NCAA Tournament March Madness

#8 Duke

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Projected seed: 2

Duke’s résumé is anchored by marquee neutral-site victories over Texas, Kansas, and Arkansas and by eye-opening road wins at Michigan State and Louisville that prove the team can win away from Cameron. The lone blemish is a razor-thin neutral loss to Texas Tech, a defeat that undercuts complete dominance without carrying the stigma of a bad home setback. A string of expected blowouts against lesser opponents neither adds much nor damages the profile. Upcoming opportunities against Michigan on a neutral floor and road tests at California, Stanford, North Carolina, NC State, Virginia, and Notre Dame give the team clear chances to improve its standing or to expose lingering questions. Taken together, the best moments establish a high-end nonconference body of work and the road success shows resilience while the close blemish and the easy wins leave room for movement depending on how those marquee and true road tests play out.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/4(N)Texas53W75-60
11/8W Carolina269W95-54
11/11@Army328W114-59
11/14Indiana St192W100-62
11/18(N)Kansas17W78-66
11/21Niagara356W100-42
11/23Howard278W93-56
11/27(N)Arkansas24W80-71
12/2Florida13W67-66
12/6@Michigan St12W66-60
12/16Lipscomb143W97-73
12/20(N)Texas Tech19L82-81
12/31Georgia Tech122W85-79
1/3@Florida St103W91-87
1/6@Louisville15W84-73
1/10SMU3183%
1/14@California7582%
1/17@Stanford8483%
1/24Wake Forest6391%
1/26Louisville1573%
1/31@Virginia Tech5778%
2/3Boston College15899%
2/7@North Carolina2962%
2/10@Pittsburgh9485%
2/14Clemson3484%
2/16Syracuse7693%
2/21(N)Michigan132%
2/24@Notre Dame5978%
2/28Virginia2177%
3/2@NC State3365%
3/7North Carolina2981%