NCAA Tournament March Madness

#6 Houston

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Projected seed: 3

Houston’s resume is built around a lockdown defense and a string of signature results away from home and on neutral courts, with road wins at Baylor and Cincinnati and neutral-site victories over Auburn, Syracuse, Notre Dame, Florida State and Arkansas; those headliner wins offset a schedule padded with dominant victories over lesser foes while leaving a couple of blemishes, most notably a close neutral loss to Tennessee and a road setback at Texas Tech. With upcoming chances at BYU, at Iowa State, at Kansas and a marquee matchup with Arizona, the remaining slate offers clear opportunities to add resume-enhancing wins, and the mix of elite defensive identity, proven success in hostile environments and isolated damaging losses is precisely what places Houston in a high seed range.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3Lehigh305W75-57
11/8Towson168W65-48
11/12Oakland121W78-45
11/16(N)Auburn26W73-72
11/20Rider355W91-45
11/24(N)Syracuse77W78-74
11/25(N)Tennessee21L76-73
11/26(N)Notre Dame79W66-56
12/6(N)Florida St101W82-67
12/10Jackson St339W80-38
12/13New Orleans202W99-57
12/20(N)Arkansas22W94-85
12/29MTSU147W69-60
1/3@Cincinnati56W67-60
1/6Texas Tech18W69-65
1/10@Baylor52W77-55
1/13West Virginia58W77-48
1/18Arizona St78W103-73
1/24@Texas Tech18L90-86
1/28@TCU51W79-70
1/31Cincinnati5692%
2/4UCF4588%
2/7@BYU1550%
2/10@Utah11491%
2/14Kansas St8695%
2/16@Iowa St539%
2/21Arizona148%
2/23@Kansas1449%
2/28Colorado8094%
3/4Baylor5291%
3/7@Oklahoma St7282%