Clemson takes on Notre Dame at 7:45 p.m. in South Bend (TheCW) on Saturday, looking to continue to bolster its ACC Tournament seeding. The latest NCAA Tournament projections agree on the Tigers.
ESPN has Clemson as a 5-seed and taking on Richmond in a Brooklyn, NY, pod. That has five ACC bids with UNC (2), Duke (4), Clemson (5), Wake Forest (10; last four byes) and Virginia (10; last four in).
CBS Sports is also picking a Clemson-Richmond first round game, but in a Pittsburgh pod. That projection has ACC teams with UNC (1), Duke (4), Clemson (5) and Virginia (10), with Wake Forest in the first four out.
Record: 20-8 Road/neutral record: 9-4 Strength of schedule: 11 Record vs. NET Quadrant 1: 5-4 (Wins: 85-77 at No. 6 Alabama; 80-76 at No. 9 UNC; 85-68 versus No. 26 Boise State at home; 74-66 versus No. 38 TCU at neutral site; 79-70 at No. 49 Pitt) Quadrant 3/4 losses: 2 (78-77 to No. 80 NC State at home; 93-90 to No. 138 GT at home) Result-based metric average: 15 Predictive metric average rank: 22.5 NET ranking: 23 Non-conference record: 10-1
(NET rankings and other metrics per WarrenNolan.com)
As it stands currently, Clemson is projected to be a 5-seed in the ACC Tournament if all of the favorites in ESPN's matchup predictor win out. List of seeds in that scenario: 1. UNC (16-4) 2. Duke (16-4) 3. Wake Forest (13-7) 4. Virginia (13-7) 5. Clemson (12-8) 6. Pitt (12-8) 7. Florida State (11-9) 8. Syracuse (11-9) 9. Virginia Tech (9-11) 10. NC State (9-11) 11. Miami (7-13) 12. Boston College (7-13) 13. Notre Dame (6-14) 14. Georgia Tech (5-15) 15. Louisville (3-17)