NCAA Tournament March Madness

#120 DePaul

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Projection: likely out

DePaul’s résumé reads like a team with flashes of legitimacy overshadowed by damaging hiccups: road victory at Wichita State and a neutral win over Georgia Tech show it can grind out results away from Chicago, but an embarrassing neutral defeat to LSU and nonconference losses to Buffalo and Northwestern leave ugly marks. The loss at St John’s underlines inconsistency in true road environments and the offense hasn’t consistently erased those stains. The remainder of the Big East schedule hands them clear chances to flip the script with home dates against Connecticut, Xavier and Creighton and tough trips to Villanova and Connecticut, and those signature wins are the only way to counterbalance the bad losses. Until DePaul converts several of those opportunities, the profile looks like a team with upside but too many blemishes to feel secure.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3Chicago St341W92-62
11/7Stonehill342W72-64
11/11Buffalo182L66-53
11/14Northwestern54L81-79
11/18Gardner Webb360W93-62
11/23Detroit294W95-75
11/28(N)Georgia Tech135W75-61
11/29(N)LSU40L96-63
12/6Ark Pine Bluff346W76-72
12/9Morgan St361W92-49
12/13@Wichita St94W61-58
12/16@St John's20L79-66
12/21Connecticut7L72-54
12/31@Villanova2810%
1/3Xavier10254%
1/6Georgetown10354%
1/10@Connecticut73%
1/16Marquette11559%
1/20@Butler5116%
1/24Seton Hall4531%
1/28@Georgetown10332%
1/31@Xavier10232%
2/3St John's2020%
2/7@Providence7424%
2/11Creighton4431%
2/18@Seton Hall4515%
2/21Providence7444%
2/25@Creighton4415%
3/1@Marquette11537%
3/4Villanova2823%
3/7Butler5134%