Weekly Clemson Basketball Resume Check
Since our last resume check Clemson has gone 2-0 and righted the ship with the return of Shelton Mitchell, which has helped Gabe DeVoe return to his previous form and put the Tigers squarely in the mix for a top 4 seed in the ACC Tournament and a solid bid in the NCAA Tournament.
Clemson's current resume for the NCAA tournament is below and, for a more complete picture, we've included the odds for success during March Madness and win probabilities for the Tigers remaining regular season game (via ESPN).
Current Resume
| As of | Record | Conf Record | vs, Top 50 | RPI | SOS | Non-Conf Schedule | Projected Seed |
| 3/2 | 22-7 | 11-6 | 7-6 | 8 | 16 | 58 | 5* |
vs. Top 50: Record vs. current top 50 RPI teams.
RPI: Team's rank in official NCAA Ratings Percentage Index (RPI).
SOS: Strength of schedule.
Non-Conf Schedule: Non-Conference Schedule Rank.
*Projected Seed: ESPN College Basketball Power Index projects Clemson as a 3 seed, however as of March 1 Joe Lunardi projects Clemson as a #5 seed in the East Regional in Dallas facing Loyola-Chicago in the latest edition of Bracketology.
Tournament Odds
While the resume has lost a bit of shine, the Tigers will be dancing and it's just a matter of where and at what seed.
What are the odds once they start dancing? Per ESPN (based on Joe Lunardi's bracketology) here are Clemson's odds:
| Make Sweet 16 | Make Final Four | Win Tournament |
| 36.4% | 4.1% | 0.6% |
| 1 in 2.7 | 1 in 24.4 | 1 in 166.7 |
Win Probabilities for Remaining Game
ESPN has assigned the following win probabilities to Clemson's remaining regular season game at Syracuse on Saturday:
| Date | Opponent | Location | Win Probability |
| 3/3 | Syracuse | Syracuse | 50.4 |
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.
