NCAA Tournament History for California

+ indicates wins over a higher seeded team.
- indicates losses to a lower seeded team.

Overall Record: 20-19, 0.513

YearConferenceRegionSeed
Results
2016Pac-10South4
  • -lost to S 13 Hawaii 66-77
  • 2013Pac-10East12
  • +beat E 5 UNLV 64-61
  • lost to E 4 Syracuse 60-66
  • 2012Pac-10Midwest21
  • lost to M 12 South Florida 54-65
  • 2010Pac-10South8
  • beat S 9 Louisville 77-62
  • lost to S 1 Duke 53-68
  • 2009Pac-10West7
  • -lost to W 10 Maryland 71-84
  • 2006Pac-10South7
  • -lost to S 10 North Carolina St 52-58
  • 2003Pac-10East8
  • beat E 9 North Carolina St 76-74, OT
  • lost to E 1 Oklahoma 65-74
  • 2002Pac-10South6
  • beat S 11 Pennsylvania 82-75
  • lost to S 3 Pittsburgh 50-63
  • 2001Pac-10South8
  • -lost to S 9 Fresno St 70-82
  • 1997Pac-10East5
  • beat E 12 Princeton 55-52
  • +beat E 4 Villanova 75-68
  • lost to E 1 North Carolina 57-63
  • 1996Pac-10Midwest12
  • lost to M 5 Iowa State 64-74
  • 1994Pac-10West5
  • -lost to W 12 Wis-Green Bay 57-61
  • 1993Pac-10Midwest6
  • beat M 11 LSU 66-64
  • +beat M 3 Duke 82-77
  • lost to M 2 Kansas 76-93
  • 1990Pac-10East9
  • +beat E 8 Indiana 65-63
  • lost to E 1 Connecticut 54-74
  • 1960Pac-10West
  • beat Idaho St 71-44
  • beat Santa Clara 69-49
  • beat Oregon 70-49
  • beat Cincinnati 77-69
  • lost to Ohio State 55-75
  • 1959Pac-10West
  • beat Utah 71-53
  • beat St. Mary's 66-46
  • beat Cincinnati 64-58
  • beat West Virginia 71-70
  • 1958Pac-10West
  • beat Idaho St 54-43
  • lost to Seattle 62-66, OT
  • 1957Pac-10West
  • beat BYU 86-59
  • lost to San Francisco 46-50
  • 1946Pac-10West
  • beat Colorado 50-44
  • lost to Oklahoma St 35-52
  • lost to Ohio State 45-63