NCAA Tournament March Madness

#97 Xavier

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Projection: likely out

Xavier’s résumé is a tale of promising moments undermined by too many damaging setbacks, and that imbalance is what keeps it on the wrong side of the bubble. The resumé boasts a big neutral-site win over West Virginia, a gritty road victory at Georgetown and resume-building home wins over Cincinnati, Providence and Butler that show the staff can beat quality opponents, but a crushing home loss to Creighton and lopsided trips to Connecticut and Iowa combined with a string of road defeats, including losses at Villanova and Seton Hall, create the kind of bad results selection committees punish. Close losses at Marquette and at Creighton speak to competitiveness but do little to erase the blowouts, and with few clear signature opportunities left the good wins are simply outweighed by the bad losses and the lack of consistent success away from home.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3Marist203W66-62
11/6Le Moyne297W74-69
11/10Santa Clara37L87-68
11/14@Iowa24L81-62
11/18Old Dominion248W99-69
11/21(N)Georgia31L78-77
11/23(N)West Virginia57W78-68
11/28TAM C. Christi180W88-67
12/1St Francis PA354W96-74
12/5Cincinnati42W79-74
12/12Missouri St215W75-57
12/17Creighton75L98-57
12/20@Georgetown87W80-77
12/31Connecticut11L90-67
1/3@DePaul102L86-77
1/7@Marquette86L66-65
1/10Providence73W97-84
1/14Butler82W89-75
1/21@Creighton75L94-93
1/24St John's21L88-83
1/28@Seton Hall51L86-68
1/31DePaul102W68-66
2/3@Connecticut11L92-60
2/9@St John's21L87-82
2/14Marquette86W96-88
2/17Villanova32L92-89
2/21@Butler82L80-75
2/25@Providence73L94-84
2/28Georgetown87W91-84
3/3Seton Hall51L77-68
3/7@Villanova32L91-78
3/11(N)Marquette8645%