NCAA Tournament March Madness

#17 Texas Tech

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Projected seed: 4

Texas Tech’s résumé is built on a handful of high-value wins and undermined by a few damaging losses. The profile includes a neutral-site upset of Duke and marquee victories over Houston plus road wins at Baylor, Colorado and West Virginia that show the team can win away from home. Those signature moments are tempered by a lopsided neutral loss to Purdue and damaging setbacks at Illinois and UCF along with the defeat to Kansas that undercuts consistency. The remaining slate opens with a brutal trip to Arizona and features another true road chance at Iowa State but also presents winnable opportunities at Arizona State, Kansas State, Cincinnati and on the road at BYU that could cement the picture. Taken together this is a club with top-level scalps and enough durability to be headed for the field while carrying some red flags the committee will weigh.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/4Lindenwood254W98-60
11/7Sam Houston St110W98-77
11/11@Illinois6L81-77
11/14WI Milwaukee268W80-63
11/20(N)Wake Forest72W84-83
11/21(N)Purdue8L86-56
11/26New Orleans209W82-50
11/30Wyoming104W76-72
12/7(N)LSU55W82-58
12/13(N)Arkansas18L93-86
12/16N Colorado149W101-90
12/20(N)Duke3W82-81
12/28Winthrop132W87-57
1/3Oklahoma St62W102-80
1/6@Houston4L69-65
1/10@Colorado74W73-71
1/14Utah128W88-74
1/17BYU22W84-71
1/20@Baylor44W92-73
1/24Houston4W90-86
1/31@UCF49L88-80
2/2Kansas14L64-61
2/8@West Virginia59W70-63
2/11Colorado74W78-44
2/14@Arizona217%
2/17@Arizona St7173%
2/21Kansas St10193%
2/24Cincinnati5283%
2/28@Iowa St725%
3/3TCU5183%
3/7@BYU2243%