Weekly Basketball March Madness Resume Check
Clemson continues to build their March Madness Resume, taking down Wake Forest in Winston-Salem and then handling woeful Pitt, 72-48, in the friendly confines of Littlejohn Coliseum last night in their only game this week.
The Tigers are off until next Wednesday when they travel to Florida State in a game that ESPN currently gives the Tigers a 57.8% probability of winning.
Clemson's current resume for the NCAA tournament is below we'll track the Tigers resume for the remainder of the season.
| As of | Record | Conf Record | vs, Top 50 | RPI | BPI | SOR | SOS | Non-Conf Schedule | Projected Seed |
| 2/9 | 20-4 | 9-3 | 7-2 | 4 | 18 | 6 | 42 | 143 | 2* |
| 2/2 | 18-4 | 7-3 | 7-2 | 5* | 18 | 9 | 23 | 155 | 3* |
| 1/26 | 16-4 | 5-3 | 6-2 | 6* | 17 | 11 | 23 | 138 | 3* |
vs. Top 50: Record vs. current top 50 ESPN BPI teams.
*RPI: Team's rank in official NCAA Ratings Percentage Index (RPI).
BPI: Rank in the ESPN Basketball Power Index (BPI) among all Division I teams.
SOR: Rank of Strength of Record (SOR) among all Division I teams. SOR reflects the chance a typical 25th ranked team would have team's record or better, given the schedule on a 0 to 100 scale, where 100 is best.
SOS: Strength of Schedule (SOS) rank among all Division I teams based on how a typical 25th ranked team would do against each team's schedule to date. SOS accounts for the game location, day's rest, travel distance, and high altitude in addition to opponent strength.
Non-Conf Schedule: Non-Conference Schedule Rank.
*Projected Seed: Seed projected by ESPN College Basketball Power Index. Joe Lunardi currently projects Clemson as a #3 seed in the East Regional in Wichita facing Montana in the latest edition of Bracketology.
In case you are wondering, Clemson's best seeding in the NCAA Tournament came in 1987 and 1997 when they entered as a #4 seed.
The 1987 team was eliminated in the opening round by Southwest Missouri State 65-60. The 1997 team made a run into the Sweet Sixteen before #1 seed Minnesota knocked off the Tigers 90-84 in double overtime.