NCAA Tournament March Madness

#37 Texas

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Projected seed: 11 (last four in)

Texas’s resume is built on high-octane offense and flashes of road and neutral-site grit but hamstrung by several damaging defeats, so its current placement is logical; the neutral victory over NC State and true road wins at Alabama, Oklahoma and Missouri show the team can travel and score in hostile environments, while the neutral loss to Duke and tough trips to Connecticut and Arkansas plus home setbacks to Florida and Virginia underline defensive holes and inconsistent play that selection committees penalize. The best moments prove the ceiling is real, the worst results create a level of resume volatility that prevents an easy nod, and the clearest way to change the picture is a strong showing in the SEC tournament where a couple of signature wins would neutralize the bad losses and demonstrate the team can win under pressure.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/4(N)Duke1L75-60
11/8Lafayette325W97-60
11/12F Dickinson336W93-58
11/15Missouri KC358W71-55
11/18Rider357W99-65
11/24(N)Arizona St67L87-86
11/26(N)NC State34W102-97
12/3Virginia13L88-69
12/8Southern Univ279W95-69
12/12@Connecticut11L71-63
12/16Le Moyne299W95-53
12/22MD E Shore350W94-71
1/3Mississippi St100L101-98
1/6@Tennessee16L85-71
1/10@Alabama18W92-88
1/14Vanderbilt12W80-64
1/17Texas A&M39L74-70
1/21@Kentucky28L85-80
1/24Georgia32W87-67
1/28@Auburn38L88-82
1/31@Oklahoma40W79-69
2/3South Carolina95W84-75
2/7Mississippi65W79-68
2/14@Missouri52W85-68
2/17LSU60W88-85
2/21@Georgia32L91-80
2/25Florida4L84-71
2/28@Texas A&M39W76-70
3/4@Arkansas15L105-85
3/7Oklahoma40L88-85
3/11(N)Mississippi65L76-66