NCAA Tournament March Madness

#33 Villanova

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Projected seed: 8

Villanova’s placement reflects a résumé with clear highs and damaging lows: the squad has earned a marquee neutral victory over Wisconsin and a string of true road wins at Creighton, Marquette, Seton Hall and Xavier that demonstrate it can win away from home, but those quality moments are offset by a heavy loss at Michigan, an ugly defeat at St John’s, an early neutral blemish against BYU and split outcomes with Connecticut that include losses on the road and again at home, plus a late home setback to Georgetown that chips away at the profile. Selection committees prize road and neutral success and Villanova checks those boxes often enough to be clearly tournament-worthy, yet the severity of a few bad losses and inconsistency against the elite conference peers prevent a higher placement. The conference tournament offers a straightforward path to erase blemishes and add meaningful neutral-site wins, which is why the team sits where it does.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3(N)BYU23L71-66
11/8Queens NC181W94-74
11/11Sacred Heart296W94-60
11/15Duquesne128W87-77
11/19@La Salle233W70-55
11/25Old Dominion248W89-75
12/1Temple165W74-56
12/6(N)Penn150W90-63
12/9@Michigan3L89-61
12/13Pittsburgh94W79-61
12/19(N)Wisconsin22W76-66
12/23@Seton Hall51W64-56
12/31DePaul102W71-66
1/3@Butler86W85-67
1/7Creighton76L76-72
1/10@Marquette84W76-73
1/13@Providence71W88-82
1/17St John's17L86-79
1/21Georgetown79W66-51
1/24@Connecticut11L75-67
1/30Providence71W87-73
2/4Seton Hall51W72-60
2/7@Georgetown79W80-73
2/10Marquette84W77-74
2/14@Creighton76W80-69
2/17@Xavier97W92-89
2/21Connecticut11L73-63
2/25Butler86W82-73
2/28@St John's17L89-57
3/4@DePaul102W76-57
3/7Xavier97W91-78
3/12(N)Georgetown79L78-64