NCAA Tournament March Madness

#51 Seton Hall

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Projection: likely out

Seton Hall’s résumé reads like a team that can defend its way into contention but has been undone by too many damaging setbacks, because it pairs eye‑catching road and neutral victories such as the neutral win over NC State and true road wins at Kansas State, Providence and Marquette with a cluster of bad results that include multiple losses to Villanova and Connecticut and defeats at home to DePaul and earlier to Butler that blunt the impact of those signature wins. The defense has shown it can hold elite opponents in check, and the win over Creighton at home and the neutral victory over Washington State show the ceiling, yet narrow losses at Creighton and a tight neutral loss to USC reveal vulnerability in close, high‑visibility spots. With one regular‑season game remaining against St John’s, the Pirates still have a straightforward chance to add a resume‑boosting result, but until they replace some of those poor home and conference losses with more neutral‑site or true road quality wins their profile will sit on the wrong side of the bubble.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3St Peter's257W77-50
11/7Wagner311W68-61
11/10Fairfield259W82-59
11/13Monmouth NJ187W70-58
11/18New Haven328W68-45
11/24(N)NC State35W85-74
11/25(N)USC69L83-81
11/26(N)Washington St138W75-61
12/3Central Conn306W77-61
12/6@Kansas St101W78-67
12/13Rutgers133W81-59
12/19@Providence74W72-67
12/23Villanova32L64-56
12/30@Marquette91W79-73
1/4Creighton75W56-54
1/10@Georgetown84W76-67
1/13Connecticut9L69-64
1/17Butler89L77-66
1/20@St John's21L65-60
1/24@DePaul96L67-60
1/28Xavier94W86-68
1/31Marquette91W69-64
2/4@Villanova32L72-60
2/7@Creighton75L69-68
2/11Providence74W87-80
2/15@Butler89W63-56
2/18DePaul96L69-57
2/21Georgetown84W51-47
2/28@Connecticut9L71-67
3/3@Xavier94W77-68
3/6St John's2140%