NCAA Tournament March Madness

#33 Clemson

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Projected seed: 7

The projection makes sense because Clemson pairs a stingy defense with a résumé built on meaningful road and neutral wins while still carrying a few damaging defeats that keep the committee cautious. Their best moments are the neutral-site victories over West Virginia and Georgia and the true road wins at Syracuse, Pittsburgh, Notre Dame and on the West Coast at Stanford and California, all of which prove they can win away from home against quality opponents. Their worst moments are the road losses at Alabama and Duke and the setbacks at Georgetown and against conference opponents such as NC State and Virginia Tech, results that undermine some of the résumé’s upside and are not undone by the routine home blowouts of lower-level foes. The remaining run, which includes a road trip to Wake Forest, home chances against Florida State and Georgia Tech, a tough visit to North Carolina and a marquee home test with Louisville, gives them clear opportunities to polish the profile or leave the committee with lingering questions.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3New Hampshire336W88-38
11/7Gardner Webb363W97-59
11/11Morehead St292W83-56
11/15@Georgetown83L79-74
11/17North Alabama343W81-61
11/21(N)West Virginia59W70-67
11/23(N)Georgia39W97-94
11/28Alabama A&M302W92-56
12/3@Alabama16L90-84
12/9(N)BYU21L67-64
12/13Mercer162W70-63
12/16South Carolina98W68-61
12/21(N)Cincinnati51W68-65
12/31@Syracuse67W64-61
1/3@Pittsburgh109W73-68
1/7SMU37W74-70
1/10@Notre Dame82W76-61
1/13Boston College150W74-50
1/17Miami FL40W69-59
1/20NC State27L80-76
1/24@Georgia Tech161W77-63
1/31Pittsburgh109W63-52
2/4@Stanford74W66-64
2/7@California65W77-55
2/11Virginia Tech64L76-66
2/14@Duke3L67-54
2/18@Wake Forest7262%
2/21Florida St7782%
2/28Louisville1545%
3/3@North Carolina2936%
3/7Georgia Tech16194%