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March Madness Report: Senior Day vs. Oklahoma

By Gerry Hamilton

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March Madness Report: Senior Day vs. Oklahoma

The Texas Longhorns will take the court vs. arch-rival Oklahoma at 1 p.m. central today firmly in the NCAA Tournament. With the uncertainty around Dylan Disu's health for the remainder of the season, it would certainly be big to pull out a win today to take any potential decision out of the NCAA Committee's hands. 

If Texas loses today, and is bounced in the first game of the Big 12 Tournament and Disu's health is in doubt, that is not where Texas wants to be on Selection Sunday. 

For Oklahoma (20-10, 8-9), they are very close to being in "must win" territory. A win today 100% keeps the Sooners out of the play-in game, or being left out scenario. 

OnTexasFootball takes a look at the rankings and scenarios headed into today's game. 

Texas NCAA Tournament seeding scenarios

Win over Oklahoma today: Texas is likely locked into a 8/9 seed in the Big Dance barring a run in the Big 12 Tournament. 

With a loss to Oklahoma today: Texas slides very close to the play-in game scenario in Dayton, and could be in trouble if they lose the first game of the Big 12 Tournament following a loss today - even though NCAA NET suggests otherwise. 

Texas’ Remaining Regular Season Schedule
3/9 Oklahoma 

NCAA Men’s Basketball NET Rankings (March 1)
Texas is No. 26 in NCAA NET headed into the game tonight. The Horns moved up 13 spots last week from No. 40 with wins at Texas Tech and Oklahoma State in Austin.

The Longhorns are 5-8 in Quad 1 games, 1-2 vs. Quad 2, 5-1 vs. Quad 3 and 8-0 vs. Quad 4. 

Quad 2 game remaining:
No. 40 Oklahoma 

T-Rank 
Texas is No. 22 in Bart Torvik’s rankings headed into Monday games.

2024 Ken Pomeroy College Basketball Ratings
Texas checks in at No. 25 headed into this week. 

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    Gerry Hamilton

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    TCU lost to UCF at home.

    That means No. 7 seed for Texas ... and a game Wednesday vs. No. 10 seed Kansas State. Wednesday 6 pm CT

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    TooBrokeToPayAttention21

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    I know we are focused on the current season at hand but any news on possible replacements for the seniors either via recruitment or portal?

     

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    Neil Leininger

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    TCU's loss really hurts. It takes away our chance for another Q1 win, and OU's best player today hurt his ankle late. That is on top of OU being a bad match-up against us because our athletes are better, while KSU and Texas played a brick fest two weeks ago and KSU is fighting for their tournament lives. They win 2+ in the Big 12 tournament and they might make it in.

    I don't think getting ISU in the quarters is any easier than playing UH in the quarters because ISU will have a shitton more fans in KC than UH, and has our 4 road losses can attest, the officials screw us badly in hostile environments. Opponents have nearly shot 2-1 FTs in our road conference losses, something like 170 to 90.

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    Glass Joe

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    48 minutes ago, Gerry Hamilton said:

     

    If Texas wins the 7 v. 10 game Wednesday, it's No. 2 seed Iowa State Thursdsay

    Do you think Texas is a 7 seed for the NCAA tourney right now?  And if we lose to KSU in the first round of the Big 12 tourney, do we drop to an 8 seed, or stick at a 7 seed?

    Lastly, what would Texas need to do in the Big 12 tourney next week to secure a 6 seed in the NCAA tourney?

     

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    Gerry Hamilton

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    54 minutes ago, Glass Joe said:

    Do you think Texas is a 7 seed for the NCAA tourney right now?  And if we lose to KSU in the first round of the Big 12 tourney, do we drop to an 8 seed, or stick at a 7 seed?

    Lastly, what would Texas need to do in the Big 12 tourney next week to secure a 6 seed in the NCAA tourney?

     

    Think Texas will be a 7 with a win over K-State... could go either way right now.

    Texas would need to beat K-State and Iowa State to get a 6 IMO

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    Gerry Hamilton

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    1 hour ago, TooBrokeToPayAttention21 said:

    I know we are focused on the current season at hand but any news on possible replacements for the seniors either via recruitment or portal?

     

    Not yet!

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    HookemHorns

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    1 hour ago, Glass Joe said:

    Do you think Texas is a 7 seed for the NCAA tourney right now?  And if we lose to KSU in the first round of the Big 12 tourney, do we drop to an 8 seed, or stick at a 7 seed?

    Lastly, what would Texas need to do in the Big 12 tourney next week to secure a 6 seed in the NCAA tourney?

     

    Just my opinion but fans consistently tend to overrate conference tourney results and their potential impact on seeding. Whatever seed we are today is unlikely to improve unless we make a serious run in the tourney. Likewise if we lose the first game in the conference tourney I don’t think it’ll impact our seed.

    It seems to me year after year fans think these tourneys make a big difference and then are surprised when seeding looks about the same as it did before the tourney

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