03-02-2026, 12:16 PM
(This post was last modified: 03-02-2026, 12:16 PM by Hieronymus.)
Great shooting day for us and a terrible one for Clemson. Some of that was the defense, some was Clemson missing a key player and some was Clemson didn’t really show up. For me though the biggest positive was seeing Stanford actually have a transition game on offense. Not sure how much was us and how much was Clemson, but it was good to see for once.
Realistically, they have to win 3 games in the tournament to have any small chance of the NCAAs. Getting to the finals is better, but they may need to win it to get in. Net ranking right now is 42 which would be right at the bubble line without other upsets. Realistically, that is out right now, and our 8-10 in conference doesn’t help. 9-9 or 10-8 would be a lot more comfortable. Beating Miami will help exactly 0, but beating ND and NC State would be a positive though I am not sure it gets us over the hump. Beating Duke might get it done. We will see.
Realistically, they have to win 3 games in the tournament to have any small chance of the NCAAs. Getting to the finals is better, but they may need to win it to get in. Net ranking right now is 42 which would be right at the bubble line without other upsets. Realistically, that is out right now, and our 8-10 in conference doesn’t help. 9-9 or 10-8 would be a lot more comfortable. Beating Miami will help exactly 0, but beating ND and NC State would be a positive though I am not sure it gets us over the hump. Beating Duke might get it done. We will see.