NCAA Tournament March Madness

#18 Arkansas

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Projected seed: 5

Arkansas projects as a high seed because its résumé mixes genuine marquee wins away from home and at neutral sites with resume-building home victories, showing an offense that can overwhelm quality opponents while still leaving questions on the defensive end. Road wins at Oklahoma and a neutral-site victory over Texas Tech sit alongside home wins over Texas and Louisville as proof the Razorbacks can beat top opponents in hostile settings, but damaging road blowouts at Florida and Alabama and road setbacks at Auburn and Georgia plus neutral-site losses to Duke and Houston expose an inconsistency that keeps them from vaulting into the very top tier. The best moments give committee voters confidence in Arkansas' ceiling, the worst moments are the kind of bad losses that could shave a line if repeated, and the remaining late-season and postseason neutral-site opportunities are where Arkansas can either cement this placement or give the committee reason to move them.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3Southern Univ279W109-77
11/8@Michigan St9L69-66
11/11Cent Arkansas151W93-56
11/14Samford215W79-75
11/18Winthrop154W84-83
11/21Jackson St341W115-61
11/27(N)Duke1L80-71
12/3Louisville19W89-80
12/6Fresno St132W82-58
12/13(N)Texas Tech20W93-86
12/16Queens NC181W108-80
12/20(N)Houston5L94-85
12/29James Madison214W103-74
1/3Tennessee15W86-75
1/7@Mississippi65W94-87
1/10@Auburn38L95-73
1/14South Carolina95W108-74
1/17@Georgia32L90-76
1/20Vanderbilt11W93-68
1/24LSU60W85-81
1/27@Oklahoma40W83-79
1/31Kentucky28L85-77
2/7@Mississippi St100W88-68
2/10@LSU60W91-62
2/14Auburn38W88-75
2/18@Alabama17L117-115
2/21Missouri52W94-86
2/25Texas A&M39W99-84
2/28@Florida4L111-77
3/4Texas37W105-85
3/7@Missouri52W88-84
3/13(N)Oklahoma40W82-79
3/14(N)Mississippi65W93-90