NCAA Tournament March Madness Bubble Watch: Villanova

NCAA Tournament March Madness

#27 Villanova

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Projected seed: 7

Villanova’s résumé is defined by quality road and neutral wins, anchored by the neutral-site victory over Wisconsin and resume-building wins at Seton Hall, Butler, Marquette and Providence, yet those high points are offset by damaging setbacks such as the lopsided defeat at Michigan and losses at Connecticut, at home to St. John’s and against Creighton, all of which create a nagging question about consistency. Those bad losses carry extra weight because they came in places and moments where the selection committee expects an established program to avoid collapse and that helps explain the team’s current standing despite several signature victories. The remaining slate hands Villanova clear opportunities to alter that narrative with road tests at Creighton and Xavier and home chances against Marquette, Connecticut and Butler, so the Wildcats can either erase the late-season wrinkles or confirm why they sit where they do.

Date	Opponent	Ranking	Outcome
11/3	(N)BYU	22	L71-66
11/8	Queens NC	196	W94-74
11/11	Sacred Heart	301	W94-60
11/15	Duquesne	115	W87-77
11/19	@La Salle	242	W70-55
11/25	Old Dominion	254	W89-75
12/1	Temple	146	W74-56
12/6	(N)Penn	180	W90-63
12/9	@Michigan	1	L89-61
12/13	Pittsburgh	107	W79-61
12/19	(N)Wisconsin	40	W76-66
12/23	@Seton Hall	50	W64-56
12/31	DePaul	111	W71-66
1/3	@Butler	78	W85-67
1/7	Creighton	73	L76-72
1/10	@Marquette	106	W76-73
1/13	@Providence	62	W88-82
1/17	St John's	21	L86-79
1/21	Georgetown	81	W66-51
1/24	@Connecticut	8	L75-67
1/30	Providence	62	W87-73
2/4	Seton Hall	50	W72-60
2/7	@Georgetown	81	W80-73
2/10	Marquette	106	90%
2/14	@Creighton	73	66%
2/17	@Xavier	95	73%
2/21	Connecticut	8	42%
2/25	Butler	78	85%
2/28	@St John's	21	33%
3/4	@DePaul	111	77%
3/7	Xavier	95	88%