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March Madness Report: Texas a No. 7 or No. 8 seed in the Big Dance?

By Gerry Hamilton

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March Madness Report: Texas a No. 7 or No. 8 seed in the Big Dance?

Texas Longhorns ended the regular season in style Saturday with a convincing beat down of arch-rival Oklahoma 94-80 behind a career-high 30 points by junior guard Tyrese Hunter. 

Texas (20-11, 9-9) also earned the No. 7 seed in this weeks Big 12 Tournament with the win Saturday coupled with TCU's upset home loss to UCF. That means Texas will take on No. 10 seed Kansas State (18-13, 8-10), who has a hint of NCAA Tournament life with a Big 12 Tournament run after a home win over Iowa State Saturday. 

Should Texas beat Kansas State Wednesday at 6 p.m. central, the Longhorns will take on No. 2 seed Iowa State Thursday. 

The Longhorns head into the Big 12 Tournament playing their best ball of the season, arguably. Texas is for sure playing the best offensive ball of the season having scored 80 or more points in four straight games - 81 in win at Texas Tech, 81 in win over Oklahoma State, 85 in loss at Baylor and 94 in win over Oklahoma. 

OnTexasFootball takes a look at the rankings and scenarios headed into the Big 12 Tournament. 

Texas NCAA Tournament seeding scenarios

The Longhorns are going to be a No. 7 or No. 8 seed barring a run to the Big 12 Tournament Championship Game. The majority of bracketology projections have Texas as a No. 8 seed, currently. 

Joe Lunardi has Texas a No. 8 seed. One projection (Jerry Palm), has Texas a No. 9 seed. 

NCAA Men’s Basketball NET Rankings (March 1)
Texas is No. 25 in NCAA NET after the weekend college games The Horns moved up 15 spots in the last two weeks from No. 40 prior to the win in Lubbock.

The Longhorns are 5-9 in Quad 1 games, 3-1 vs. Quad 2, 5-1 vs. Quad 3 and 7-0 vs. Quad 4. 

T-Rank 
Texas is No. 20 in Bart Torvik’s rankings currently, up from No. 23 prior to the win over Oklahoma. 

2024 Ken Pomeroy College Basketball Ratings
Texas checks in at No. 23 after being No. 25 prior to the Saturday win, and action in college basketball. 

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    Gerry Hamilton

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    2 hours ago, Hookem97 said:

    What if Texas wins the Big12 Tourney does that shoot us to a 5-6 seed? 

    I don't think so - not a 5. Outside shot 6 just IMO 

    Some weird/unexpected upsets in other conference tournaments would have to happen too 

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    SuperDave0805

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    1 hour ago, Gerry Hamilton said:

    I don't think so - not a 5. Outside shot 6 just IMO 

    Some weird/unexpected upsets in other conference tournaments would have to happen too 

    Don't have to worry about it now, May drop to a 9th seed now 

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    CoachBobbyFinstock

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    9 seed but I wish they would really “punish”’ Texas for the underachieving loss with a 10 seed.

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    Gerry Hamilton

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    6 hours ago, CoachBobbyFinstock said:

    9 seed but I wish they would really “punish”’ Texas for the underachieving loss with a 10 seed.

    I'm with you ... send Texas to a No. 10 seed please, and thank you 

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    Hookem97

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    18 hours ago, Gerry Hamilton said:

    I don't think so - not a 5. Outside shot 6 just IMO 

    Some weird/unexpected upsets in other conference tournaments would have to happen too 

    Welp Gerry woulda coulda shoulda am I right lol? Let's just hope for a couple wins in the big dance. Hook'em!!!

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    6 hours ago, Gerry Hamilton said:

    I'm with you ... send Texas to a No. 10 seed please, and thank you 

    Which R32 opponent would be a better matchup, UNC or Tennessee?  

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