In college basketball, the “eye test” matters, but it is the math that will determine your seed in March. For the Clemson Tigers, the numbers have been moving in the wrong direction. Clemson (20-8, 10-5 ACC) have hit a wall after just a blistering 10-1 opening to ACC play, with four consecutive losses and falling out of the USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll. While these losses alone are painful, their impact on the Tigers' analytical profile (those figures being the NET rankings and KenPom ratings) can have huge seeding implications.
After losing against Wake Forest and Florida State, Clemson slid seven spots in the NET rankings to No.