NCAA Tournament March Madness

#13 Louisville

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Projected seed: 7

Louisville’s resume looks the way it does because its offense has produced eye-catching peaks — a signature home win over Kentucky, a neutral-site victory against Indiana and an authoritative result over Memphis — while its worst moments are glaring road setbacks at Arkansas and Tennessee and a poorly timed loss at Stanford that expose defensive inconsistency away from home. The staff can point to a quality road win at California as evidence the team can travel, and a crowded conference slate gives plenty of clear chances to reshape perceptions, including a home date with Duke, a road trip to Duke, a neutral-site meeting with Baylor and stiff tests at North Carolina and SMU. Those upcoming opportunities matter because they allow Louisville to convert offensive firepower into the kind of high-profile wins the committee prizes. Protecting the home floor and delivering on a couple of those marquee chances would smooth the résumé, while failure to do so will leave it defined by impressive scoring performances tempered by troubling road lapses.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3S Carolina St360W104-45
11/6Jackson St344W106-70
11/11Kentucky24W96-88
11/15Ohio187W106-81
11/21(N)Cincinnati65W74-64
11/24E Michigan205W87-46
11/26NJIT353W104-47
12/3@Arkansas23L89-80
12/6(N)Indiana28W87-78
12/13Memphis77W99-73
12/16@Tennessee16L83-62
12/20Montana186W94-54
12/30@California73W90-70
1/2@Stanford81L80-76
1/6Duke954%
1/10Boston College15797%
1/13Virginia2168%
1/17@Pittsburgh9478%
1/24Virginia Tech5786%
1/26@Duke932%
1/31SMU3175%
2/4Notre Dame5886%
2/7@Wake Forest6170%
2/9NC State3275%
2/14(N)Baylor3366%
2/17@SMU3154%
2/21Georgia Tech11794%
2/23@North Carolina2952%
2/28@Clemson3556%
3/3Syracuse8489%
3/7@Miami FL3857%