NCAA Tournament March Madness

#63 Tulsa

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Projection: likely out

Tulsa’s résumé reads like a high-octane offense that collected a lot of wins against midlevel opponents but never landed a clear signature victory to convince a committee, and that imbalance is why it sits outside the field. The season had encouraging moments — gritty road wins at Wichita State and at UAB, a neutral-site triumph over Northern Iowa, and a come-from-behind push at Kansas State — but those highlights are undermined by damaging results such as losses at South Florida, a home setback to UAB, and the neutral-site loss to Wichita State that closed its window in the league tournament. Scoring has rarely been the issue, but defensive lapses turned several winnable games into résumé-killing losses, and with the conference exit removing the most realistic path to a marquee win Tulsa’s profile lacks the needed upside to move onto the right side of the bubble.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/7(N)Rhode Island135W82-65
11/12@Oral Roberts309W88-87
11/17@Kansas St101L84-83
11/21Austin Peay173W84-75
11/25(N)San Jose St225W81-51
11/26(N)Northern Iowa72W63-60
12/6Missouri St206W98-74
12/10Ark Pine Bluff314W117-84
12/13(N)New Mexico St184W83-70
12/19@WKU170W82-81
12/22Denver234W90-85
12/31Rice226W97-48
1/4@North Texas136L72-67
1/10South Florida47L93-78
1/14@Charlotte183W86-74
1/18@UAB127W99-77
1/21Memphis134W83-66
1/24@Rice226W87-81
1/28North Texas136W82-66
2/1Wichita St82W93-83
2/4@FL Atlantic129W78-76
2/8@South Florida47L80-74
2/11UAB127L68-63
2/14@Wichita St82L81-77
2/18Charlotte183W79-74
2/22UT San Antonio340W100-74
2/25@Tulane211W90-56
3/5@East Carolina254W93-66
3/8Temple165W78-76
3/13(N)North Texas136W90-84
3/14(N)Wichita St82L81-68