NCAA Tournament March Madness

#1 Duke

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Projected seed: 1 (automatic qualifier)

Duke’s résumé reads like a top-tier tournament team because it pairs signature neutral-court victories over Texas, Kansas, Arkansas and Michigan with tough road wins at Michigan State, California, Stanford, Notre Dame and NC State, showing it can win in hostile environments as well as at home against quality opponents like Florida. The program’s best moments are those convincing road and neutral performances that demonstrate depth and poise in pressure settings, while its clear blemishes are a tight neutral loss to Texas Tech and a setback at North Carolina that remind committee members to temper enthusiasm. What separates this profile from many others is the balance of elite wins across venues rather than reliance on home dominance, and the remaining path to further separation is straightforward: replicate those neutral- and road‑court bounces against top opponents and the résumé becomes untouchable.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/4(N)Texas37W75-60
11/8W Carolina229W95-54
11/11@Army337W114-59
11/14Indiana St201W100-62
11/18(N)Kansas21W78-66
11/21Niagara338W100-42
11/23Howard207W93-56
11/27(N)Arkansas15W80-71
12/2Florida4W67-66
12/6@Michigan St9W66-60
12/16Lipscomb200W97-73
12/20(N)Texas Tech20L82-81
12/31Georgia Tech162W85-79
1/3@Florida St56W91-87
1/6@Louisville19W84-73
1/10SMU42W82-75
1/14@California73W71-56
1/17@Stanford58W80-50
1/24Wake Forest74W90-69
1/26Louisville19W83-52
1/31@Virginia Tech55W72-58
2/3Boston College156W67-49
2/7@North Carolina29L71-68
2/10@Pittsburgh94W70-54
2/14Clemson36W67-54
2/16Syracuse83W101-64
2/21(N)Michigan3W68-63
2/24@Notre Dame89W100-56
2/28Virginia13W77-51
3/2@NC State34W93-64
3/7North Carolina29W76-61
3/12(N)Florida St56W80-79
3/13(N)Clemson36W73-61
3/14(N)Virginia13W74-70