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I'm not sure Clemson fans fully appreciate how rare this basketball team is.
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Feb 24, 2025, 1:17 PM
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In the entire history of our program, Clemson has only been AP-ranked #13 or better at THIS POINT in the season OR LATER during the following years...
1975
1987
1997
2009
Right now.
Do the math on that.
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Great post! Truly rarefied air indeed.
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Feb 24, 2025, 1:29 PM
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I know a lot of our "fans" like to bash the ACC, partly to diminish our accomplishments, but our overall record and quality wins speak for themselves. We wouldn't be ranked #13 today if we were merely feasting on lowly ACC teams.
Go Tigers! Keep it up!
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Just think how much higher the ranking may be...
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Feb 24, 2025, 2:22 PM
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had we not pi$$ed away the UofSC and Georgia Tech games?
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Re: Just think how much higher the ranking may be...
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Feb 24, 2025, 3:02 PM
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had we not pi$$ed away the UofSC and Georgia Tech games?
I believe the term is upset which basically happens to every team in every sport in every season with very few exceptions.
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Re: Just think how much higher the ranking may be...
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Feb 26, 2025, 7:47 AM
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Debbie downer post…….. every school has games in a basketball season they can say this about. Just enjoy what they are doing.
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The Lunatic Fringe and Toxic TNetters
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Feb 26, 2025, 8:20 AM
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Always live in the past and attempt to suck the joy out of the room. They are all gathering this morning in a Porta-Potty somewhere near campus to sing the Notre Dame fight song.
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Re: The Lunatic Fringe and Toxic TNetters
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Feb 26, 2025, 11:50 AM
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Just think how much you could be enjoying this season
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Feb 26, 2025, 11:49 AM
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and all the success we are having if you didn't place an inordinate amount of focus on two losses?
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Re: Great post! Truly rarefied air indeed.
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Feb 24, 2025, 8:26 PM
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The demise is hard for me to believe. Figured it would always be the one thing the ACC could hang its hat on.
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Tiger Titan [50228]
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I think the coaching changes at several big programs
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Feb 26, 2025, 11:54 AM
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such as Duke, UNC, and Syracuse have really had an impact.
Plus, Miami and Florida State declining so much recently have been factors as well.
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Re: I think the coaching changes at several big programs
Feb 26, 2025, 1:52 PM
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UNC won a natty after their coaching change.
Duke is top 2 in the country right this second.
The issue is the next tier. NC State, Virginia, Virginia Tech, Wake Forest, Georgia Tech. All of them are down significantly.
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It is one thing to acknowledge that the ACC is not as strong top to bottom.
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Feb 26, 2025, 11:52 AM
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Everyone sees that.
But it's another thing to go out of your way to bash the ACC every chance you get, with the intention of minimizing our accomplishments this season.
That's what some of you do, and it's not something real fans would do.
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Re: It is one thing to acknowledge that the ACC is not as strong top to bottom.
Feb 26, 2025, 1:39 PM
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Please tell me you posted that laughing and thinking to yourself along the lines of "Yeah this is over the top hypcritcal, even for me"
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Re: I'm not sure Clemson fans fully appreciate how rare this basketball team is.
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Feb 24, 2025, 1:32 PM
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This is not at all surprising in this new generation of tiger fans.
There was a 50 post thread starting with how the baseball team isn't that good while they went undefeated on the weekend, and are ranked 7th in the nation.
Another thread about the demise of football who won a conference championship and made the CFP last season.
I've had my issues with Brownell and still question his decisions at the end of close games, but it's been a phenomenal back-to-back seasons. In case everyone has forgotten that they made the elite 8 last season.
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To piggyback on your comment, we did not have an easy path to the elite 8 either
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Feb 24, 2025, 1:38 PM
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We faced a tough New Mexico State team in the first round who won the Mountain West and was favored to beat us despite being the 11 seed, yet we won by 11.
In the second round, we faced a tough Baylor team that was seeded third and has a national championship winning head coach. They were also favored, but we beat them by 8.
In the Sweet 16, we faced 2 seed Arizona, who was favored. We won by 5.
Very impressive run last year. We can do it again, or possibly even exceed it, this year.
