NCAA Tournament March Madness

#138 North Texas

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

North Texas’s profile is defined by a defensive identity that has kept them in even the tougher matchups and produced a string of home victories, but the résumé lacks a true signature win and contains damaging results such as a lopsided road loss at St. Mary’s and a home setback to TCU. A tight defeat at Oregon State showed they can compete away from home, yet most of the meaningful wins have come against lesser opponents and do little to silence questions about the offense. The remaining schedule hands them clear chances to flip the script with road tests at Memphis, Wichita State and Temple plus a home date with UAB, and those outings will be decisive for how the resume is viewed. Until a quality road or neutral victory materializes, the combination of stout defense, modest offensive output and a couple of ugly losses explains why evaluators are treating their standing with caution.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/6Northwestern LA300W80-53
11/9(N)Loyola-Chicago291W64-62
11/12@Oregon St180L66-64
11/14@St Mary's CA32L80-49
11/20Cent Arkansas261W74-56
11/25E Washington240W79-71
11/30Prairie View302W72-69
12/2Houston Chr269W77-75
12/7TCU58L65-55
12/14@South Alabama17249%
12/17(N)Santa Clara6626%
12/31@Memphis6417%
1/4Tulsa8041%
1/7South Florida8444%
1/11@Wichita St8925%
1/18@Tulane18752%
1/21UT San Antonio27384%
1/24East Carolina29386%
1/28@Tulsa8022%
1/31UAB10451%
2/4@Rice21557%
2/7UT San Antonio27384%
2/12Memphis6435%
2/15@Temple16347%
2/18Tulane18773%
2/22FL Atlantic11855%
2/25@Charlotte20254%
3/1@UAB10430%
3/4Rice21577%