NCAA Tournament March Madness

#19 Texas Tech

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Projected seed: 3

Texas Tech projects as a high seed because its résumé pairs statement neutral-court wins over Duke and LSU with a résumé-enhancing road victory at Baylor and strong home performances like the BYU win, showing the program can beat quality opponents in hostile settings. The profile is marred by a lopsided neutral loss to Purdue and a high-scoring defeat to Arkansas that raise questions about consistency, though tight losses at Illinois and at Houston indicate the team can compete with elite rivals. The defense has held up in most of the league slate and the offense has produced in signature games, but true road tests coming up at Arizona and at BYU along with pivotal home matchups against conference heavyweights give Texas Tech clear opportunities to convert close contests into resume-defining wins and blunt the impact of the poor neutral outing. That combination of top-tier wins, a couple of damaging setbacks, and multiple chances to improve explains why the team sits in the upper tier of the bracket.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/4Lindenwood246W98-60
11/7Sam Houston St110W98-77
11/11@Illinois8L81-77
11/14WI Milwaukee249W80-63
11/20(N)Wake Forest70W84-83
11/21(N)Purdue6L86-56
11/26New Orleans215W82-50
11/30Wyoming102W76-72
12/7(N)LSU42W82-58
12/13(N)Arkansas21L93-86
12/16N Colorado175W101-90
12/20(N)Duke3W82-81
12/28Winthrop126W87-57
1/3Oklahoma St67W102-80
1/6@Houston4L69-65
1/10@Colorado78W73-71
1/14Utah114W88-74
1/17BYU14W84-71
1/20@Baylor48W92-73
1/24Houston446%
1/31@UCF4661%
2/2Kansas1761%
2/8@West Virginia5766%
2/11Colorado7888%
2/14@Arizona219%
2/17@Arizona St9277%
2/21Kansas St8489%
2/24Cincinnati5483%
2/28@Iowa St526%
3/3TCU5282%
3/7@BYU1436%