NCAA Tournament March Madness

#43 VCU

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Projection: likely out

VCU presents a classic resume of a team with a rugged defense and an inconsistent offense, highlighted by a neutral-site victory over Virginia Tech and a string of dominant home wins against lesser opponents but marred by a losing neutral outing at Vanderbilt, a tight road defeat at NC State and a damaging home loss to New Mexico. Those blemishes carry extra weight because they came away from favorable settings or at neutral events where the selection committee looks for signature work, while the best wins have been at home or at neutral spots against middling foes rather than against true blue-chip opponents. The Atlantic Ten run offers plenty of chances to flip the narrative with meaningful road tests at St Louis, Richmond and Dayton and a handful of winnable conference dates at home that can shore up the profile before the league tournament. If VCU can collect several road or neutral victories and avoid another ugly home loss the resume will look markedly stronger, but dropping those key away tests will leave the team stuck as a defensively stout squad with too many question marks.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3Wagner311W103-74
11/7(N)Utah St40L80-77
11/12St Peter's297W78-61
11/17@NC State28L85-79
11/22Coppin St364W101-58
11/26(N)South Florida86W78-66
11/27(N)Vanderbilt11L89-74
11/28(N)Virginia Tech62W86-68
12/5Samford242W83-57
12/10New Mexico77L81-78
12/15Niagara355100%
12/18American Univ23295%
12/22Rider34999%
12/31St Bonaventure11483%
1/3@Duquesne13973%
1/7St Louis4159%
1/10@George Mason6749%
1/14@Rhode Island10363%
1/19St Joseph's PA17992%
1/24@Davidson12068%
1/27Richmond9480%
1/30Loyola-Chicago29198%
2/3@Fordham20584%
2/6Dayton6670%
2/11@La Salle26189%
2/14@Richmond9460%
2/17G Washington8174%
2/20@St Louis4137%
2/28Fordham20594%
3/3George Mason6770%
3/6@Dayton6649%