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More and more bracketology projections have the Longhorns in the NCAA Tournament

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Did Thursday’s double-overtime win over Texas A&M do enough to get the Longhorns in the tournament? Several major prognosticators believe so, and Rodney Terry‘s team can further solidify its status as a tournament team on Friday against the Tennessee Volunteers in the quarterfinals of the SEC Tournament.

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Texas moved up to No. 38 in NET with its win over Texas A&M, and were labeled as the last team in the field of 68 by ESPN’s Joe Lunardi following the double-overtime victory.

On3’s James Fletcher also included Texas as one of the last four teams in, slotting the Longhorns into the First Four in Dayton. He projected that Texas would battle Xavier in the First Four.

On BracketMatrix.com, a site that amalgamates the field of 68 projections from 107 different sources, Texas was listed as in on 26 prognostications. Most of them labeled the Longhorns as a No. 11 seed, with a smattering of 12s and even one 10 included among the 26.

Texas has a chance to further improve its resume with another Quadrant 1 win on Friday when they take on the Tennessee Volunteers. The Longhorns lost 74-70 to Rick Barnes‘ team in January when the Vols were ranked No. 1. Tre Johnson scored 26 points, Jordan Pope added 17 points, and Tramon Mark knocked in 10 points in the defeat.

Other notable results from bubble teams from Thursday included Indiana falling to Oregon, Xavier falling to Marquette, and Oklahoma losing to Kentucky. Boise State and North Carolina both won their games and will play on Friday.

Quadrant 1 games

Quadrant 1 games are home contests against teams ranked 1-30, neutral site games against teams ranked 1-50, and road games against teams ranked 1-75

Record: 7-10

Wins

  • 1/15 – at No. 44 Oklahoma – 77-73
  • 1/21 – No. 17 Missouri – 61-53
  • 1/25 – No. 19 Texas A&M – 70-69
  • 2/15 – No. 13 Kentucky – 82-78
  • 3/4 – at No. 34 Mississippi State – 87-82
  • 3/12 – vs. No. 47 Vanderbilt – 79-72
  • 3/13 – vs. No. 19 Texas A&M – 84-89

Losses

  • 11/4 – vs. No. 41 Ohio State – 80-72
  • 12/8 – No. 29 UConn – 76-65
  • 1/4 – at No. 19 Texas A&M – 80-60
  • 1/7 – No. 2 Auburn – 87-82
  • 1/11 – No. 5 Tennessee – 74-70
  • 1/18 – at No. 4 Florida – 84-60
  • 1/29 – at No. 27 Ole Miss – 72-69
  • 2/8 – at No. 47 Vanderbilt – 86-78
  • 2/11 – No. 6 Alabama – 103-80
  • 2/26 – at No. 39 Arkansas – 86-81

Quadrant 2 games

Quadrant 2 games are home contests versus teams ranked 31-75, neutral site contests against teams ranked 51-100, and away games against teams ranked 76-135

Record: 3-4

Wins

  • 11/22 – vs. No. 76 St. Joseph’s – 67-58
  • 12/4 – at No. 132 NC State – 63-59
  • 2/1 – at No. 89 LSU – 89-58

Losses

  • 2/1 – No. 39 Arkansas – 78-70
  • 2/22 – at No. 87 South Carolina – 84-69
  • 3/1 – No. 33 Georgia – 83-67
  • 3/8 – No. 44 Oklahoma – 76-72

Quadrant 3 games

Quadrant 3 games are home contests against teams ranked 76-160, neutral site games against teams ranked 101-200, and away games against teams ranked 136-240

Record: 2-0

Wins

  • 11/21 – vs. No. 133 Syracuse – 70-66
  • 12/12 – No. 143 New Mexico State – 91-67

Quadrant 4 games

Quadrant 4 games are home games against teams ranked 161 or higher, neutral site games against teams ranked 201 or higher, and away contests against teams ranked 241 or higher

Record: 7-0

Wins

  • 11/8 – No. 287 Houston Christian – 90-59
  • 11/12 – No. 358 Chicago State – 105-58
  • 11/16 – No. 364 Mississippi Valley State – 89-43
  • 11/29 – No. 306 Delaware State – 90-68
  • 12/15 – No. 363 Arkansas-Pine Bluff – 121-57
  • 12/19 – No. 346 New Orleans – 98-62
  • 12/29 – No. 230 Northwestern State – 77-53

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Upcoming Games

  • 3/14 – vs. No. 5 Tennessee – Quadrant 1

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