Leading up to the 2009 NIT Season Tip Off on November 16th, Pickin' Splinters will be counting down the top 25 of the college hardwood nation. By Paul Gotham 'o8 - '09 Results: 24 - 9 (9 - 7 ACC) Lost first round of NCAA Tournament to Michigan, 62 - 59. Coach: Oliver Purnell 117 - 77 (6 years at Clemson) 350 - 261 overall Key Returners: Trevor Booker - 15.3ppg, … [Read more...] about College Hoops Countdown | #21 Clemson
Clemson Tigers
This Date in College Football Belt History – October 23
The top-ranked, 7-0 Florida State Seminoles of coach Bobby Bowden met the 3-3 Clemson Tigers of first-year coach Tommy Bowden. The game was significant for many reasons; it featured a Belt match-up, Seminoles’ All-American WR Peter Warrick played for the first time in 3 weeks after the resolution of his Grand Theft charge, a father & son faced each other as head … [Read more...] about This Date in College Football Belt History – October 23
This Date in College Football Belt History – September 17
The 3rd ranked, 2-0 Clemson Tigers with coach Danny Ford hosted the 10th ranked, 1-1 Florida State Seminoles of coach Bobby Bowden. The Seminoles who had been top-ranked in pre-season, were loaded with talent including All-American CB Deion Sanders as well as QB Chip Ferguson, WR Terry Anthony, & OT Pat Tomberlin. An opening loss to 8th ranked Miami stunned the Seminoles … [Read more...] about This Date in College Football Belt History – September 17
Tale of the tape: Wake Forest at Clemson
by Paul Gotham Setting: The Demon Deacons pay a visit to Littlejohn Coliseum for a Top Ten matchup between undefeateds as #2 Wake Forest (15-0 / 2-0) takes on #10 Clemson (16-0 / 2-0) in an ACC battle. Plots: On paper the teams boast similar resumes. Both average over 80 points per game. Wake Forest is 51.2% from the field including 34.1% from the arc and 69.9% from the … [Read more...] about Tale of the tape: Wake Forest at Clemson
ACC full of surprises thus far
by Paul Casey Gotham In what could be a case of quality over quantity, the Atlantic Coast Conference has rather quietly seized four of the AP's most recent Top Ten. While much has been deservedly made of the Big East and their potential for nine or ten teams earning invitations to the NCAA tournament in March, the ACC has shown they could be punching more than one ticket … [Read more...] about ACC full of surprises thus far