NCAA Tournament March Madness

#85 Xavier

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Projection: likely out

Xavier’s resume is built around a clear high point and some disqualifying lows: a neutral-site win over West Virginia and a gritty showing in a close neutral game with Georgia demonstrate the ceiling, while an ugly road trip to Iowa and a poor loss at home to Santa Clara expose an unsettling inconsistency. A solid conference victory over Cincinnati and comfortable wins against lesser foes keep them alive, but the team has yet to prove it can string together meaningful results away from home, which makes a home date with Creighton and the later trip to Creighton, road tests at Georgetown and Marquette, and a home meeting with Connecticut pivotal chances to repair the profile. Toss in rivalry games against Villanova and Seton Hall and the tour of league road venues and the narrative is straightforward: grab road and neutral victories and avoid more bad home losses, and the resume shifts toward respectability; fail to do that and the inconsistency that has defined their season will likely keep them on the outside looking in.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3Marist154W66-62
11/6Le Moyne304W74-69
11/10Santa Clara64L87-68
11/14@Iowa20L81-62
11/18Old Dominion214W99-69
11/21(N)Georgia22L78-77
11/23(N)West Virginia70W78-68
11/28TAM C. Christi219W88-67
12/1St Francis PA361W96-74
12/5Cincinnati82W79-74
12/12Missouri St267W75-57
12/17Creighton7358%
12/20@Georgetown10348%
12/31Connecticut719%
1/3@DePaul12153%
1/7@Marquette9846%
1/10Providence6756%
1/14Butler5149%
1/21@Creighton7335%
1/24St John's1628%
1/28@Seton Hall5026%
1/31DePaul12174%
2/3@Connecticut78%
2/9@St John's1612%
2/14Marquette9868%
2/17Villanova3539%
2/21@Butler5127%
2/24@Providence6734%
2/28Georgetown10369%
3/3Seton Hall5047%
3/7@Villanova3520%