NCAA Tournament March Madness

#28 Clemson

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Projected seed: 5

Clemson's placement is logical because the team has bundled a stingy defense with a string of resume-building neutral and road victories — think wins at Syracuse, Pittsburgh and Notre Dame and eye-catching results on neutral courts versus West Virginia, Georgia and Cincinnati — while also carrying a handful of damaging losses away at Georgetown and Alabama and a neutral setback to BYU plus a home defeat to NC State that cap its upside. The committee-friendly stuff is clear: Clemson can win away from home and in neutral sites, which offsets a middling offense and the occasional bad outing, and those road wins give the profile credibility. The remaining slate contains both soft targets at home and high-leverage tests on the road at Duke and North Carolina and on the West Coast, so the team can cement or erode its standing with how it finishes; as of now the balance of quality wins, ugly losses, and proven toughness away from home justifies a mid-to-high seed.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3New Hampshire319W88-38
11/7Gardner Webb363W97-59
11/11Morehead St298W83-56
11/15@Georgetown101L79-74
11/17North Alabama334W81-61
11/21(N)West Virginia57W70-67
11/23(N)Georgia26W97-94
11/28Alabama A&M301W92-56
12/3@Alabama18L90-84
12/9(N)BYU14L67-64
12/13Mercer139W70-63
12/16South Carolina72W68-61
12/21(N)Cincinnati54W68-65
12/31@Syracuse71W64-61
1/3@Pittsburgh98W73-68
1/7SMU31W74-70
1/10@Notre Dame81W76-61
1/13Boston College148W74-50
1/17Miami FL37W69-59
1/20NC State27L80-76
1/24@Georgia Tech12779%
1/31Pittsburgh9886%
2/4@Stanford7663%
2/7@California7562%
2/11Virginia Tech5676%
2/14@Duke315%
2/18@Wake Forest7061%
2/21Florida St10588%
2/28Louisville1648%
3/3@North Carolina3341%
3/7Georgia Tech12791%