NCAA Tournament March Madness Bubble Watch: North Texas

NCAA Tournament March Madness

#141 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
11/6	Northwestern LA	293	W80-53
11/9	(N)Loyola-Chicago	298	W64-62
11/12	@Oregon St	165	L66-64
11/14	@St Mary's CA	33	L80-49
11/20	Cent Arkansas	234	W74-56
11/25	E Washington	258	W79-71
11/30	Prairie View	300	W72-69
12/2	Houston Chr	286	W77-75
12/7	TCU	56	L65-55
12/14	@South Alabama	193	W58-57
12/17	(N)Santa Clara	80	L63-60
12/31	@Memphis	71	20%
1/4	Tulsa	82	41%
1/7	South Florida	86	42%
1/11	@Wichita St	94	25%
1/18	@Tulane	198	54%
1/21	UT San Antonio	284	85%
1/24	East Carolina	280	84%
1/28	@Tulsa	82	21%
1/31	UAB	106	50%
2/4	@Rice	235	61%
2/7	UT San Antonio	284	85%
2/12	Memphis	71	38%
2/15	@Temple	152	43%
2/18	Tulane	198	74%
2/22	FL Atlantic	112	52%
2/25	@Charlotte	186	51%
3/1	@UAB	106	29%
3/4	Rice	235	80%