NCAA Tournament March Madness

#87 SF Austin

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Projection: likely out

SF Austin’s profile reads like a team that has dominated its league but lacks the signature wins that sway a selection committee. The best moments — a road victory at Rice, a solid nonconference win over Arkansas State and a resume-boosting road trip that included a win at New Orleans — show the team can compete away from home. The worst moments — a tight defeat at Fresno State and road losses at UT Arlington and at McNeese State — undermine any claim of road resilience and leave the nonconference résumé thin. With the remaining schedule offering only a handful of true resume-changing road tests at Nicholls State, at Incarnate Word and at UTRGV, the path to changing perceptions runs through wins in those venues because home victories will largely confirm what the résumé already says, and that combination explains why evaluators are likely to leave SF Austin on the outside looking in.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/7Arkansas St170W90-65
11/11@Rice237W81-69
11/14Abilene Chr262W76-66
11/18@Fresno St134L80-78
11/21@Pepperdine276W63-60
11/29@UT Arlington145L66-61
12/3UTRGV157W73-60
12/7ULM356W96-76
12/17TAM C. Christi201W69-60
12/29@East Texas A&M295W75-48
12/31@Northwestern LA278W74-64
1/3@SE Louisiana281W73-63
1/5@McNeese St71L66-64
1/10Houston Chr305W85-67
1/12Incarnate Word251W56-46
1/17@New Orleans197W84-79
1/19@Nicholls St243W79-62
1/24@Lamar193W88-81
1/27Northwestern LA278W69-67
1/31SE Louisiana281W85-58
2/2McNeese St71W67-60
2/7Lamar19384%
2/9East Texas A&M29594%
2/14@UTRGV15760%
2/16@TAM C. Christi20168%
2/21Nicholls St24389%
2/23New Orleans19784%
2/28@Houston Chr30586%
3/2@Incarnate Word25177%