NCAA Tournament March Madness

#22 Arkansas

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Projected seed: 5

Arkansas projects as a solid but not elite seed because its résumé pairs eye-catching neutral wins and a high-powered offense with several damaging away defeats. Neutral victories like the one over Texas Tech and the signature home win over Louisville along with a narrow road showing at Michigan State demonstrate the team can beat quality opponents, while lopsided losses at Auburn and at Georgia and neutral setbacks to Duke and Houston expose defensive inconsistency and true vulnerability away from home. Road success at Mississippi and a home win over Tennessee show the Razorbacks can respond, and a remaining slate that includes a trip to Oklahoma, road tests at Alabama and Florida and home dates against Kentucky, Texas and Texas A&M provides clear chances to improve or weaken this standing. The selection committee will balance those quality wins against the bad losses and treat Arkansas as a bracket team with upside if it closes strong but with little margin for further damaging results.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3Southern Univ258W109-77
11/8@Michigan St4L69-66
11/11Cent Arkansas196W93-56
11/14Samford253W79-75
11/18Winthrop122W84-83
11/21Jackson St340W115-61
11/27(N)Duke3L80-71
12/3Louisville18W89-80
12/6Fresno St138W82-58
12/13(N)Texas Tech17W93-86
12/16Queens NC176W108-80
12/20(N)Houston7L94-85
12/29James Madison229W103-74
1/3Tennessee20W86-75
1/7@Mississippi72W94-87
1/10@Auburn25L95-73
1/14South Carolina77W108-74
1/17@Georgia33L90-76
1/20Vanderbilt13W93-68
1/24LSU42W85-81
1/27@Oklahoma6566%
1/31Kentucky2867%
2/7@Mississippi St9576%
2/10@LSU4255%
2/14Auburn2567%
2/17@Alabama1938%
2/21Missouri5682%
2/24Texas A&M3170%
2/25Texas A&M3170%
2/28@Florida1128%
3/3Texas3671%
3/4Texas3671%
3/7@Missouri5664%