NCAA Tournament March Madness

#29 Clemson

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Projected seed: 7

This placement makes sense because Clemson has built a resume with signature neutral wins over West Virginia and Georgia and true road victories at Syracuse, Pittsburgh and Notre Dame that prove it can win away from home while solid home victories, including a strong win over Miami, add balance. Those best moments are countered by damaging setbacks at Georgetown and at Alabama along with a close neutral loss to BYU and a tight home loss to NC State that expose inconsistency. The team’s defense has been the steadying force through those swings and explains why the profile still sits ahead of many peers, yet the run of remaining games — road trips to Stanford, California, Duke and North Carolina paired with home chances against Florida State, Louisville, Georgia Tech and a home date with Pittsburgh — gives Clemson clear paths to strengthen or erode that standing depending on how it performs away from home.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3New Hampshire315W88-38
11/7Gardner Webb363W97-59
11/11Morehead St299W83-56
11/15@Georgetown93L79-74
11/17North Alabama334W81-61
11/21(N)West Virginia58W70-67
11/23(N)Georgia34W97-94
11/28Alabama A&M294W92-56
12/3@Alabama17L90-84
12/9(N)BYU15L67-64
12/13Mercer141W70-63
12/16South Carolina87W68-61
12/21(N)Cincinnati56W68-65
12/31@Syracuse77W64-61
1/3@Pittsburgh100W73-68
1/7SMU37W74-70
1/10@Notre Dame79W76-61
1/13Boston College145W74-50
1/17Miami FL38W69-59
1/20NC State24L80-76
1/24@Georgia Tech129W77-63
1/31Pittsburgh10087%
2/4@Stanford8166%
2/7@California6659%
2/11Virginia Tech5577%
2/14@Duke312%
2/18@Wake Forest7463%
2/21Florida St10187%
2/28Louisville1952%
3/3@North Carolina2839%
3/7Georgia Tech12992%