NCAA Tournament March Madness

#35 Clemson

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Projected seed: 9

Clemson’s résumé is anchored by eye-catching neutral-site wins over West Virginia and Georgia that prove it can win away from home and by competitive nonconference showings like the close loss to BYU and the tough road outing at Alabama, but an ill-timed defeat at Georgetown is a blemish evaluators will remember. The Tigers have backed those moments with solid home victories over South Carolina and Cincinnati while many of their other wins come against low-end opposition and therefore carry limited resume value. A demanding string of true road tests at Syracuse, Pittsburgh, Notre Dame, Stanford and California plus a trip to Duke gives Clemson clear opportunities to add résumé-changing victories, and home dates against Miami, NC State and Louisville present further chances to strengthen or weaken its standing.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3New Hampshire330W88-38
11/7Gardner Webb360W97-59
11/11Morehead St303W83-56
11/15@Georgetown106L79-74
11/17North Alabama263W81-61
11/21(N)West Virginia67W70-67
11/23(N)Georgia25W97-94
11/28Alabama A&M281W92-56
12/3@Alabama16L90-84
12/9(N)BYU10L67-64
12/13Mercer161W70-63
12/16South Carolina85W68-61
12/21(N)Cincinnati63W68-65
12/31@Syracuse8059%
1/3@Pittsburgh9363%
1/7SMU4163%
1/10@Notre Dame5853%
1/13Boston College15592%
1/17Miami FL3862%
1/20NC State2455%
1/24@Georgia Tech12574%
1/31Pittsburgh9381%
2/4@Stanford9463%
2/7@California7557%
2/11Virginia Tech6275%
2/14@Duke917%
2/18@Wake Forest6154%
2/21Florida St10986%
2/28Louisville1140%
3/3@North Carolina2232%
3/7Georgia Tech12589%