NCAA Tournament March Madness

#25 Arkansas

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Projected seed: 5

Arkansas's résumé is built around an eye-catching home win over Louisville and a string of dominant offensive nights that show it can blow teams out, while a gritty, close road game at Michigan State proved it can hang on the road even though it came up short; the neutral blemish against Duke tempers the shine because that result is the program's most revealing test against elite competition. What helps the team is a steady crop of comfortable nonconference victories and a handful of winnable conference dates at home, but what keeps the profile from leaping is a scarcity of signature road victories and a couple of tightly contested games that could have swung the other way. Upcoming neutral dates with Texas Tech and Houston and head-to-heads with Tennessee, Kentucky, Auburn and Texas are the clearest pathways to vaulting up the bracket picture or, alternatively, risking more damage with losses away from Bud Walton. Committees will credit the quality of the Louisville win and the competitive showing at Michigan State, while headline losses on neutral floors mean Arkansas still needs a couple of marquee outcomes to fully solidify its standing.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3Southern Univ211W109-77
11/8@Michigan St12L69-66
11/11Cent Arkansas245W93-56
11/14Samford249W79-75
11/18Winthrop111W84-83
11/21Jackson St327W115-61
11/27(N)Duke4L80-71
12/3Louisville10W89-80
12/6Fresno St171W82-58
12/13(N)Texas Tech23W93-86
12/16Queens NC19797%
12/20(N)Houston834%
12/28James Madison19396%
12/29James Madison19396%
1/3Tennessee1857%
1/7@Mississippi5657%
1/10@Auburn2942%
1/14South Carolina8986%
1/17@Georgia2238%
1/20Vanderbilt1146%
1/24LSU3366%
1/27@Oklahoma4752%
1/31Kentucky1958%
2/7@Mississippi St8165%
2/10@LSU3344%
2/14Auburn2964%
2/17@Alabama1531%
2/21Missouri5274%
2/24Texas A&M5375%
2/25Texas A&M5375%
2/28@Florida1428%
3/3Texas4973%
3/4Texas4973%
3/7@Missouri5254%