NCAA Tournament March Madness Bubble Watch: DePaul

NCAA Tournament March Madness

#114 DePaul

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Projection: likely out

DePaul's resume reflects significant challenges and a lackluster performance against higher-tier competition, which is crucial for tournament consideration. The team has struggled against ranked opponents, with losses against Texas Tech, St. John's, and Connecticut showcasing this vulnerability. Their victories mostly come against lower-tier teams, which does little to improve their standing. The upcoming games against Villanova and Marquette are critical; a failure to secure wins in these matchups will further diminish their tournament hopes, while a couple of surprising upsets could provide a late-season push to improve their standing. Overall, inconsistency and a weak overall strength of schedule are hurdles that DePaul will need to overcome to remain in the conversation for an at-large bid.

Date	Opponent	Ranking	Outcome
11/4	Southern Indiana	317	W80-78
11/7	Prairie View	348	W92-59
11/11	Mercer	223	W95-64
11/15	Duquesne	172	W84-58
11/19	E Illinois	332	W78-69
11/23	N Illinois	352	W98-52
11/29	Valparaiso	224	W89-70
12/4	@Texas Tech	8	L76-62
12/10	Providence	85	L70-63
12/14	Wichita St	151	W91-72
12/17	@St John's	18	L89-61
12/21	@Northwestern	54	L84-64
12/28	Loyola MD	314	W84-65
1/1	Connecticut	32	L81-68
1/4	@Villanova	59	L100-56
1/8	@Seton Hall	195	L85-80
1/11	Xavier	49	L77-63
1/14	Marquette	22	L85-83
1/17	@Georgetown	86	W73-68
1/21	Creighton	34	L73-49
1/25	@Butler	82	L86-69
1/29	@Connecticut	32	L72-61
2/2	Seton Hall	195	W74-57
2/5	Villanova	59	47%
2/11	@Marquette	22	33%
2/15	@Xavier	49	38%
2/19	St John's	18	40%
2/22	Butler	82	50%
2/26	@Creighton	34	36%
3/5	@Providence	85	42%
3/8	Georgetown	86	51%