NCAA Tournament March Madness

#58 Notre Dame

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Projection: likely out

Notre Dame’s resume is defined by striking contrasts between bounce-back road and neutral wins and costly losses that limit their résumé upside. They have shown they can win away from home with a gritty victory at TCU and a stout defensive outing at Stanford and they picked up a résumé-boosting neutral win over Rutgers while also competing closely at Ohio State. Those encouraging moments are tempered by bad results in neutral settings against Kansas and Houston and a damaging home setback to PFW, so the quality of the top wins is modest and the bad losses still carry weight. The rest of the ACC slate gives clear opportunities to alter the narrative because road dates at North Carolina and Louisville and big home tests against Clemson, Virginia and Duke are the kinds of outcomes that will either erase lingering doubt or leave it intact, with a Stanford rematch and a trip to Boston College offering additional chances to prove they can win in tough places.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3LIU Brooklyn182W89-67
11/7Detroit284W102-70
11/11E Illinois318W78-58
11/16@Ohio St39L64-63
11/19Bellarmine265W86-79
11/24(N)Kansas18L71-61
11/25(N)Rutgers153W68-63
11/26(N)Houston11L66-56
12/2Missouri60W76-71
12/5@TCU53W87-85
12/10Idaho190W80-65
12/13Evansville279W82-58
12/21PFW257L72-69
12/30@Stanford81W47-40
1/2@California73L72-71
1/10Clemson3547%
1/13Miami FL3848%
1/17@Virginia Tech5739%
1/21@North Carolina2923%
1/24Boston College15786%
1/27Virginia2137%
1/31@Syracuse8445%
2/4@Louisville1314%
2/7Florida St10476%
2/10@SMU3124%
2/14Georgia Tech11779%
2/21@Pittsburgh9449%
2/24Duke924%
2/28NC State3245%
3/4Stanford8167%
3/7@Boston College15770%