NCAA Tournament March Madness

#20 Texas Tech

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Projected seed: 5

Texas Tech’s résumé fits that projection because it combines eye-catching victories away from home and on neutral courts with a handful of damaging setbacks that keep the committee cautious. The neutral win over Duke and the road victory at Arizona show the team can beat top-tier opponents in the spots that matter, and the head-to-head win over Houston plus a road victory at Iowa State add tangible quality inside a rugged league slate. Those signature moments are balanced by a couple of brutal showing at a neutral site against Purdue and a lopsided home loss to Iowa State, along with poor results at Illinois and UCF that stand out as worrisome blemishes. Given the strength of the teams Tech has beaten, the inconsistency in hostile environments tempers the upside and leaves only a narrow margin to change perception with the limited opportunities that remain.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/4Lindenwood267W98-60
11/7Sam Houston St111W98-77
11/11@Illinois7L81-77
11/14WI Milwaukee268W80-63
11/20(N)Wake Forest74W84-83
11/21(N)Purdue8L86-56
11/26New Orleans193W82-50
11/30Wyoming98W76-72
12/7(N)LSU60W82-58
12/13(N)Arkansas15L93-86
12/16N Colorado141W101-90
12/20(N)Duke1W82-81
12/28Winthrop155W87-57
1/3Oklahoma St66W102-80
1/6@Houston5L69-65
1/10@Colorado70W73-71
1/14Utah126W88-74
1/17BYU23W84-71
1/20@Baylor49W92-73
1/24Houston5W90-86
1/31@UCF54L88-80
2/2Kansas21L64-61
2/8@West Virginia59W70-63
2/11Colorado70W78-44
2/14@Arizona2W78-75
2/17@Arizona St67L72-67
2/21Kansas St101W100-72
2/24Cincinnati44W80-68
2/28@Iowa St6W82-73
3/3TCU43L73-65
3/7@BYU23L82-76
3/12(N)Iowa St6L75-53