NCAA Tournament March Madness

#90 Stanford

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Projection: likely out

Stanford’s resume is built around neutral-site victories over Minnesota and St. Louis and a string of routine nonconference wins, but those positives are offset by the loss to Seattle and the narrow defeat to UNLV, which underline an unsettling inconsistency. Committees prize road and signature league wins and the Cardinal has a scarcity of those to balance a schedule that sends them to Virginia and Virginia Tech and brings Louisville, Duke and North Carolina into Maples Pavilion, so the most compelling moments remain those neutral wins rather than sustained success away from home. The upcoming slate, including home tests against Louisville, Duke and North Carolina plus matchups with Notre Dame and a hostile trip to NC State, offers clear opportunities to alter the picture, while disappointing results in those spots would leave a nonconference résumé that lacks the heft needed against the strength of the conference schedule.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/4Portland St183W89-79
11/8Montana203W91-68
11/12Montana St164W77-68
11/18Louisiana329W93-66
11/21Seattle109L77-69
11/27(N)Minnesota115W72-68
11/28(N)St Louis42W78-77
12/1Portland244W94-72
12/7UNLV132L75-74
12/13@San Jose St18467%
12/17UT Arlington16882%
12/20(N)Colorado6339%
12/27CS Northridge24790%
12/30Notre Dame6050%
1/2Louisville1521%
1/7@Virginia Tech6429%
1/10@Virginia2314%
1/14North Carolina2431%
1/17Duke412%
1/24California7153%
1/28@Miami FL3418%
1/31@Florida St9541%
2/4Clemson2632%
2/7Georgia Tech13675%
2/11@Boston College14457%
2/14@Wake Forest4523%
2/21@California7131%
2/25Pittsburgh10867%
2/28SMU4039%
3/4@Notre Dame6028%
3/7@NC State2816%