NCAA Tournament March Madness

#102 DePaul

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Projection: likely out

DePaul’s résumé has clear positives but enough damaging results to explain why it sits outside comfortable tournament consideration. The Blue Demons have shown they can win away from home with victories at Wichita State, Seton Hall, Creighton and Marquette and they picked up a neutral-site win over Georgia Tech, yet those wins are offset by a lopsided neutral loss to LSU and repeated setbacks to Connecticut and Villanova alongside harmful home defeats to St. John’s and Butler that a committee will treat as resume blemishes. A defense that keeps them competitive has been undercut by an inconsistent offense and an inability to finish against top-tier opponents, leaving too few signature wins to counter the bad losses, so without more high-profile road or neutral victories their profile looks like a team on the wrong side of the bubble.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3Chicago St344W92-62
11/7Stonehill334W72-64
11/11Buffalo199L66-53
11/14Northwestern57L81-79
11/18Gardner Webb361W93-62
11/23Detroit217W95-75
11/28(N)Georgia Tech162W75-61
11/29(N)LSU60L96-63
12/6Ark Pine Bluff314W76-72
12/9Morgan St353W92-49
12/13@Wichita St82W61-58
12/16@St John's17L79-66
12/21Connecticut11L72-54
12/31@Villanova33L71-66
1/3Xavier97W86-77
1/6Georgetown79W56-50
1/10@Connecticut11L72-60
1/16Marquette84W80-75
1/20@Butler86L87-80
1/24Seton Hall51W67-60
1/28@Georgetown79L70-61
1/31@Xavier97L68-66
2/3St John's17L68-56
2/7@Providence71L90-72
2/11Creighton76W72-71
2/18@Seton Hall51W69-57
2/21Providence71L71-68
2/25@Creighton76W72-71
3/1@Marquette84W62-51
3/4Villanova33L76-57
3/7Butler86L81-71
3/11(N)Georgetown79L63-56