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Valley Legend [12591]
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Has Clemson Basketball ever been ranked 10th or higher?
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Mar 3, 2025, 7:13 PM
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I honestly can't remember them ranked in top 10. I recall them being 13-15th. I may remember them 9th under Purnell. I don't recall where we got with Ellis but the ACC was stout then and bunch of teams had shoe money in that era. I know we were ranked but not sure how high.
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Orange Blooded [2487]
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Re: Has Clemson Basketball ever been ranked 10th or higher?
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Mar 3, 2025, 7:14 PM
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Don't I remember a Rick Barnes team being top 10 or 5 for a short period of time?
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Valley Legend [13059]
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Yeah #2 the week we played Tim Duncan and Wake***
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Mar 3, 2025, 7:16 PM
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Orange Blooded [2487]
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Re: Has Clemson Basketball ever been ranked 10th or higher?
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Mar 3, 2025, 7:18 PM
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Found it.
"Rick Barnes was the first coach in Clemson history to take the Tigers to the NCAA Tournament three consecutive years. Barnes coached Clemson into post-season play every year of his tenure and to the NCAA in 1996, 1997, and 1998. The Tigers' top season was his third year, when he coached the Tigers to a 16–1 start and a #2 national ranking. In the season, he opened with a 79–71 overtime victory against defending National Champion Kentucky. The team ended the season 23–10 and ranked #8 in the final USA Today poll."
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clemson_Tigers_men%27s_basketball
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Valley Legend [12591]
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Re: Has Clemson Basketball ever been ranked 10th or higher?
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Mar 3, 2025, 7:33 PM
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That was just a couple yrs after I graduated and I had a few yrs where I lost track of Clemson sports except for football.
Honestly, I was chasing my ex-bride. I would have been better off chasing Clemson sports.
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Orange Immortal [62982]
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Re: Has Clemson Basketball ever been ranked 10th or higher?
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Mar 4, 2025, 4:54 AM
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That was when I was able to attend every home game. (It was back when a win was a win, not the idiocy that currently prevails in manipulating the rankings in college sports.)
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Re: Has Clemson Basketball ever been ranked 10th or higher?
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Mar 3, 2025, 7:17 PM
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As a point of reference, in 1990, Clemson was regular season "champs" in the ACC, but only ranked 17th in the AP.
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Paw Master [16899]
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Re: Has Clemson Basketball ever been ranked 10th or higher?
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Mar 3, 2025, 7:17 PM
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In 97 under Rick Barnes Clemson played Wake both teams ranked 2 and 3.
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Rival Killer [2646]
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Re: Has Clemson Basketball ever been ranked 10th or higher?
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Mar 3, 2025, 7:45 PM
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A number of week's (like 12 times) in 97-98.
Started at 5 in 1998 then crapped the bed.
Purnell got us to 10 a few times in 2008-09.
and of course now.
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Hall of Famer [8167]
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Our lowest ranking in 97 was final ranking of #14
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Mar 3, 2025, 7:55 PM
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This is a good source for any bball history
https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/clemson/men/1997-schedule.html
That’s the era of ACC basketball domination everyone refers to. Dean Smith, Coach K, Dave Odom, Gary Williams, Bobby Cremins. We played 13 top 25 teams, and everybody in the ACC twice.
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Standout [219]
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Re: Our lowest ranking in 97 was final ranking of #14
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Mar 3, 2025, 8:05 PM
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The only Clemson basketball game I've ever attended wasn't that long ago and I'm pretty sure we were in the top 5 as well as Wake Forest, pretty sure it was a top 5 match up
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Rival Killer [2646]
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Re: Our lowest ranking in 97 was final ranking of #14
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Mar 3, 2025, 8:17 PM
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It was 96-97, I typo'd the above to trigger my favorite "fact checker", but they don't fact check 15+ years ago for reasons I cannot divulge (personal, alphabet people stuff). Its a Shame.
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Yep, stated earlier today Tigers in top 5..
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Mar 3, 2025, 8:21 PM
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And they WERE #2 with possible chance to be #1 but lost.
Also as poster said above we were at #8 once..so this present team has a little ways to go since #13 now.
Good luck TiGERS..Jeep Rocking
Hi JK~
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Rival Killer [2646]
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Re: Yep, stated earlier today Tigers in top 5..
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Mar 3, 2025, 8:26 PM
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Rolling that Jeep, again and again. Keep rolling!
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Rival Killer [2646]
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Re: Yep, stated earlier today Tigers in top 5..
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Mar 3, 2025, 9:34 PM
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Hey,
Bill we were ok in 97-98, but you gotta admit Barnes screwed the pooch looking for a better gig, yea?
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Rival Killer [2712]
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Re: Has Clemson Basketball ever been ranked 10th or higher?
Mar 4, 2025, 3:12 AM
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LOLOL
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