NCAA Tournament March Madness

#42 SMU

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Projection: first four out

SMU's résumé reads like classic bubble material because its season features bona fide highs — a neutral-court victory over Texas A&M, a home win over North Carolina and road successes at Mississippi State and Pittsburgh — that demonstrate it can beat power-conference opponents, but those moments are tempered by damaging losses at Duke and Vanderbilt, rough trips to California and Stanford and a string of tight and neutral-site setbacks against Syracuse, LSU and Louisville; that mix of signature scalps and bad trips, plus uneven play away from home, is why voters are cautious and why a strong finish in ACC play and a run through the conference's neutral-site games are the clearest paths to locking this team in.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3Tarleton St221W96-76
11/6TAM C. Christi174W69-58
11/11Murray St122W102-91
11/15Butler86W87-85
11/18Ark Pine Bluff314W106-60
11/21Arkansas St151W100-69
11/24Radford257W89-72
11/28@Mississippi St100W87-81
12/3@Vanderbilt12L88-69
12/7(N)Texas A&M39W93-80
12/13(N)LSU60L89-77
12/21Cent Arkansas153W99-82
12/28CS Fullerton168W110-63
1/3North Carolina29W97-83
1/7@Clemson36L74-70
1/10@Duke1L82-75
1/14Virginia Tech55W77-76
1/17Virginia13L72-68
1/20@Wake Forest74W91-79
1/24Florida St56W83-80
1/31@Louisville19L88-74
2/3NC State34L84-83
2/7@Pittsburgh94W86-67
2/10Notre Dame89W89-81
2/14@Syracuse83L79-78
2/17Louisville19W95-85
2/21Boston College156W94-70
2/25@California73L73-69
2/28@Stanford58L95-75
3/4Miami FL31L77-69
3/7@Florida St56L91-78
3/10(N)Syracuse83W86-69
3/11(N)Louisville19L62-58