NCAA Tournament March Madness

#72 South Carolina

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Projection: likely out

South Carolina’s profile has some eye-catching moments like a home victory over Oklahoma and a true road win at LSU but those bright spots are swamped by damaging results such as a home loss to Vanderbilt, defeats at Clemson and Auburn, a rough trip to Arkansas and neutral-site setbacks to Butler and Northwestern. Many of the other wins came against low-end nonconference opponents such as Presbyterian, Radford and Citadel and they do little to erase the lack of consistent success away from Columbia. With a slate of difficult league tests ahead that includes trips to Texas A&M, Florida and Alabama and high-visibility home opportunities against Florida, Missouri and Kentucky the Gamecocks can still improve their standing, yet they will need multiple strong road or neutral wins to overcome the current pattern and move from the fringe into the tournament picture.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/4NC A&T311W91-72
11/9Southern Miss230W83-79
11/12Presbyterian274W81-61
11/18Radford256W87-58
11/21(N)Butler58L79-72
11/23(N)Northwestern61L79-77
11/28Charleston So227W74-62
12/2Virginia Tech56L86-83
12/6Stetson323W82-51
12/13Citadel352W71-55
12/16@Clemson28L68-61
12/22S Carolina St360W95-70
12/30SUNY Albany296W96-67
1/3Vanderbilt15L83-71
1/6@LSU42W78-68
1/10Georgia26L75-70
1/14@Arkansas21L108-74
1/17@Auburn30L71-67
1/20Oklahoma62W85-76
1/24@Texas A&M3623%
1/28Florida1020%
1/31LSU4248%
2/3@Texas4125%
2/7Missouri5555%
2/14@Alabama1813%
2/17@Florida108%
2/21Mississippi St8567%
2/24Kentucky2537%
2/28@Georgia2619%
3/3Tennessee2332%
3/7@Mississippi6838%