NCAA Tournament March Madness

#51 TCU

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Projection: next four out

TCU’s profile is anchored by a stout defensive identity and signature victories that include neutral-site knockoffs of Florida and Wisconsin and a gritty road win at Baylor, showing the Horned Frogs can close out big games away from home; those high points are offset by a surprising nonconference loss to New Orleans and a cluster of damaging losses at Kansas, Arizona, BYU and Utah that have left little room for error, and the offense’s inconsistency makes each upcoming matchup loom large. Upcoming tests at Colorado, versus Kansas State and Iowa State and on the road at Oklahoma State, UCF and Texas Tech are clear opportunities to add résumé-defining wins or to compound the blemishes, so the committee’s judgment will come down to how TCU finishes against that slate relative to the body of work already built on defense and a handful of marquee neutral and road victories.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3New Orleans202L78-74
11/6St Francis PA353W104-63
11/10Lamar207W78-65
11/14Michigan2L67-63
11/19Missouri KC351W81-45
11/27(N)Florida8W84-80
11/28(N)Wisconsin41W74-63
12/5Notre Dame79L87-85
12/7@North Texas149W65-55
12/15Incarnate Word248W69-65
12/18Oral Roberts330W72-53
12/21Florida A&M314W80-56
12/29Jackson St339W115-64
1/3Baylor52W69-63
1/6@Kansas14L104-100
1/10Arizona1L86-73
1/14@BYU15L76-70
1/17@Utah114L82-79
1/20Oklahoma St72W68-65
1/24@Baylor52W97-90
1/28Houston6L79-70
2/1@Colorado8053%
2/7Kansas St8675%
2/10Iowa St525%
2/14@Oklahoma St7248%
2/17@UCF4537%
2/21West Virginia5867%
2/24Arizona St7873%
2/28@Kansas St8655%
3/3@Texas Tech1819%
3/7Cincinnati5666%