NCAA Tournament March Madness

#35 Texas

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Projected seed: 11

The projection makes sense because Texas pairs eye-catching signature wins, like the neutral victory over NC State and the tough road triumph at Alabama, with a streak of damaging losses that expose defensive inconsistency, including a heavy home defeat to Virginia, a neutral stumble against Duke, and road setbacks at Connecticut that hurt its résumé. The offense has proven it can blow teams out and hang with high-quality opponents, which keeps this team squarely in the tournament conversation, but surrendering big point totals in the worst outings and settling for narrow defeats to the likes of Arizona State and Mississippi State limit upside. With several manageable home chances left to pad the resume and a brutal road stretch at Arkansas and Texas A&M that could swing perception either way, the current placement reflects a team with clear top-tier moments but enough blemishes and worrisome road form to prevent a higher slot.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/4(N)Duke3L75-60
11/8Lafayette317W97-60
11/12F Dickinson342W93-58
11/15Missouri KC351W71-55
11/18Rider355W99-65
11/24(N)Arizona St78L87-86
11/26(N)NC State24W102-97
12/3Virginia16L88-69
12/8Southern Univ263W95-69
12/12@Connecticut13L71-63
12/16Le Moyne261W95-53
12/22MD E Shore326W94-71
1/3Mississippi St83L101-98
1/6@Tennessee21L85-71
1/10@Alabama17W92-88
1/14Vanderbilt12W80-64
1/17Texas A&M33L74-70
1/21@Kentucky32L85-80
1/24Georgia34W87-67
1/28@Auburn26L88-82
1/31@Oklahoma6155%
2/3South Carolina8783%
2/7Mississippi7378%
2/14@Missouri5955%
2/17LSU5070%
2/21@Georgia3439%
2/25Florida835%
2/28@Texas A&M3338%
3/3@Arkansas2229%
3/4@Arkansas2229%
3/7Oklahoma6176%