NCAA Tournament March Madness

#14 Louisville

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Projected seed: 6

Louisville’s profile is anchored by a home statement over Kentucky and a neutral-site victory over Cincinnati that show the offense can overwhelm good teams, and a string of dominant wins over lesser opponents that underline how dangerous the attack is when it’s clicking; the road loss at Arkansas and a handful of games where the defense looked soft are clear blemishes that explain why the resume still has work to do. Upcoming road trips to California and Stanford and a run of high-profile league tests — a home-and-away with Duke, trips to Tennessee, North Carolina and Clemson, a neutral meeting with Baylor and a road trip to SMU — create obvious chances to flip the resume from promising to top-tier by proving the team can win away from home and in neutral settings. A handful of home wins against conference middling opponents keep the floor firm, but the difference between this profile and a blowaway resume will come down to whether Louisville can convert a couple of those road or neutral opportunities and stop handing opponents easy momentum the way Arkansas did.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3S Carolina St353W104-45
11/6Jackson St319W106-70
11/11Kentucky19W96-88
11/15Ohio212W106-81
11/21(N)Cincinnati74W74-64
11/24E Michigan185W87-46
11/26NJIT350W104-47
12/3@Arkansas31L89-80
12/6(N)Indiana2462%
12/13Memphis7388%
12/16@Tennessee1541%
12/20Montana19598%
12/30@California7071%
1/2@Stanford8076%
1/6Duke448%
1/10Boston College12495%
1/13Virginia2372%
1/17@Pittsburgh9480%
1/24Virginia Tech7287%
1/26@Duke427%
1/31SMU4280%
2/4Notre Dame6385%
2/7@Wake Forest5467%
2/9NC State3477%
2/14(N)Baylor2964%
2/17@SMU4261%
2/21Georgia Tech13896%
2/23@North Carolina2652%
2/28@Clemson2151%
3/3Syracuse6586%
3/7@Miami FL3858%