NCAA Tournament March Madness Bubble Watch: Seton Hall

NCAA Tournament March Madness

#49 Seton Hall

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Projected seed: 11 (last four in)

Seton Hall’s resume pairs high-end defensive performances and key wins away from home with a handful of damaging losses, which explains its precarious standing. The Pirates strengthened their case with a neutral-site victory over NC State and road wins at Kansas State, Marquette and Providence while beating Creighton at home, showing they can defend and close games outside their building. Those highs are offset by a tight neutral loss to USC and disappointing home setbacks to Villanova, Connecticut and Butler plus road defeats at St. John’s and DePaul, results that raise questions about consistency against quality opponents. With the defense keeping them competitive and a remaining slate that includes trips to Villanova, Creighton and Connecticut along with home chances against Marquette and Providence, the upcoming stretch gives clear opportunities to improve the resume or to slip further.

Date	Opponent	Ranking	Outcome
11/3	St Peter's	238	W77-50
11/7	Wagner	323	W68-61
11/10	Fairfield	268	W82-59
11/13	Monmouth NJ	198	W70-58
11/18	New Haven	338	W68-45
11/24	(N)NC State	24	W85-74
11/25	(N)USC	47	L83-81
11/26	(N)Washington St	140	W75-61
12/3	Central Conn	293	W77-61
12/6	@Kansas St	86	W78-67
12/13	Rutgers	155	W81-59
12/19	@Providence	71	W72-67
12/23	Villanova	27	L64-56
12/30	@Marquette	110	W79-73
1/4	Creighton	65	W56-54
1/10	@Georgetown	93	W76-67
1/13	Connecticut	13	L69-64
1/17	Butler	60	L77-66
1/20	@St John's	20	L65-60
1/24	@DePaul	107	L67-60
1/28	Xavier	89	W86-68
1/31	Marquette	110	82%
2/4	@Villanova	27	27%
2/7	@Creighton	65	47%
2/11	Providence	71	70%
2/15	@Butler	60	46%
2/18	DePaul	107	81%
2/21	Georgetown	93	78%
2/28	@Connecticut	13	15%
3/3	@Xavier	89	57%
3/6	St John's	20	39%