Weekly Basketball March Madness Resume Check
Clemson has made a major push since we last checked the Tigers March Madness Resume on January 26, hanging on to defeat Georgia Tech in Atlanta and then taking down North Carolina in Clemson on Tuesday.
The Tigers travel to Winston-Salem Saturday for a matchup with Wake Forest that ESPN gives the Tigers a 70.9% win probability. The Deacons, 9-13 overall and 2-8 in ACC play, are coming off a 76-72 home victory over Florida State on Wednesday.
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 |
| 2/2 | 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). Realtime RPI has the Tigers at 4th in 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 also projects Clemson as a #3 seed in the West Regional in Dallas facing Bucknell 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.