NCAA Tournament March Madness

#68 Providence

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Projection: likely out

Providence’s profile shows a team that has collected comfortable home wins and a useful neutral-site victory over Penn State while also suffering damaging neutral losses to Virginia Tech, Wisconsin and Florida and a road defeat at Colorado, a pattern that leaves the résumé light on signature wins away from its arena. The nonconference slate produced reliable scoring but did not include a scalp over a clear top-tier opponent, so the committee will be watching how the Friars handle a brutal Big East run that sends them to St John’s, Xavier, Connecticut, Villanova and Marquette and also brings opportunities at home against Creighton, Villanova and Seton Hall. How Providence performs away from home and whether it can convert a couple of those marquee league chances into resume-changing victories will determine if these midlevel wins hold up or if those neutral-site setbacks keep the team on the wrong side of the bubble.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3Holy Cross313W89-79
11/8(N)Virginia Tech60L107-101
11/11Penn251W106-81
11/14@Colorado62L97-88
11/18New Hampshire334W98-66
11/22(N)Penn St105W77-65
11/27(N)Wisconsin37L104-83
11/28(N)Florida13L90-78
12/2F Dickinson357W94-64
12/6Rhode Island103W90-71
12/9Brown223W86-79
12/13@Butler54L113-110
12/19Seton Hall4952%
1/3@St John's1816%
1/7Connecticut721%
1/10@Xavier8544%
1/13Villanova3544%
1/16Creighton7263%
1/19@Marquette9851%
1/24Georgetown10273%
1/27@Connecticut79%
1/30@Villanova3524%
2/4Butler5455%
2/7DePaul12177%
2/11@Seton Hall4931%
2/14St John's1833%
2/21@DePaul12158%
2/24Xavier8566%
2/28@Creighton7240%
3/4Marquette9872%
3/7@Georgetown10253%