Clemson is down to a 6-seed in ESPN's latest NCAA Tournament projections, facing a play-in game winner (St. John's or Indiana State) in a Pittsburgh pod with Kentucky and Morehead State. Virginia is another play-in game team, Wake Forest is in the first four out and Pitt is in the next four out. UNC is picked to be a No. 2 seed and Duke is picked to be a No. 3.
Record: 21-10 Road/neutral record: 9-6 Strength of schedule: 13 Record vs. NET Quadrant 1: 5-5 (Wins: 80-76 at No. 7 UNC; 85-77 at No. 8 Alabama; 85-68 versus No. 23 Boise State at home; 74-66 versus No. 40 TCU at neutral site; 79-70 at No. 44 Pitt) Quadrant 3/4 losses: 2 (78-77 to No. 80 NC State at home; 93-90 to No. 122 GT at home) Result-based metric average: 22.5 Predictive metric average rank: 23.5 NET ranking: 26 Non-conference record: 10-1