NCAA Tournament March Madness

#11 Houston

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Projected seed: 3

Houston’s resume is built on a string of impressive neutral-site victories over Auburn, Syracuse, Notre Dame, Florida State, and Arkansas that show the team can win in tournament-like environments, and that body of work is reinforced by a true road victory at Cincinnati and a defense that has carried them through those marquee games. The blemish from the neutral loss to Tennessee is an obvious counterpoint and the procession of comfortable home wins over lower-level foes does little to move the needle, so the remaining conference slate matters a great deal — home tests against Texas Tech and Baylor, trips to Baylor, BYU, Kansas and Iowa State, plus meetings with Arizona and others are clear opportunities to add statement road or neutral wins or to expose weaknesses on the road. Overall, the profile balances quality signature wins with a notable bad result and a schedule ahead that will determine whether those big wins hold up under tougher conference scrutiny.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3Lehigh325W75-57
11/8Towson172W65-48
11/12Oakland132W78-45
11/16(N)Auburn34W73-72
11/20Rider350W91-45
11/24(N)Syracuse83W78-74
11/25(N)Tennessee16L76-73
11/26(N)Notre Dame58W66-56
12/6(N)Florida St104W82-67
12/10Jackson St344W80-38
12/13New Orleans221W99-57
12/20(N)Arkansas23W94-85
12/29MTSU123W69-60
1/3@Cincinnati65W67-60
1/6Texas Tech2071%
1/10@Baylor3358%
1/13West Virginia7190%
1/18Arizona St8491%
1/24@Texas Tech2050%
1/28@TCU5369%
1/31Cincinnati6589%
2/4UCF4382%
2/7@BYU1037%
2/10@Utah12889%
2/14Kansas St7390%
2/16@Iowa St324%
2/21Arizona244%
2/23@Kansas1847%
2/28Colorado8191%
3/4Baylor3378%
3/7@Oklahoma St6775%