NCAA Tournament March Madness

#32 Villanova

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Projected seed: 7

Villanova’s résumé is built on a clutch collection of road and neutral wins, highlighted by a neutral-site victory over Wisconsin and gritty road triumphs at Seton Hall, Butler, Marquette, Providence, Creighton and an earlier trip to Xavier, which show the Wildcats can win away from home; those signature victories give the resume real heft. They are balanced by damaging setbacks, most notably the heavy loss at Michigan and multiple defeats to Connecticut and to St John's that include an especially lopsided road loss, blemishes that limit how high the committee can place them. A steady run of home victories against conference and midmajor foes and a defense that often steadies the team in tight spots provide cover, and the season-ending home date with Xavier is a clear, binary opportunity to erase lingering doubt. Taken together, the mix of quality road resume-building wins, ugly signature losses and one remaining chance to improve explains why Villanova projects where it does.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3(N)BYU24L71-66
11/8Queens NC191W94-74
11/11Sacred Heart291W94-60
11/15Duquesne132W87-77
11/19@La Salle225W70-55
11/25Old Dominion250W89-75
12/1Temple164W74-56
12/6(N)Penn171W90-63
12/9@Michigan2L89-61
12/13Pittsburgh102W79-61
12/19(N)Wisconsin25W76-66
12/23@Seton Hall52W64-56
12/31DePaul96W71-66
1/3@Butler89W85-67
1/7Creighton74L76-72
1/10@Marquette91W76-73
1/13@Providence75W88-82
1/17St John's21L86-79
1/21Georgetown84W66-51
1/24@Connecticut9L75-67
1/30Providence75W87-73
2/4Seton Hall52W72-60
2/7@Georgetown84W80-73
2/10Marquette91W77-74
2/14@Creighton74W80-69
2/17@Xavier94W92-89
2/21Connecticut9L73-63
2/25Butler89W82-73
2/28@St John's21L89-57
3/4@DePaul96W76-57
3/7Xavier9486%