NCAA Tournament March Madness

#18 Texas Tech

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Projected seed: 3

Texas Tech’s résumé supports a high seed because it pairs signature victories away from home and on neutral courts — most notably a neutral-site win over Duke and a resume-making road triumph at Baylor — and the team answered an early road setback to Houston by beating that same opponent at home, which shows resilience. Those headline wins are tempered by damaging results including a lopsided neutral loss to Purdue, a neutral defeat to Arkansas, and a tight loss at Illinois so the profile is strong but not spotless. With the conference grind already full of quality tests and a remaining stretch that includes trips to Arizona and BYU along with home dates against Kansas and Cincinnati the Red Raiders have clear chances to add marquee wins or protect their standing, which is why the projection feels appropriate.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/4Lindenwood242W98-60
11/7Sam Houston St104W98-77
11/11@Illinois4L81-77
11/14WI Milwaukee246W80-63
11/20(N)Wake Forest74W84-83
11/21(N)Purdue9L86-56
11/26New Orleans202W82-50
11/30Wyoming111W76-72
12/7(N)LSU50W82-58
12/13(N)Arkansas22L93-86
12/16N Colorado187W101-90
12/20(N)Duke3W82-81
12/28Winthrop119W87-57
1/3Oklahoma St72W102-80
1/6@Houston6L69-65
1/10@Colorado80W73-71
1/14Utah114W88-74
1/17BYU15W84-71
1/20@Baylor52W92-73
1/24Houston6W90-86
1/31@UCF4560%
2/2Kansas1458%
2/8@West Virginia5868%
2/11Colorado8089%
2/14@Arizona117%
2/17@Arizona St7874%
2/21Kansas St8690%
2/24Cincinnati5685%
2/28@Iowa St526%
3/3TCU5181%
3/7@BYU1536%