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Agreed***
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Re: To piggyback on your comment, we did not have an easy path to the elite 8 either
Feb 24, 2025, 4:16 PM
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We can but Chase Hunter has to return to the same player he was last year during the tournament run. He was aggressive and really took charge during our run to the elite 8 . We have not seen that same player since early in the season this year for some reason .
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Re: To piggyback on your comment, we did not have an easy path to the elite 8 either
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Feb 26, 2025, 8:29 AM
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That's just simply not true. Chase had one bad game against FSU. Other than that, he's been a scoring machine. It may "look different" than last year because he's got Zackery there to handle and distribute.
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Lucky us huh? I can't believe you're still trying to devalue that historic run
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Feb 24, 2025, 4:31 PM
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with your tired excuse, this season must be killing you
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Re: I'm not sure Clemson fans fully appreciate how rare this basketball team is.
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A good bit of Clemson “fans” have become brain rotted idiots. I don’t understand the obsession with having to #### one on sport to try and prop up another. They’re all wearing the same school across their chest. I want all teams to succeed and win championships don’t understand what’s so difficult about that
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Re: Three great seasons in a row
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Feb 26, 2025, 8:32 AM
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If "got screwed" means lost 3 Quad 4 games, then yes you are correct. Plenty of us who understand statistics and rankings told you those losses would keep us out of the NCAAT.
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I'm so proud of this team. Realistically we have a good shot at a #3 seed. I see Texas Tech and TAMU both losing a couple more games. Wisconsin and Mich State play each other. If we take care of the remaining schedule and do well in ACCT we would make a string case for a #3 seed. If we somehow win the tournament we would in consideration for a #2.
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That '97 team also finished 14th
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Feb 24, 2025, 1:35 PM
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Their schedule that year was a beast. Opened with the upset of Kentucky. ACC was loaded, Maryland still in the ACC. Something like 13 games vs top 25 teams. Got up to #2
Let's keep the momentum we have going!! ACCT and Final Four would be a dream.
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Freaking Bobby Jackson!!
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Feb 24, 2025, 1:47 PM
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Hated that dude for his entire NBA career because he led Minnesota to an OT win against us in the sweet 16.
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Re: Freaking Bobby Jackson!!
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So… he was good at something and had success at it.
And for that, you hate him?
Hmmm….
Interesting…
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Re: Relax Francis it's a figure of speech
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Feb 24, 2025, 1:57 PM
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Mmhmm sure…
And, what response are you looking for?
I don’t see a question.
But nice deflection when you get caught being racist.
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Campus Hero [13458]
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Here's your question you said Clemson would be left out of the tourney why lie
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Feb 24, 2025, 2:20 PM
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About it now? Are you so fragile you can't admit that you were wrong? That's pretty pathetic.
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That was a good team in 96-97.
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Feb 24, 2025, 2:14 PM
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Greg Buckner, Terrell McIntyre, Harold Jamison, Merl Code, Tony Christie, Tom Wideman, Iker Iturbe, Andruis Jurkunas, etc.
We had a favorable path to the Sweet 16, with Miami (OH) in round one and Tulsa in round two. Minnesota was a tough matchup in the Sweet 16. They deserved the 1 seed, and actually beat us twice that year.
The 96-97 season was definitely the high mark for Rick Barnes here. Our 97-98 team underachieved big time, and that was Rick's last one here.
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Re: That was a good team in 96-97.
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Loved me some Iker Iturbe, one of my favorite Tiger basketball players.
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Re: That was a good team in 96-97.
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That Minnesota game to go to the elite eight in 1997 was an awesome game..... The Gophers had Bobby Jackson and Sam Jacobsen. Went into double OT. Being from Minnesota, we always knocked the Gophers basketball program b/c basketball was what you played in the winter if you couldn't make the ice hockey team, but they were good and Clem Haskins was a great basketball coach.
Our Tigers that year were great too.... I never became a basketball fan till 1993 when my sister went to Duke and I saw a game in Cameron when I went to visit her when I was still in high school. When I watched those Barnes teams during my time at Clemson from 1995-1999, I became a HUGE basketball fan. I used to think any contact under the net was a foul, but I learned real quick it gets just as tough under the hoop as in ice hockey.
