NCAA Tournament March Madness

#35 St Louis

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Projected seed: 7

St Louis’s résumé is built on a handful of solid nonconference wins and a couple of meaningful road or neutral showings, highlighted by a neutral victory at Santa Clara, quality wins over Grand Canyon and San Francisco, and a convincing road performance at Loyola Marymount that proves it can win away from home. The narrow neutral loss to Stanford is a blemish but also evidence the team can compete with higher-profile opponents, while the lack of true signature wins in league play and a nonconference slate heavy on low-end opponents limits how high the résumé can climb. The remaining slate presents clear chances to improve with true road tests at VCU, St Bonaventure and Dayton and with important home opportunities against Richmond and George Washington, and the more manageable matchups such as La Salle, Loyola-Chicago and New Hampshire should supply the wins needed to avoid an ugly hole. In short, the profile looks solid but not elite because the ceiling of its best victories is modest and the team still needs meaningful wins away from conference rivals.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3SE Missouri St235W92-67
11/6Chicago St350W108-86
11/10Lindenwood231W109-66
11/15Grand Canyon95W78-64
11/21PFW228W91-60
11/27(N)Santa Clara71W71-70
11/28(N)Stanford85L78-77
12/2@Loy Marymount128W91-70
12/7C Michigan323W107-65
12/13San Francisco97W85-75
12/17Bethune-Cookman258W112-53
12/21New Hampshire33699%
12/31St Joseph's PA17894%
1/7@VCU4143%
1/10@La Salle26491%
1/14Fordham20095%
1/17Richmond9884%
1/20@Duquesne14378%
1/23@St Bonaventure11270%
1/27G Washington8278%
1/30Dayton5972%
2/3@Davidson12574%
2/7La Salle26497%
2/13@Loyola-Chicago31396%
2/17@Rhode Island10167%
2/20VCU4165%
2/24@Dayton5951%
2/28Duquesne14391%
3/4Loyola-Chicago31399%
3/7@George Mason6954%