NCAA Tournament March Madness

#137 North Texas

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

North Texas profiles as a defense-first club whose résumé is undercut by a lack of signature victories and a damaging road blowout at St. Mary’s. Their competitiveness in a tight trip to Oregon State and a neutral-site win over Loyola Chicago suggests they can hang with respectable opponents, yet losses to TCU and a narrow loss to Santa Clara keep them short on convincing top-tier scalps. Most of the wins have come against lesser mid-major programs, so quality résumé boosts are scarce, but the slate still presents meaningful chances to shift perception — a road date at Memphis, a home meeting with Memphis later, trips to Wichita State and Temple, plus critical conference tests at UAB and Tulane would all register strongly if taken away from home. Protecting the home court and seizing one of those résumé-enhancing opportunities is the clearest path to changing how they’re judged; until then the profile reads like a stout defensive team with modest wins and a few results that demand improvement.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/6Northwestern LA304W80-53
11/9(N)Loyola-Chicago297W64-62
11/12@Oregon St178L66-64
11/14@St Mary's CA32L80-49
11/20Cent Arkansas236W74-56
11/25E Washington260W79-71
11/30Prairie View299W72-69
12/2Houston Chr278W77-75
12/7TCU54L65-55
12/14@South Alabama192W58-57
12/17(N)Santa Clara60L63-60
12/31@Memphis6719%
1/4Tulsa8241%
1/7South Florida8442%
1/11@Wichita St9325%
1/18@Tulane19653%
1/21UT San Antonio28585%
1/24East Carolina27985%
1/28@Tulsa8222%
1/31UAB10751%
2/4@Rice23961%
2/7UT San Antonio28585%
2/12Memphis6738%
2/15@Temple14842%
2/18Tulane19674%
2/22FL Atlantic11153%
2/25@Charlotte19353%
3/1@UAB10729%
3/4Rice23980%