NCAA Tournament March Madness

#74 Stanford

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Projection: likely out

Stanford’s résumé reads like a team with a few headline wins but not enough to overcome a soft early slate and several damaging losses. The Cardinal have beaten Louisville and North Carolina and collected neutral-site wins over Minnesota, St. Louis and Colorado and they even won on the road at Virginia Tech, yet those bright spots sit next to a home blowout by Duke, an ugly loss at Virginia, repeated setbacks to California and a string of poor results away from campus that undercuts the profile. A home test against SMU and road trips to Notre Dame and NC State still offer chances to flip the narrative but those outcomes need to be strong to erase the bad losses and the weak nonconference padding.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/4Portland St144W89-79
11/8Montana186W91-68
11/12Montana St146W77-68
11/18Louisiana307W93-66
11/21Seattle120L77-69
11/27(N)Minnesota69W72-68
11/28(N)St Louis26W78-77
12/1Portland211W94-72
12/7UNLV124L75-74
12/13@San Jose St226W86-82
12/17UT Arlington164W76-60
12/20(N)Colorado71W77-68
12/27CS Northridge160W88-80
12/30Notre Dame89L47-40
1/2Louisville18W80-76
1/7@Virginia Tech58W69-68
1/10@Virginia14L70-55
1/14North Carolina28W95-90
1/17Duke1L80-50
1/24California61L78-66
1/28@Miami FL33L79-70
1/31@Florida St73L88-80
2/4Clemson41L66-64
2/7Georgia Tech167W95-72
2/11@Boston College161W70-64
2/14@Wake Forest80L68-63
2/21@California61L72-66
2/25Pittsburgh107W75-67
2/28SMU3239%
3/4@Notre Dame8945%
3/7@NC State2718%