March Madness Bracketology: Can male basketball from Texas do the NCAA tournament?

After defeating the state of the Mississippi on the road, the path to a berth of the NCAA tournament opened up to Male Texas male basketball.

This puff of smoke was quickly stifled on Saturday for Oklahoma’s first victory against Texas In eight tests. The Longhorns seem to be intended for the Nit tournament, except a miracle race in the tournament of the Southeast Conference. Their first challenge will be the seeded n ° 12 Vanderbilt, who beat Texas 86-78 earlier in the season.

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Coherence has put Texas to Texas all season. Even after their biggest victories – against Kentucky, Texas A&M, at Mississippi State – Texas failed to win the match next three times. The first year student Tre Johnson is an electric marker, but the attempt by coach Rodney Terry to reinject the list with talents via the transfer portal did not go as planned.

The depth of the dry is incredible this season, with eight to 10 teams having a chance to make the NCAA tournament. Texas is one of them, but he must find a semblance of momentum if he wants to play deeply in March.

Here is what the experts say:

NCAA tournament: Will Texas qualify for March Madness?

ESPN: Joe Lunardi has Texas as one of the first four teams with the state of Boise, North Carolina and the State of Colorado.

CBS Sports:: Jerry Palm has the Longhorns completely out of the bubble, not even mentioning them as a team that could make the tournament.

Ncaa.com: Andy Katz has not updated his support, but thinks that there is a path to Texas that makes the tournament, provided they beat at least Vanderbilt and Texas A&M in the dry tournament.

Fox Sports: The forecourte of the Mike Decourcy supports has Texas, North Carolina, Dayton and UC as its first four teams.

March Madness Bracketology 2025: Potential seeds n ° 1

Here is an overview of the teams currently planned to be standard n ° 1 in the support of the 2025 NCAA tournament by a variety of national points of sale:

Espn: Auburn, DukeHouston, Florida

CBS Sports: Auburn, Duke, Houston, Florida

Ncaa.com: Auburn, Duke, Houston, Florida

Renard Sports: Auburn, Duke, Florida, Houston

When the madness of 2025 March begins

People generally consider March Madness as a “Cinderella” or low -ranking team taking place at Sweet 16 or Final Four of the NCAA tournament. But madness begins well before the last weeks of the month, with the conference tournament. Tickets for the big dance are struck by hot teams that may not have had a good regular season, or taken from those of the bubble that suffer from an early outing in the League tournament. For Texas, his first dry tournament will start in Nashville, Tenn.

First four: March 18-19

First / second round: March 20-23

Regional is: March 27 to 29

West Regional: March 27 to 29

South Regional: March 28-30

Regional midwest: March 28-30

When is the selection on Sunday?

The Sunday selection will take place on March 16, 5 p.m., CT.

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