NCAA Tournament March Madness

#97 Xavier

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Projection: likely out

Xavier’s profile reads like a team with some eye-catching wins but too many damaging setbacks, especially away from home, and that combination is why it projects out; the resume includes a neutral-site win over West Virginia and important victories over Cincinnati, Providence and a neutral Marquette, while its worst moments feature a lopsided home loss to Creighton and heavy defeats at Connecticut and at Iowa that expose inconsistency on the road. Conference play has shown the Musketeers can hang in tight games yet the accumulation of poor road results and a couple of blowouts undercuts those positives. The path back is straightforward in committee terms: pick up true road or neutral wins over the league’s top names such as Villanova, Marquette or Connecticut and turn league play into momentum heading into the conference event, otherwise the resume lacks the signature road and neutral victories the selection group prizes.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3Marist204W66-62
11/6Le Moyne299W74-69
11/10Santa Clara35L87-68
11/14@Iowa25L81-62
11/18Old Dominion248W99-69
11/21(N)Georgia32L78-77
11/23(N)West Virginia59W78-68
11/28TAM C. Christi174W88-67
12/1St Francis PA354W96-74
12/5Cincinnati44W79-74
12/12Missouri St206W75-57
12/17Creighton76L98-57
12/20@Georgetown79W80-77
12/31Connecticut11L90-67
1/3@DePaul102L86-77
1/7@Marquette84L66-65
1/10Providence71W97-84
1/14Butler86W89-75
1/21@Creighton76L94-93
1/24St John's17L88-83
1/28@Seton Hall51L86-68
1/31DePaul102W68-66
2/3@Connecticut11L92-60
2/9@St John's17L87-82
2/14Marquette84W96-88
2/17Villanova33L92-89
2/21@Butler86L80-75
2/25@Providence71L94-84
2/28Georgetown79W91-84
3/3Seton Hall51L77-68
3/7@Villanova33L91-78
3/11(N)Marquette84W89-87
3/12(N)Connecticut11L93-68