NCAA Tournament March Madness

#32 Texas Tech

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Projection: first four out

Texas Tech's resume is shaped by a signature neutral win over Wake Forest and comfortable home victories over Lindenwood and Sam Houston State, but it is blemished by a road loss at Illinois and an ugly neutral defeat to Purdue that still looms large. Dominant results against weaker nonconference opponents help the resume look tidy, yet a scarcity of quality road and neutral wins leaves room for doubt. The path to firming the profile runs through coming neutral tests against LSU, Arkansas, and Duke, high‑value home dates with Kansas and Colorado, and brutal road trips to Houston, Arizona, and Iowa State, all of which are clear opportunities to prove the team can win away from Lubbock. Avoiding additional damaging losses and landing at least one of those signature wins will make the overall body of work feel tournament‑ready while more setbacks against top competition would allow the Purdue and Illinois blemishes to define the season.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/4Lindenwood253W98-60
11/7Sam Houston St127W98-77
11/11@Illinois17L81-77
11/14WI Milwaukee230W80-63
11/20(N)Wake Forest54W84-83
11/21(N)Purdue5L86-56
11/26New Orleans193W82-50
11/30Wyoming107W76-72
12/7(N)LSU2547%
12/13(N)Arkansas3049%
12/16N Colorado15393%
12/20(N)Duke423%
12/28Winthrop10686%
1/3Oklahoma St5071%
1/6@Houston820%
1/10@Colorado6855%
1/14Utah12089%
1/17BYU1041%
1/20@Baylor2937%
1/24Houston839%
1/31@UCF5852%
2/2Kansas1854%
2/8@West Virginia6955%
2/11Colorado6875%
2/14@Arizona921%
2/17@Arizona St8262%
2/21Kansas St7678%
2/24Cincinnati7378%
2/28@Iowa St211%
3/3TCU5371%
3/7@BYU1021%