NCAA Tournament March Madness

#46 USC

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Projected seed: 11

USC’s profile reads like a résumé full of promising flashes and painful setbacks, with neutral-site wins over Seton Hall, Boise State and Arizona State and true road victories at Oregon, Wisconsin and Minnesota proving the team can win away from home, while ugly road trips to Michigan and Michigan State and home setbacks to Purdue and Northwestern underline a tendency to lose badly at the wrong times; the narrow loss at Iowa and the earlier defeat to Washington show how tight games have gone against quality opponents, and the remaining slate — home dates with Rutgers and Indiana, a road swing to Penn State and Ohio State and marquee chances against Illinois, Oregon, UCLA and Nebraska plus another trip to Washington — offers clear opportunities to erase damage or to confirm vulnerability, which is why the team sits where it does on the edge of the field.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3Cal Poly268W94-64
11/9Manhattan334W114-83
11/14(N)Illinois St87W87-67
11/20Troy112W107-106
11/24(N)Boise St54W70-67
11/25(N)Seton Hall49W83-81
11/26(N)Arizona St79W88-75
12/2@Oregon91W82-77
12/6Washington48L84-76
12/9@San Diego199W94-81
12/14Washington St144W68-61
12/17UT San Antonio348W97-70
1/2@Michigan2L96-66
1/5@Michigan St6L80-51
1/9@Minnesota84W70-69
1/13Maryland123W88-71
1/17Purdue8L69-64
1/21Northwestern60L74-68
1/25@Wisconsin39W73-71
1/28@Iowa23L73-72
1/31Rutgers15790%
2/3Indiana3051%
2/8@Penn St12569%
2/11@Ohio St4034%
2/18Illinois426%
2/21Oregon9178%
2/24@UCLA4235%
2/28Nebraska1031%
3/4@Washington4840%
3/7UCLA4258%