NCAA Tournament March Madness

#71 Providence

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Projection: likely out

Providence’s resume reads like an offense-first profile with flashes that impress and blemishes that stick, because the Friars boast a gritty road victory at St John's and a statement home win over Creighton while posting comfortable nonconference wins, yet those positives are outweighed by damaging results such as the loss at Xavier, neutral-site setbacks to Florida and Wisconsin, and defeats to Connecticut at home and on the road that expose defensive inconsistency. Road form is uneven; the St John's win matters but struggles away from home at Xavier and Butler undercut résumé equity and the absence of a top-tier victory leaves the profile thin. The remaining schedule presents clear opportunities to reshape perceptions with trips to Villanova and Seton Hall plus key games at Creighton and a stretch of home dates that includes Butler, Xavier and Marquette, but Providence will need to win in hostile environments and erase the bad losses to move into comfortable tournament territory.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3Holy Cross328W89-79
11/8(N)Virginia Tech55L107-101
11/11Penn189W106-81
11/14@Colorado80L97-88
11/18New Hampshire315W98-66
11/22(N)Penn St125W77-65
11/27(N)Wisconsin41L104-83
11/28(N)Florida8L90-78
12/2F Dickinson342W94-64
12/6Rhode Island103W90-71
12/9Brown264W86-79
12/13@Butler60L113-110
12/19Seton Hall49L72-67
1/3@St John's20W77-71
1/7Connecticut13L103-98
1/10@Xavier89L97-84
1/13Villanova27L88-82
1/16Creighton65W93-88
1/19@Marquette110L105-104
1/24Georgetown93L81-78
1/27@Connecticut13L87-81
1/30@Villanova2720%
2/4Butler6059%
2/7DePaul10774%
2/11@Seton Hall4930%
2/14St John's2031%
2/21@DePaul10753%
2/24Xavier8970%
2/28@Creighton6537%
3/4Marquette11075%
3/7@Georgetown9348%