NCAA Tournament March Madness

#25 Villanova

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Projected seed: 5

Villanova’s resume is built around a handful of quality moments and a couple of hurtful misfires, with a neutral-site victory over Wisconsin and an on-the-road win at Seton Hall serving as the projectable high water marks and comfortable home wins over Pittsburgh and Temple showing they can close games against good midlevel opposition. Those positives are tempered by an ugly road loss at Michigan and a neutral defeat to BYU that selection committees will point to as signs of inconsistency against top competition, and several routs of low-end nonconference opponents do little to offset the blemishes. The remaining Big East slate offers clear paths to both repair and damage with critical road tests at Connecticut, Creighton, Xavier, and Marquette and important home dates against Creighton and Seton Hall, while games against DePaul and Georgetown present chances to pad the ledger. Taken together Villanova looks like a team with a solid base of résumé wins but with a need for more signature performances away from home to remove lingering doubt.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3(N)BYU10L71-66
11/8Queens NC214W94-74
11/11Sacred Heart287W94-60
11/15Duquesne131W87-77
11/19@La Salle262W70-55
11/25Old Dominion222W89-75
12/1Temple154W74-56
12/6(N)Penn218W90-63
12/9@Michigan1L89-61
12/13Pittsburgh91W79-61
12/19(N)Wisconsin43W76-66
12/23@Seton Hall47W64-56
12/31DePaul12191%
1/3@Butler4954%
1/7Creighton4472%
1/10@Marquette11378%
1/13@Providence7565%
1/17St John's2058%
1/21Georgetown10288%
1/24@Connecticut721%
1/30Providence7583%
2/4Seton Hall4774%
2/7@Georgetown10273%
2/10Marquette11391%
2/14@Creighton4451%
2/17@Xavier10073%
2/21Connecticut741%
2/25Butler4975%
2/28@St John's2036%
3/4@DePaul12179%
3/7Xavier10088%