NCAA Tournament March Madness

#47 USC

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Projected seed: 11 (last four in)

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 Poly269W94-64
11/9Manhattan333W114-83
11/14(N)Illinois St84W87-67
11/20Troy113W107-106
11/24(N)Boise St54W70-67
11/25(N)Seton Hall49W83-81
11/26(N)Arizona St78W88-75
12/2@Oregon98W82-77
12/6Washington48L84-76
12/9@San Diego196W94-81
12/14Washington St140W68-61
12/17UT San Antonio348W97-70
1/2@Michigan2L96-66
1/5@Michigan St7L80-51
1/9@Minnesota82W70-69
1/13Maryland122W88-71
1/17Purdue9L69-64
1/21Northwestern62L74-68
1/25@Wisconsin41W73-71
1/28@Iowa23L73-72
1/31Rutgers15590%
2/3Indiana3151%
2/8@Penn St12569%
2/11@Ohio St4034%
2/18Illinois426%
2/21Oregon9880%
2/24@UCLA3933%
2/28Nebraska1131%
3/4@Washington4840%
3/7UCLA3955%