NCAA Tournament March Madness

#52 TCU

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Projection: first four out

TCU’s resume is built around eye-catching neutral wins over Florida and Wisconsin and a signature road victory at Baylor, and their best moments include a gritty win over Iowa State and a tight showing against Michigan that proved they can hang with elite teams. The profile is hurt by a blowout at Colorado and a string of road setbacks at Kansas, BYU and Utah that raise real questions about consistency away from Fort Worth. A stout defense has kept them competitive in marquee games and the remainder of the schedule — a trip to Kansas State and Texas Tech plus winnable dates with West Virginia, Arizona State and Cincinnati — gives clear opportunities to erase bad results and lock the résumé, so treating them as a bubble squad that still needs a couple of signature outcomes is the sensible call.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3New Orleans211L78-74
11/6St Francis PA356W104-63
11/10Lamar201W78-65
11/14Michigan1L67-63
11/19Missouri KC352W81-45
11/27(N)Florida5W84-80
11/28(N)Wisconsin30W74-63
12/5Notre Dame82L87-85
12/7@North Texas141W65-55
12/15Incarnate Word262W69-65
12/18Oral Roberts333W72-53
12/21Florida A&M330W80-56
12/29Jackson St341W115-64
1/3Baylor44W69-63
1/6@Kansas14L104-100
1/10Arizona2L86-73
1/14@BYU21L76-70
1/17@Utah125L82-79
1/20Oklahoma St62W68-65
1/24@Baylor44W97-90
1/28Houston4L79-70
2/1@Colorado79L87-61
2/7Kansas St105W84-82
2/10Iowa St7W62-55
2/14@Oklahoma St62W95-92
2/17@UCF4939%
2/21West Virginia5967%
2/24Arizona St7070%
2/28@Kansas St10560%
3/3@Texas Tech1717%
3/7Cincinnati5161%