In an NCAA Tournament with fewer upsets than usual, Clemson might be one of the biggest surprises. The No. 6 Tigers are the second-lowest seed remaining in March Madness (behind its ACC counterpart No. 11 NC State) and have reached the Sweet 16 with a pair of outright wins as an underdog.
Clemson did enough during the regular season (21-10) to garner an NCAA Tournament bid despite a one-and-done trip in the ACC Tournament in its 21-point loss to Boston College. Pundits debated whether Clemson should've been as high in the bracket, and the Tigers were two-point underdogs to trendy double-digit seed New Mexico in the first round.