NCAA Tournament March Madness
#8 Houston
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Projected seed: 3
Houston’s resume is anchored by impressive neutral-site wins over Auburn, Syracuse, and Notre Dame and a gutsy neutral loss to Tennessee that showed they can hang with elite opponents. Those signature results sit alongside blowouts of lesser nonconference foes but the committee will weigh road and neutral performance more heavily, and the league slate includes big road tests at BYU, Utah, Kansas, and Iowa State along with home dates against Arizona and pivotal games with Baylor and Texas Tech that are clear chances to vault upward or expose shortcomings. A lockdown defensive identity that keeps games within reach explains why the team sits where it does despite the Tennessee blemish and why the remainder of the schedule is so consequential.
| Date | Opponent | Ranking | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11/3 | Lehigh | 297 | W75-57 |
| 11/8 | Towson | 131 | W65-48 |
| 11/12 | Oakland | 144 | W78-45 |
| 11/16 | (N)Auburn | 20 | W73-72 |
| 11/20 | Rider | 340 | W91-45 |
| 11/24 | (N)Syracuse | 65 | W78-74 |
| 11/25 | (N)Tennessee | 15 | L76-73 |
| 11/26 | (N)Notre Dame | 63 | W66-56 |
| 12/6 | (N)Florida St | 93 | 90% |
| 12/10 | Jackson St | 319 | 100% |
| 12/13 | New Orleans | 190 | 99% |
| 12/20 | (N)Arkansas | 31 | 70% |
| 12/29 | MTSU | 140 | 97% |
| 1/3 | @Cincinnati | 74 | 77% |
| 1/6 | Texas Tech | 30 | 79% |
| 1/10 | @Baylor | 29 | 59% |
| 1/13 | West Virginia | 69 | 89% |
| 1/18 | Arizona St | 82 | 92% |
| 1/24 | @Texas Tech | 30 | 59% |
| 1/28 | @TCU | 52 | 71% |
| 1/31 | Cincinnati | 74 | 91% |
| 2/4 | UCF | 58 | 88% |
| 2/7 | @BYU | 10 | 40% |
| 2/10 | @Utah | 120 | 89% |
| 2/14 | Kansas St | 76 | 91% |
| 2/16 | @Iowa St | 5 | 34% |
| 2/21 | Arizona | 9 | 61% |
| 2/23 | @Kansas | 18 | 54% |
| 2/28 | Colorado | 68 | 89% |
| 3/4 | Baylor | 29 | 78% |
| 3/7 | @Oklahoma St | 50 | 70% |