NCAA Tournament March Madness

#96 South Carolina

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Projection: likely out

South Carolina’s body of work has a few identifiable highs but is more notable for damaging lows, which is how a committee will size up this resume. The road win at LSU and quality home victories over Oklahoma and Mississippi State are the kinds of wins you need, yet they are offset by a blowout loss at Arkansas, a heavy home defeat to Florida and a string of poor results away from home and at neutral sites against teams such as Texas, Alabama, Auburn, Kentucky and in neutral outings with Butler and Northwestern. That combination of a tough conference slate and too many bad losses leaves little margin for error, and the trip to Mississippi is the final chance to grab the type of road victory that could alter how the resume is viewed.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/4NC A&T289W91-72
11/9Southern Miss221W83-79
11/12Presbyterian274W81-61
11/18Radford258W87-58
11/21(N)Butler88L79-72
11/23(N)Northwestern66L79-77
11/28Charleston So241W74-62
12/2Virginia Tech57L86-83
12/6Stetson303W82-51
12/13Citadel348W71-55
12/16@Clemson38L68-61
12/22S Carolina St356W95-70
12/30SUNY Albany325W96-67
1/3Vanderbilt15L83-71
1/6@LSU62W78-68
1/10Georgia30L75-70
1/14@Arkansas16L108-74
1/17@Auburn40L71-67
1/20Oklahoma47W85-76
1/24@Texas A&M36L92-69
1/28Florida4L95-48
1/31LSU62L92-87
2/3@Texas33L84-75
2/7Missouri50L78-59
2/14@Alabama18L89-75
2/17@Florida4L76-62
2/21Mississippi St98W97-89
2/24Kentucky26L72-63
2/28@Georgia30L87-68
3/3Tennessee13L78-59
3/7@Mississippi7831%