NCAA Tournament March Madness

#142 North Texas

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

North Texas has flashes that matter but lacks a résumé that convinces a committee of an at-large bid. The home win over Memphis and gritty road victories at South Alabama and Tulane show they can win in uncomfortable places while a stout defense keeps them in games, yet the season is marred by a lop-sided loss at St Mary’s and damaging road defeats at Wichita State, Rice and Memphis that expose offensive inconsistency and leave too many bad dates for voters to ignore. Nonconference play delivered steady home results and a competitive trip to Oregon State but no neutral-site signature to flip opinion, so the remaining slate — a road test at Temple, home games with Tulane and Florida Atlantic, trips to Charlotte and UAB and a return meeting with Rice — are urgent chances to erase those blemishes and build a case. If they fail to seize those opportunities the clearest path to the NCAA field runs through winning the conference tournament.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/6Northwestern LA283W80-53
11/9(N)Loyola-Chicago314W64-62
11/12@Oregon St177L66-64
11/14@St Mary's CA32L80-49
11/20Cent Arkansas163W74-56
11/25E Washington196W79-71
11/30Prairie View325W72-69
12/2Houston Chr296W77-75
12/7TCU51L65-55
12/14@South Alabama194W58-57
12/17(N)Santa Clara39L63-60
12/31@Memphis99L57-48
1/4Tulsa60W72-67
1/7South Florida59L74-70
1/11@Wichita St94L78-67
1/18@Tulane191W71-63
1/21UT San Antonio348W81-62
1/23East Carolina261L63-59
1/28@Tulsa60L82-66
1/31UAB120L72-68
2/4@Rice230L86-83
2/7@UT San Antonio348W81-58
2/12Memphis99W76-69
2/15@Temple15542%
2/18Tulane19171%
2/22FL Atlantic11555%
2/25@Charlotte17647%
3/1@UAB12034%
3/4Rice23078%