NCAA Tournament March Madness

#58 Butler

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Projected seed: 11 (last four in)

Butler’s résumé is defined by signature neutral-site wins over Virginia and South Carolina and a marquee victory over Providence that prove the program can beat quality opponents, but those highs are offset by damaging road defeats at Connecticut, Creighton and Xavier and a heavy loss to Villanova that expose inconsistency away from home. Blowout nonconference wins over Southern Indiana, IUPUI, Chicago State and NJIT fill out the record without adding resume value. A quality road victory at Seton Hall helps the case yet road and neutral success beyond the Virginia and South Carolina wins is thin, which is why the team is viewed as squarely on the bubble. Upcoming chances at St John’s, Providence, Marquette and DePaul along with home tests against Creighton and Connecticut give Butler clear opportunities to replace bad losses with resume-building wins and secure its place.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/5Southern Indiana325W88-58
11/8IUPUI317W112-80
11/11Chicago St356W98-66
11/15@SMU31L87-85
11/21(N)South Carolina72W79-72
11/23(N)Virginia12W80-73
11/28Wright St146W94-69
12/2E Michigan188W84-68
12/6Boise St69L77-68
12/13Providence64W113-110
12/16@Connecticut11L79-60
12/20(N)Northwestern61W61-58
12/22NJIT331W101-52
12/30@Creighton53L89-85
1/3Villanova24L85-67
1/6St John's22L84-70
1/14@Xavier87L89-75
1/17@Seton Hall47W77-66
1/20DePaul107W87-80
1/23Marquette12281%
1/28@St John's2219%
1/31Georgetown10177%
2/4@Providence6443%
2/7@Marquette12263%
2/11Connecticut1126%
2/15Seton Hall4757%
2/18@Georgetown10157%
2/21Xavier8772%
2/25@Villanova2423%
3/4Creighton5359%
3/7@DePaul10759%