NCAA Tournament March Madness

#61 Oklahoma

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Projection: likely out

Oklahoma’s profile reads like a team that can beat good opponents on a neutral floor but struggles to prove it consistently away from home, and that mix explains why it’s on the outside looking in. Signature moments such as the neutral win over Marquette, the road victory at Wake Forest and the neutral win against Oklahoma State show the program can earn quality wins, while a string of damaging road conference defeats at Mississippi State, Texas A&M, South Carolina and Missouri and losses at Gonzaga and Arizona State expose a vulnerability that selection committees punish. Big home setbacks against Florida and Alabama and a pattern of close defeats at Arkansas and Missouri further erode the résumé because the best wins come against middling nonconference foes and low-major opponents. The remaining slate hands Oklahoma several difficult road tests at Kentucky, Tennessee and Texas as well as opportunities at Missouri and Texas A&M and against Auburn and LSU, so unless they start taking meaningful wins away from home the resume will lack the consistent road and neutral success committees want.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3St Francis PA353W102-66
11/8@Gonzaga10L83-68
11/11Ark Pine Bluff312W95-69
11/15(N)Nebraska11L105-99
11/20Oral Roberts330W95-71
11/23Alcorn St344W72-53
11/28(N)Marquette110W75-74
12/2@Wake Forest74W86-68
12/6(N)Arizona St78L86-70
12/13(N)Oklahoma St72W85-76
12/16Missouri KC351W89-67
12/22Stetson320W107-54
12/29MS Valley St365W93-69
1/3Mississippi73W86-70
1/7@Mississippi St83L72-53
1/10@Texas A&M33L83-76
1/13Florida8L96-79
1/17Alabama17L83-81
1/20@South Carolina87L85-76
1/24@Missouri59L88-87
1/27Arkansas22L83-79
1/31Texas3545%
2/4@Kentucky3223%
2/7@Vanderbilt1211%
2/14Georgia3444%
2/17@Tennessee2116%
2/18@Tennessee2116%
2/21Texas A&M3343%
2/24Auburn2639%
2/28@LSU5033%
3/3Missouri5961%
3/7@Texas3524%