NCAA Tournament March Madness

#21 Clemson

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Projected seed: 9

Clemson’s résumé is anchored by signature neutral-site victories over West Virginia and Georgia that show the Tigers can win big games away from home, and a competitive road outing at Alabama that suggests they can hang in hostile environments, but those positives are offset by an ugly road loss at Georgetown and a slate bloated with easy home blowouts over New Hampshire and Gardner-Webb that do little to impress. The remaining schedule hands them meaningful doors to open or close: a neutral meeting with BYU followed by a trip to BYU, tough ACC road tests at Duke and North Carolina, and a headliner at home against Louisville will determine how much the résumé can rise. The committee will reward the marquee neutral wins and the ability to compete on the road while also penalizing the disappointing away losses and the scarcity of true road scalps, which places Clemson squarely in a middling position with clear ways to move up or down.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3New Hampshire346W88-38
11/7Gardner Webb359W97-59
11/11Morehead St323W83-56
11/15@Georgetown88L79-74
11/17North Alabama218W81-61
11/21(N)West Virginia69W70-67
11/23(N)Georgia22W97-94
11/28Alabama A&M261W92-56
12/3@Alabama12L90-84
12/8(N)BYU1034%
12/9@BYU1024%
12/13Mercer17296%
12/16South Carolina9286%
12/21(N)Cincinnati7472%
12/31@Syracuse6558%
1/3@Pittsburgh9471%
1/7SMU4271%
1/10@Notre Dame6357%
1/13Boston College12491%
1/17Miami FL3868%
1/20NC State3466%
1/24@Georgia Tech13880%
1/31Pittsburgh9487%
2/4@Stanford8066%
2/7@California7060%
2/11Virginia Tech7280%
2/14@Duke418%
2/18@Wake Forest5455%
2/21Florida St9387%
2/28Louisville1449%
3/3@North Carolina2640%
3/7Georgia Tech13892%