NCAA Tournament March Madness

#26 Villanova

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Projected seed: 7

Villanova’s profile makes sense because it pairs meaningful road victories at Seton Hall, Butler and Creighton and a neutral-site triumph over Wisconsin that show the team can win away from home with a string of blemishes that are hard to ignore, most notably the heavy loss at Michigan, the neutral defeat to BYU and setbacks to Creighton, Connecticut and St John's that sap upside. The committee-friendly pieces are the road and neutral wins against respected opponents, the damaging pieces are the decisive losses, and that tension is exactly why the team sits where it does. The remaining stretch, which includes multiple games with Xavier, a home date with Connecticut, another meeting with Butler and road trips to St John's and DePaul, gives Villanova direct chances to erase the blemishes or to confirm current concerns, so the resume is judged on the mix of signature road work, a marquee neutral win and a handful of costly losses.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3(N)BYU21L71-66
11/8Queens NC207W94-74
11/11Sacred Heart293W94-60
11/15Duquesne112W87-77
11/19@La Salle237W70-55
11/25Old Dominion259W89-75
12/1Temple155W74-56
12/6(N)Penn179W90-63
12/9@Michigan1L89-61
12/13Pittsburgh109W79-61
12/19(N)Wisconsin30W76-66
12/23@Seton Hall48W64-56
12/31DePaul110W71-66
1/3@Butler81W85-67
1/7Creighton78L76-72
1/10@Marquette104W76-73
1/13@Providence63W88-82
1/17St John's22L86-79
1/21Georgetown83W66-51
1/24@Connecticut8L75-67
1/30Providence63W87-73
2/4Seton Hall48W72-60
2/7@Georgetown83W80-73
2/10Marquette104W77-74
2/14@Creighton78W80-69
2/17@Xavier9473%
2/21Connecticut842%
2/25Butler8185%
2/28@St John's2232%
3/4@DePaul11077%
3/7Xavier9488%