NCAA Tournament March Madness

#36 Clemson

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Projected seed: 8

Clemson lands where it does because the resume shows real quality moments balanced by exploitable flaws: neutral-site wins over West Virginia and Georgia, plus true road victories at North Carolina and on the West Coast at Stanford and California and a marquee home win over Louisville demonstrate the kind of road and neutral success a committee prizes, and a stingy defense keeps the Tigers competitive in every environment. Those highs are offset by damaging setbacks such as road losses at Duke and Alabama, a neutral loss to BYU and a handful of disappointing home defeats that expose an uneven offense and limit ceiling. The net effect is a resume with enough signature wins and road credibility to be comfortably in the field while the bad losses and offensive inconsistency prevent elevation into the top tier.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3New Hampshire349W88-38
11/7Gardner Webb361W97-59
11/11Morehead St283W83-56
11/15@Georgetown79L79-74
11/17North Alabama343W81-61
11/21(N)West Virginia59W70-67
11/23(N)Georgia32W97-94
11/28Alabama A&M307W92-56
12/3@Alabama18L90-84
12/9(N)BYU23L67-64
12/13Mercer190W70-63
12/16South Carolina95W68-61
12/21(N)Cincinnati44W68-65
12/31@Syracuse83W64-61
1/3@Pittsburgh94W73-68
1/7SMU42W74-70
1/10@Notre Dame89W76-61
1/13Boston College156W74-50
1/17Miami FL31W69-59
1/20NC State34L80-76
1/24@Georgia Tech162W77-63
1/31Pittsburgh94W63-52
2/4@Stanford58W66-64
2/7@California73W77-55
2/11Virginia Tech55L76-66
2/14@Duke1L67-54
2/18@Wake Forest74L85-77
2/21Florida St56L70-65
2/28Louisville19W80-75
3/3@North Carolina29L67-63
3/7Georgia Tech162W79-76
3/11(N)Wake Forest74W71-62
3/12(N)North Carolina29W80-79
3/13(N)Duke1L73-61