NCAA Tournament March Madness

#33 Texas A&M

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Projected seed: 8

Texas A&M’s résumé reads like a mid-range tournament seed because it has marquee wins away from home and on a neutral floor while also carrying some blemishes that limit upside. The neutral win over Florida State and road victories at Auburn, Texas and Pittsburgh demonstrate the team can beat quality opponents outside its building, but a lopsided setback at Oklahoma State, damaging home defeats such as the loss to UCF and a neutral loss to SMU expose inconsistency. Tight road defeats at Tennessee and Alabama show the Aggies are competitive in hostile environments yet not locking down close games, and the remaining schedule offers clear chances to improve or to do further damage with home tilts against Missouri, Mississippi and Kentucky and road tests at Vanderbilt, Oklahoma, Arkansas and LSU that will ultimately decide whether this résumé moves up the bracket or wanders toward the bubble.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3Northwestern LA283W98-68
11/6TX Southern311W104-70
11/9@Oklahoma St58L87-63
11/14UCF49L86-74
11/18Montana159W86-81
11/21Manhattan332W109-68
11/25MS Valley St365W120-84
11/28(N)Florida St93W95-59
12/2@Pittsburgh107W81-73
12/7(N)SMU36L93-80
12/14Jacksonville305W112-75
12/21East Texas A&M274W118-77
12/29Prairie View323W111-82
1/3LSU51W75-72
1/6@Auburn30W90-88
1/10Oklahoma60W83-76
1/13@Tennessee17L87-82
1/17@Texas34W74-70
1/21Mississippi St86W88-68
1/24South Carolina97W92-69
1/31@Georgia37W92-77
2/4@Alabama19L100-97
2/7Florida7L86-67
2/11Missouri5274%
2/14@Vanderbilt1425%
2/18Mississippi6880%
2/21@Oklahoma6059%
2/24@Arkansas2331%
2/25@Arkansas2331%
2/28Texas3462%
3/3Kentucky3159%
3/7@LSU5153%