Posted by Chili

Clemson will face NCSU tonight at 9:00 PM in Greensboro in the nightcap game of the first round of the ACC Championship. Clemson is seemingly a lock for the NCAA Tournament, with this year having what is being described as a “soft bubble.” Which doesn’t make a lot of sense to me, but whatever. A lot of people are insinuating that NCSU will be playing for Sidney Lowe as a loss here could be a tipping point for his job safety. I don’t doubt that they may be playing hard for ol coach, but I think NCSU holds off on him for at least another year or so.

Clemson should be playing with a little bit of fire after the absolutely lackluster effort versus Wake Forest last week. Trevor Booker was manhandled and should be out to exact revenge.

In other news, Dabo Swinney is ALL IN SOLID ORANGE CLEMSON DETERMINED SPIRIT SLOGAN SLOGAN SLOGAN for scrimmaging opponents in the spring. “Let’s go play Georgia,” Swinney told reporters at practice earlier this week. Hell yeah, let’s go play Georgia. State article is here.

Oh, and we’ll be doing some sort of big ass NCAA Tournament bracket pool pretty soon. What service (ESPN, CBS, Yahoo!, etc) would you guys like to use for the pool? Let us know in the comments. Thanks.

Posted by Chili

From BCInterruption:

First Round

(8) Boston College vs. (9) Virginia
(5) Wake Forest vs. (12) Miami
(7) Georgia Tech vs. (10) North Carolina
(6) Clemson vs. (11) N.C. State

Quarterfinals

(1) Duke vs. BC/Virginia Winner
(4) Virginia Tech vs. Wake Forest/Miami Winner
(2) Maryland vs. Georgia Tech/North Carolina Winner
(3) Florida State vs. Clemson/N.C. State Winner

Posted by Chili

Via D1scourse

***Updated to latest standings post Duke-UNC beatdown here***

Posted by Willy Mac

Here is the schedule put out by the CUAD for this Saturday’s game against Duke at Littlejohn. Here’s to a revenge win against the Blue Devils.

Posted by Chili

While you were publishing your slutty sister’s make-out list on Facebook, Clemson was kicking in the Tar Heels’ teeth.

Clemson thoroughly decimated Norkalina 83-64 last night in front of a raucous Littlejohn crowd who rushed the court as soon as the final buzzer sounded. The John was so crowded that Andy Katz had masses of orange-clad students impeding his ability to properly babble.

Fire Marshall Bill! - from TheBigLead.com

Here is Katz’s take on the Tigers’ victory over on ESPN. 24th ranked Clemson beat the 12th ranked Heels through a grueling defensive effort that forced Carolina into committing 26 turnovers. The 19 point loss was the worst ACC loss of Roy Williams’ career. While Demontez Stitt had a hell of a game against his “dream team,” it was the big man Trevor Booker really stepping up to lead the Tigers and impose his will on UNC with 21 points and 9 boards. CHECK THE STATS, MAN.

I personally feel that this game, and really the season overall, exposes Roy Williams as what he is: the best recruiter in the business, but only an above average coach. When he has the top talent in the nation, as he often does, he is in a position to win, but he’s not a guy who will develop or get the most out of middling talent. Just look at the UNC bench as he hollered at his guys, they looked apathetic. Even when Williams had some of the top talent in the nation at Kansas, he still managed to choke a good bit. That being said, would I want him at Clemson? Fucking of course. If he manages to bring in every recruit he wants – which he does regularly – and wins with them, does it matter if he’s not the best in-game coach? Not really.

Okay, enough of that. Here’s Yahoo!’s recap of the game, and here’s the whole StatSheet page on it.