NCAA Tournament March Madness

#46 VCU

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Projection: likely out

VCU looks like it will be on the outside because its résumé mixes signature moments with damaging setbacks in a way a committee tends to punish: the neutral-site win over Virginia Tech and road victories at Davidson, Rhode Island, and Duquesne show the Rams can win tough games away from home, and the neutral win over South Florida helps the nonconference profile, but those positives are offset by a home loss to St. Louis, a neutral loss to Vanderbilt, and a poor showing at NC State that make the bad losses stand out; the remaining schedule hands VCU multiple clear chances to repair the résumé, including home opportunities against Loyola-Chicago and Fordham and a road trip back to St. Louis that would erase the stigma of the earlier defeat, yet without taking advantage of those chances the cumulative effect of the ugly losses keeps the team outside the conversation.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3Wagner323W103-74
11/7(N)Utah St30L80-77
11/12St Peter's238W78-61
11/17@NC State24L85-79
11/22Coppin St364W101-58
11/26(N)South Florida69W78-66
11/27(N)Vanderbilt12L89-74
11/28(N)Virginia Tech55W86-68
12/5Samford249W83-57
12/10New Mexico42L81-78
12/15Niagara350W84-58
12/18American Univ221W105-83
12/22Rider355W100-79
12/31St Bonaventure146W89-82
1/3@Duquesne135W93-80
1/7St Louis25L71-62
1/10@George Mason76L86-80
1/14@Rhode Island103W84-75
1/19St Joseph's PA157W79-72
1/24@Davidson132W75-69
1/27Richmond116W77-69
1/30Loyola-Chicago31899%
2/3@Fordham20083%
2/6Dayton8576%
2/11@La Salle22285%
2/14@Richmond11667%
2/17G Washington6469%
2/20@St Louis2526%
2/28Fordham20093%
3/3George Mason7673%
3/6@Dayton8556%