Bracket Watch: Clemson resume holding strong as ACC season wraps |
The midweek setback at Syracuse has Clemson in a packed middle-of-the-ACC crowd heading into the final weekend of conference games.
Clemson can finish as high as the fourth seed for a double-bye in next week's ACC Tournament with a win over Pitt (No. 82 KenPom; noon Saturday on RSN) and losses from Louisville (hosting No. 21 Virginia Saturday) and Georgia Tech (at Wake Forest on Friday). Those results not going Clemson's way - plus a UNC win over Duke - could send it to as low as a 7-seed. Of course, this pandemic season means things could change in the schedule, but that's where we are right now. With the Big Dance outlook, Wednesday's defeat didn't have a major impact, dropping two spots in the NCAA's NET ranking (36th) and four with KenPom rating (42). The Tigers' strength of schedule overall is back in the top-10 (9) and the non-conference SOS is up to 75th. CBS Sports has been firmly in Brad Brownell's corner with bracket projections, pegging Clemson for a 5-seed heading into the weekend. In the overall Bracket Matrix average, Clemson is a 6-seed, while ESPN is on the lower side with an 8-seed pick. Clemson NCAA Tourney profile Record: 15-6 NET: 36 KenPom: 42 Strength of schedule: 9 Non-conference SOS: 75 Record vs. Quadrant 1 teams*: 3-6 (wins over NET No. 7 Alabama, No. 13 FSU, No. 22 Purdue) Quadrant 3 or 4 losses: None. * 1-30 NET teams at home, 1-50 at neutral sites, 1-75 in away games.
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