NCAA Tournament March Madness

#21 Texas Tech

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Projected seed: 5

Texas Tech’s resume reads like a team with high-end upside tempered by glaring setbacks; the neutral victories over Duke and LSU are the kind of signature wins committees prize and the win over Wake Forest at a neutral site adds depth, yet the neutral blowout loss to Purdue and the road setback at Illinois are damaging blemishes that expose defensive inconsistency. Dominant home wins over lesser opponents have padded the ledger but do little to offset the losses that mattered most, and Texas Tech’s offense has shown it can put up big numbers in games such as the shootout with Northern Colorado and the win over Wyoming while the defense has struggled to hold elite opponents. The rest of the Big Twelve schedule gives Texas Tech clear chances to prove itself away from home and on neutral floors against quality opponents including trips to Houston and Arizona and marquee matchups against BYU and Kansas, so performance in those spots will ultimately determine whether the resume feels tournament-dogged or tournament-ready.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/4Lindenwood234W98-60
11/7Sam Houston St117W98-77
11/11@Illinois9L81-77
11/14WI Milwaukee205W80-63
11/20(N)Wake Forest59W84-83
11/21(N)Purdue4L86-56
11/26New Orleans190W82-50
11/30Wyoming97W76-72
12/7(N)LSU38W82-58
12/13(N)Arkansas27L93-86
12/16N Colorado150W101-90
12/20(N)Duke6W82-81
12/28Winthrop129W87-57
1/3Oklahoma St6181%
1/6@Houston1228%
1/10@Colorado8570%
1/14Utah12493%
1/17BYU1048%
1/20@Baylor3044%
1/24Houston1249%
1/31@UCF4555%
2/2Kansas1755%
2/8@West Virginia6565%
2/11Colorado8586%
2/14@Arizona216%
2/17@Arizona St7768%
2/21Kansas St7484%
2/24Cincinnati6282%
2/28@Iowa St317%
3/3TCU5479%
3/7@BYU1027%