NCAA Tournament March Madness

#100 DePaul

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Projection: likely out

DePaul’s résumé pairs some useful wins with too many damaging losses and a soft nonconference slate, which explains why it looks to fall short of an at-large berth. The Blue Demons have shown they can win in tough spots with a road victory at Wichita State and a neutral-site triumph over Georgia Tech and they have beaten league foes such as Xavier and Creighton, but those positives are undercut by a blowout at LSU and recurring setbacks to top conference opponents including Connecticut and Villanova. Road success is intermittent and most nonconference opponents offer little resume value, leaving no definitive signature victory to outweigh the bad results. Upcoming road trips to Creighton and Marquette and meetings with Villanova and Butler are real opportunities to alter the narrative, yet until those outcomes change the balance of quality wins and ugly defeats explains why the committee would be inclined to leave them out.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3Chicago St343W92-62
11/7Stonehill345W72-64
11/11Buffalo192L66-53
11/14Northwestern70L81-79
11/18Gardner Webb363W93-62
11/23Detroit242W95-75
11/28(N)Georgia Tech167W75-61
11/29(N)LSU53L96-63
12/6Ark Pine Bluff318W76-72
12/9Morgan St351W92-49
12/13@Wichita St93W61-58
12/16@St John's22L79-66
12/21Connecticut11L72-54
12/31@Villanova28L71-66
1/3Xavier96W86-77
1/6Georgetown79W56-50
1/10@Connecticut11L72-60
1/16Marquette99W80-75
1/20@Butler83L87-80
1/24Seton Hall51W67-60
1/28@Georgetown79L70-61
1/31@Xavier96L68-66
2/3St John's22L68-56
2/7@Providence65L90-72
2/11Creighton75W72-71
2/18@Seton Hall51W69-57
2/21Providence65L71-68
2/25@Creighton7529%
3/1@Marquette9938%
3/4Villanova2826%
3/7Butler8353%