NCAA Tournament March Madness

#81 Stanford

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Projection: likely out

Stanford’s profile is built on eye-catching neutral wins over Minnesota, St Louis and Colorado and a road victory at San Jose State that prove the team can handle hostile environments, but those high points are tempered by an ugly loss to Seattle and a narrow defeat to UNLV that expose inconsistency and limit the resume’s upside. Most nonconference victories came against lesser opponents, so the signature neutral wins carry outsized importance and the absence of more quality road or neutral triumphs keeps questions alive. The remainder of the schedule presents clear opportunities to settle matters with home dates against Notre Dame, Louisville, Duke and North Carolina and tough trips to Virginia, Virginia Tech, NC State and a later visit to Notre Dame, meaning a road or neutral statement win would validate the resume while more slipups at home would deepen the doubts.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/4Portland St182W89-79
11/8Montana212W91-68
11/12Montana St170W77-68
11/18Louisiana325W93-66
11/21Seattle111L77-69
11/27(N)Minnesota100W72-68
11/28(N)St Louis39W78-77
12/1Portland228W94-72
12/7UNLV144L75-74
12/13@San Jose St195W86-82
12/17UT Arlington163W76-60
12/20(N)Colorado70W77-68
12/27CS Northridge20989%
12/30Notre Dame6657%
1/2Louisville1425%
1/7@Virginia Tech6836%
1/10@Virginia2316%
1/14North Carolina2133%
1/17Duke615%
1/24California5755%
1/28@Miami FL3622%
1/31@Florida St11050%
2/4Clemson3541%
2/7Georgia Tech13578%
2/11@Boston College14962%
2/14@Wake Forest5933%
2/21@California5733%
2/25Pittsburgh9064%
2/28SMU4146%
3/4@Notre Dame6635%
3/7@NC State2717%