NCAA Tournament March Madness

#33 Texas

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Projected seed: 11

Texas projects near the cutline because its resume mixes explosive offensive performances and a few signature road wins with a string of damaging defeats that expose defensive inconsistency, and that balance is exactly what committees weigh. The Longhorns have shown they can score in bunches and win tough games away from home at places like Alabama, Missouri and Oklahoma and they also grabbed a neutral-site victory over NC State, yet they have taken heavy losses at Connecticut and at Arkansas and suffered settled defeats at home to Virginia and Florida and on a neutral floor to Duke that leave lingering questions. A narrow neutral loss to Arizona State and a home loss to Mississippi State underline the team’s unpredictability against worthy opponents, so the schedule quality helps but the ugly results offset some of those gains. The remaining home date with Oklahoma gives Texas a clear chance to convert a resume-building win into a more comfortable standing before the conference tournament.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/4(N)Duke1L75-60
11/8Lafayette327W97-60
11/12F Dickinson336W93-58
11/15Missouri KC358W71-55
11/18Rider357W99-65
11/24(N)Arizona St58L87-86
11/26(N)NC State35W102-97
12/3Virginia19L88-69
12/8Southern Univ277W95-69
12/12@Connecticut9L71-63
12/16Le Moyne296W95-53
12/22MD E Shore346W94-71
1/3Mississippi St99L101-98
1/6@Tennessee13L85-71
1/10@Alabama18W92-88
1/14Vanderbilt15W80-64
1/17Texas A&M37L74-70
1/21@Kentucky26L85-80
1/24Georgia31W87-67
1/28@Auburn40L88-82
1/31@Oklahoma47W79-69
2/3South Carolina98W84-75
2/7Mississippi78W79-68
2/14@Missouri51W85-68
2/17LSU62W88-85
2/21@Georgia31L91-80
2/25Florida4L84-71
2/28@Texas A&M37W76-70
3/4@Arkansas16L105-85
3/7Oklahoma4771%