NCAA Tournament March Madness

#41 SMU

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Projected seed: 6

SMU's résumé pairs a handful of eye-catching nonconference wins with a couple of ugly defeats, a mix that looks solid to the selection committee but not bulletproof. Signature victories over Butler and Murray State, a road triumph at Mississippi State and a neutral-site win over Texas A&M show the staff can beat quality opponents away from home. The lopsided loss at Vanderbilt and the neutral setback to LSU are clear blemishes that raise questions about consistency and defensive steadiness. A congested Atlantic Coast schedule that includes a winnable date with CS Fullerton, a home test against North Carolina and road trips to Duke, Clemson and Louisville alongside other league matchups gives SMU plenty of chances to erase the bad results or compound them, so how they perform in those games will determine whether the résumé looks like it belongs among the solid tournament entries.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3Tarleton St168W96-76
11/6TAM C. Christi215W69-58
11/11Murray St95W102-91
11/15Butler48W87-85
11/18Ark Pine Bluff343W106-60
11/21Arkansas St133W100-69
11/24Radford242W89-72
11/28@Mississippi St81W87-81
12/3@Vanderbilt7L88-69
12/7(N)Texas A&M50W93-80
12/13(N)LSU37L89-77
12/21Cent Arkansas237W99-82
12/28CS Fullerton232W110-63
1/3North Carolina2252%
1/7@Clemson3537%
1/10@Duke916%
1/14Virginia Tech6273%
1/17Virginia2654%
1/20@Wake Forest6152%
1/24Florida St10985%
1/31@Louisville1119%
2/3NC State2453%
2/7@Pittsburgh9361%
2/10Notre Dame5872%
2/14@Syracuse8057%
2/17Louisville1138%
2/21Boston College15592%
2/25@California7555%
2/28@Stanford9461%
3/4Miami FL3860%
3/7@Florida St10969%