NCAA Tournament March Madness

#47 Butler

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Projected seed: 10 (last four in)

Butler's résumé is anchored by neutral-site wins over South Carolina and Virginia that show the program can beat quality opponents away from home, but those signature moments are counterbalanced by a road loss at SMU and a setback to Boise State that stick out as damaging results. Nonconference wins over low-level opponents do little to offset those blemishes, so committee attention will focus on how the team performs in Big East play. The remaining slate hands Butler multiple chances to redefine its resume, with difficult trips to Connecticut, Creighton, Villanova and St. John's and several home dates against those same league powers. Turning a few of those road or neutral opportunities into victories while avoiding another bad loss would change the narrative, but as it stands the profile reads as a mix of high-end wins and troubling losses that leaves limited margin for error.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/5Southern Indiana318W88-58
11/8IUPUI346W112-80
11/11Chicago St358W98-66
11/15@SMU40L87-85
11/21(N)South Carolina86W79-72
11/23(N)Virginia23W80-73
11/28Wright St142W94-69
12/2E Michigan207W84-68
12/6Boise St44L77-68
12/13Providence7269%
12/16@Connecticut713%
12/20(N)Northwestern6155%
12/22NJIT34899%
12/30@Creighton6645%
1/3Villanova3755%
1/6St John's1639%
1/14@Xavier8353%
1/17@Seton Hall5741%
1/20DePaul13085%
1/23Marquette9378%
1/28@St John's1620%
1/31Georgetown9278%
2/4@Providence7247%
2/7@Marquette9358%
2/11Connecticut729%
2/15Seton Hall5764%
2/18@Georgetown9258%
2/21Xavier8374%
2/25@Villanova3733%
3/4Creighton6667%
3/7@DePaul13068%