NCAA Tournament March Madness

#82 Notre Dame

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Projection: likely out

Notre Dame’s profile shows a few quality flashes but too many damaging setbacks to feel secure, with road wins at Stanford and at TCU and a neutral-site victory over Rutgers proving they can win away from home but the string of bad results in conference and at neutral venues including home losses to Clemson and Miami, road defeats at North Carolina and Virginia Tech, and neutral setbacks to Kansas and Houston creates a narrative of inconsistency; a tight road loss at Ohio State hinted at competitiveness against strong opposition yet without a clear signature win over an elite opponent and with damaging losses to middling rivals the resume sits below the comfort line, and the only realistic path back into contention runs through a road victory or a high-profile home or neutral win in upcoming games at SMU, at Pittsburgh, against Duke or NC State, and in late dates with Stanford and Boston College.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3LIU Brooklyn204W89-67
11/7Detroit260W102-70
11/11E Illinois316W78-58
11/16@Ohio St42L64-63
11/19Bellarmine263W86-79
11/24(N)Kansas11L71-61
11/25(N)Rutgers162W68-63
11/26(N)Houston5L66-56
12/2Missouri52W76-71
12/5@TCU55W87-85
12/10Idaho181W80-65
12/13Evansville290W82-58
12/21PFW245L72-69
12/30@Stanford74W47-40
1/2@California69L72-71
1/10Clemson28L76-61
1/13Miami FL41L81-69
1/17@Virginia Tech59L89-76
1/21@North Carolina25L91-69
1/24Boston College140W68-64
1/27Virginia16L100-97
1/31@Syracuse70L86-72
2/4@Louisville15L76-65
2/7Florida St93L82-79
2/10@SMU3618%
2/14Georgia Tech14478%
2/21@Pittsburgh10747%
2/24Duke39%
2/28NC State2931%
3/4Stanford7458%
3/7@Boston College14057%