NCAA Tournament March Madness

#52 TCU

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Projection: next four out

TCU sits on the outside looking in because its stout defense and signature neutral-site wins over Florida and Wisconsin plus a home victory over Baylor are offset by damaging defeats and a soft supporting résumé. A tight game with Michigan and competitive trips at Arizona and at Kansas show the team can hang with top opponents but losses at Kansas, at BYU, at Utah and a surprising nonconference loss to New Orleans undercut that case, while many other wins came against low-profile foes like St Francis PA, Lamar, Incarnate Word and Jackson State and therefore do little to move the needle. With critical chances coming up at home against Baylor and Houston and on the road at Kansas State, Texas Tech and Oklahoma State plus a trip to UCF, TCU can still alter its standing but will need meaningful wins away from Fort Worth to flip the narrative.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3New Orleans215L78-74
11/6St Francis PA357W104-63
11/10Lamar220W78-65
11/14Michigan1L67-63
11/19Missouri KC346W81-45
11/27(N)Florida10W84-80
11/28(N)Wisconsin40W74-63
12/5Notre Dame81L87-85
12/7@North Texas133W65-55
12/15Incarnate Word237W69-65
12/18Oral Roberts310W72-53
12/21Florida A&M312W80-56
12/29Jackson St332W115-64
1/3Baylor48W69-63
1/6@Kansas17L104-100
1/10Arizona2L86-73
1/14@BYU14L76-70
1/17@Utah114L82-79
1/20Oklahoma St67W68-65
1/24@Baylor4837%
1/28Houston423%
2/1@Colorado7849%
2/7Kansas St8472%
2/10Iowa St524%
2/14@Oklahoma St6746%
2/17@UCF4636%
2/21West Virginia5763%
2/24Arizona St9275%
2/28@Kansas St8451%
3/3@Texas Tech1918%
3/7Cincinnati5462%