

#33 UCLA

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Projected seed: 10 (last four in)

UCLA’s profile is built on lopsided nonconference wins against inferior opponents like Cal Poly and UC Riverside and a couple of signature moments such as the road victory at Washington and the home win over Oregon, but those positives are tempered by narrow neutral-site losses to Arizona and Gonzaga and a troubling neutral loss to California. The resume lacks a true marquee road triumph and its mixed neutral results keep doubts alive, yet the conference slate still provides opportunities to flip perception with road tests at Iowa, Wisconsin, Michigan and Michigan State, big home dates with Purdue and Illinois, rivalry games with USC and another trip to Oregon. Strong showings on those difficult road and neutral stages and the avoidance of more damaging slip-ups will decide whether the resume becomes comfortably secure or remains precarious.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3E Washington260W80-74
11/7Pepperdine266W74-63
11/10West Georgia310W83-62
11/14(N)Arizona2L69-65
11/18CS Sacramento276W79-48
11/21Presbyterian291W86-46
11/25(N)California73L80-72
12/3@Washington49W82-80
12/6Oregon72W74-63
12/13(N)Gonzaga5L82-72
12/17Arizona St77W90-77
12/19Cal Poly244W108-87
12/23UC Riverside258W97-65
1/3@Iowa1830%
1/6@Wisconsin4246%
1/10Maryland10085%
1/14@Penn St12877%
1/17@Ohio St3641%
1/20Purdue430%
1/24Northwestern5574%
1/28@Oregon7259%
1/31Indiana2959%
2/3Rutgers15993%
2/7Washington4970%
2/14@Michigan17%
2/17@Michigan St1526%
2/21Illinois937%
2/24USC3964%
2/28@Minnesota10270%
3/3Nebraska2255%
3/7@USC3942%