NCAA Tournament March Madness

#87 South Carolina

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Projection: likely out

South Carolina’s resume reads like a team caught between promise and damage because its best moments — a road win at LSU and a solid victory over Oklahoma — are outweighed by resume-hurting results such as neutral-site setbacks to Butler and Northwestern and a heavy defeat at Arkansas alongside a lopsided home loss to Florida. The team has not proven enough on the road, with losses in hostile environments like Clemson, Auburn and Texas A&M, so the profile lacks the consistent neutral-site or true road signature wins the committee prizes. The remaining slate gives clear paths to repair the résumé with a home rematch against LSU, a difficult trip to Texas and opportunities against Missouri, Alabama, Florida, Kentucky, Georgia, Tennessee and Mississippi State, but until the Gamecocks pick up a genuine quality win away from Columbia those damaging setbacks will keep them on the wrong side of the cut.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/4NC A&T296W91-72
11/9Southern Miss250W83-79
11/12Presbyterian277W81-61
11/18Radford257W87-58
11/21(N)Butler60L79-72
11/23(N)Northwestern62L79-77
11/28Charleston So227W74-62
12/2Virginia Tech55L86-83
12/6Stetson320W82-51
12/13Citadel352W71-55
12/16@Clemson29L68-61
12/22S Carolina St361W95-70
12/30SUNY Albany304W96-67
1/3Vanderbilt12L83-71
1/6@LSU50W78-68
1/10Georgia34L75-70
1/14@Arkansas22L108-74
1/17@Auburn26L71-67
1/20Oklahoma61W85-76
1/24@Texas A&M33L92-69
1/28Florida8L95-48
1/31LSU5045%
2/3@Texas3517%
2/7Missouri5951%
2/14@Alabama1710%
2/17@Florida85%
2/21Mississippi St8359%
2/24Kentucky3234%
2/28@Georgia3417%
3/3Tennessee2125%
3/7@Mississippi7332%