That game went into double OT and I remember it well. Classic game. Wish we would have had one or two more bounces go our way.
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Re: That was a good team in 96-97.
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My favorite player was walk-on Bill Harder, the team doctor's kid. Would always try to start a "Release Harder" chant towards the end of games to try to get Barnes to play the walk-ons.
Jurkunas, Irbe, Wideman.... they were fun to watch. Wideman especially because he was so clunky.... he was always the key to the game. If ole Wideman could score 10, we were a lock to win.
Jamison, Buckner, and McIntyre were just special.... They showed up everyday and gave it all they had.
Christie and Code were solid too... If they were shooting well, we were tough to beat.
Such a good team.
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Great!***
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Brownell needs to keep letting
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Dabo call the plays and we’ll make a run. Final 4 maybe
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I actually checked at the game last week
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and thankfully Dabo did not have the laminated play sheet in the stands like he has at football games.
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Bonus stat :Clemson beat scar 3 of those years***
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Re: Bonus stat :Clemson beat scar 3 of those years***
Feb 24, 2025, 2:34 PM
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That loss this year was baffling.
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So was 1975***
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Re: I'm not sure Clemson fans fully appreciate how rare this basketball team is.
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I would think anyone following Clemson basketball for more than a few years
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understands how special this season has been to date. Rare air indeed.
Go Tigers!
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This is so true because I remember when I visited my grandmother
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Feb 24, 2025, 2:46 PM
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in her small town, she dropped some serious wisdom on me. She said “Honeychild, one day some people will waste their time reading your comment.”
Today is that day.
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Re: I'm not sure Clemson fans fully appreciate how rare this basketball team is.
Feb 24, 2025, 10:43 PM
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Like once every 10-12 years since ‘75
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Im looking forward to playing in the ACCT championship and making a deep
Feb 24, 2025, 10:56 PM
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run in the NCAAT. Anything short of that would be disappointing.
Great season Tigers. Let’s finish it strong.
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I've admitted to not being much of a basketball aficienado, but I
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Feb 25, 2025, 4:48 AM
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am on cloud nine with our team's success. It's nearly unbelievable considering our history with mine going back 60 years.
I thought last year's team was great; this year's team has been stunning! To me, if we don't win another game this season, I'd still say ours was stellar!
I'm happy for our fans, team and Coach Brownell in particular.
Go Tigerrrrrrrrrs!
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What do you want us to do??***
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I just want you to answer a simple question
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Why did you lie about saying Clemson would not make the NCAA tournament last year?
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Re: I just want you to answer a simple question
Feb 25, 2025, 5:57 PM
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First, you need to look up the definition of “lie”.
Then get back to me.
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Go Tigers!! Let’s enjoy the moment!! Keep winning boys!!
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Re: I'm not sure Clemson fans fully appreciate how rare this basketball team is.
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I am aware and am thoroughly enjoying the current run. Fingers crossed that the team can bring home the ACC tournament hardware and make a repeat appearance in the elite 8 and take a step forward and advance to the final 4. Go Tigers!
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Only the bandwagon football fans who were added and became Clemson fans
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Feb 26, 2025, 11:47 AM
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are incapable of realizing this type of success at Clemson is not only rare, it is unheard of around Clemson basketball.
With that said, this season is still ongoing and as good as this team has been playing, they really need to finish the job. Possibly win ACC tourney, at least a game or 2...and another Sweet 16 would be a great continuance of this good mojo Clemson has going on the basketball court.
Go Tigers, beat the Irish!!
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Feb 26, 2025, 1:50 PM
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Enjoy the ride … great to have March Madness coming up and Clemson in the middle of the conversation. I would love for this team to change narrative of our ACC tournament history as well.
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Re: I'm not sure Clemson fans fully appreciate how rare this basketball team is.
Feb 26, 2025, 2:05 PM
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Most probably weren't old enough to see the ones before 2000. I loved that 1997 team with T-Mac, Buckner, Jamison, and Christie, I think they got up to #2 overall that year before running into Duncan's WF team. This team has all the tools to get back to the Elite 8 or better, we're shooting the ball well and playing tough D...lots of energy. Only sloppy turnover games have hurt us in the losses.
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