NCAA Tournament March Madness

#80 Notre Dame

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Projection: likely out

Notre Dame’s résumé reads like a team that can rise to an occasion yet has given the committee too many reasons to hesitate. The Irish have flashes of résumé power, with true road wins like the trip to Stanford, a gritty victory at TCU and a neutral-site bounceback against Rutgers, and they have been competitive in tight games at Ohio State and against marquee nonconference foes. Those moments are outweighed by a cluster of damaging losses, notably home setbacks to Clemson and Miami and rough road showings at North Carolina, Louisville and Syracuse, plus setbacks on neutral floors to Kansas and Houston, and the pattern raises questions about consistency and ability to win away from home. With a remaining slate that includes a road date at Pittsburgh, a tough home test against Duke and winnable chances against NC State, Stanford and at Boston College, there is still a clear path to strengthen the case, but the margin for error is small because the bad losses currently carry more weight than the intermittent signature wins.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3LIU Brooklyn205W89-67
11/7Detroit247W102-70
11/11E Illinois321W78-58
11/16@Ohio St40L64-63
11/19Bellarmine275W86-79
11/24(N)Kansas15L71-61
11/25(N)Rutgers153W68-63
11/26(N)Houston4L66-56
12/2Missouri54W76-71
12/5@TCU50W87-85
12/10Idaho177W80-65
12/13Evansville297W82-58
12/21PFW259L72-69
12/30@Stanford74W47-40
1/2@California66L72-71
1/10Clemson34L76-61
1/13Miami FL37L81-69
1/17@Virginia Tech65L89-76
1/21@North Carolina28L91-69
1/24Boston College150W68-64
1/27Virginia20L100-97
1/31@Syracuse73L86-72
2/4@Louisville14L76-65
2/7Florida St79L82-79
2/10@SMU38L89-81
2/14Georgia Tech164W89-74
2/21@Pittsburgh10949%
2/24Duke28%
2/28NC State3133%
3/4Stanford7458%
3/7@Boston College15060%