NCAA Tournament March Madness

#43 TCU

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Projected seed: 10

The projection fits because TCU pairs eye-catching neutral-site wins over Florida and Wisconsin with resume-building road victories at Baylor, Oklahoma State, Kansas State and Texas Tech that prove it can win away from home, yet that resume is marred by damaging nonconference setbacks to Michigan and Arizona and ugly losses at Utah, Colorado and BYU that expose an offense that can stall despite a stout defense. Those signature wins show the team can beat quality opponents in hostile or neutral settings, while the bad losses and occasional lapses keep the committee cautious and push the Horned Frogs into the middle of the bracket conversation. Remaining chances in the Big Twelve grind and the conference postseason against familiar foes like Kansas and Baylor give TCU clear opportunities to replace swing results with résumé-enhancing wins.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3New Orleans193L78-74
11/6St Francis PA354W104-63
11/10Lamar237W78-65
11/14Michigan3L67-63
11/19Missouri KC358W81-45
11/27(N)Florida4W84-80
11/28(N)Wisconsin22W74-63
12/5Notre Dame89L87-85
12/7@North Texas136W65-55
12/15Incarnate Word266W69-65
12/18Oral Roberts309W72-53
12/21Florida A&M312W80-56
12/29Jackson St341W115-64
1/3Baylor49W69-63
1/6@Kansas21L104-100
1/10Arizona2L86-73
1/14@BYU23L76-70
1/17@Utah126L82-79
1/20Oklahoma St66W68-65
1/24@Baylor49W97-90
1/28Houston5L79-70
2/1@Colorado70L87-61
2/7Kansas St101W84-82
2/10Iowa St6W62-55
2/14@Oklahoma St66W95-92
2/17@UCF54L82-71
2/21West Virginia59W60-54
2/24Arizona St67W90-78
2/28@Kansas St101W77-68
3/3@Texas Tech20W73-65
3/7Cincinnati44W73-63
3/11(N)Oklahoma St66W95-88
3/12(N)Kansas21L78-73