NCAA Tournament March Madness

#98 South Carolina

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Projection: likely out

South Carolina’s resume reads like a team with a couple of bright flashes but too many damaging blemishes, and that explains why it sits outside the comfortable at-large conversation. The road win at LSU and the nonconference victory over Oklahoma are the kinds of results that show this squad can compete away from home, yet those highlights are outweighed by a lopsided home defeat to Florida, a brutal loss at Arkansas and neutral-site setbacks to Butler and Northwestern that expose a pattern of faltering in bigger spots. Much of the nonconference slate offered little resume help and a string of losses to power-conference opponents on the road and at home has left the margin for error paper-thin. The remaining chances at Alabama and Florida and the home dates against Mississippi State and Kentucky are the clearest ways to change the narrative, but until South Carolina produces a true road or neutral signature victory the selection committee view will favor keeping them on the outside.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/4NC A&T286W91-72
11/9Southern Miss241W83-79
11/12Presbyterian285W81-61
11/18Radford236W87-58
11/21(N)Butler81L79-72
11/23(N)Northwestern70L79-77
11/28Charleston So247W74-62
12/2Virginia Tech65L86-83
12/6Stetson323W82-51
12/13Citadel351W71-55
12/16@Clemson33L68-61
12/22S Carolina St358W95-70
12/30SUNY Albany326W96-67
1/3Vanderbilt12L83-71
1/6@LSU55W78-68
1/10Georgia43L75-70
1/14@Arkansas18L108-74
1/17@Auburn31L71-67
1/20Oklahoma54W85-76
1/24@Texas A&M36L92-69
1/28Florida5L95-48
1/31LSU55L92-87
2/3@Texas34L84-75
2/7Missouri53L78-59
2/14@Alabama168%
2/17@Florida53%
2/21Mississippi St9059%
2/24Kentucky2727%
2/28@Georgia4317%
3/3Tennessee1920%
3/7@Mississippi7330%