The Clemson men’s basketball team earned an at-large bid into the 2026 NCAA Tournament as a No. 8 seed in the South Regional and will face ninth-seeded seed Iowa in Tampa, Fla. on Friday in the first round (6:50 p.m., TNT).
Before the Big Dance begins, ESPN predicted every game in the March Madness bracket.
ESPN’s Jeff Borzello predicted Clemson to beat Iowa, 64-62, and then fall to No. 1 seed Florida, 76-63, in the second round.
ESPN’s Myron Medcalf assessed all 68 teams in the NCAA Tournament and deemed Clemson’s “tournament ceiling” to be the Round of 32, which of course means winning only one game.