By Jay Ingles @ Clemson Tiger Insider 09/09/2011

Clemson overcame a shaky first half and notched a 24-point win over Troy in the first week. They've got one more week to work out the kinks before the competition gets stiffer. This week they face perennial FCS power Wofford. Let's see how the teams ...
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By Jay Ingles @ Clemson Tiger Insider 09/02/2011

It's the start of another season of Clemson football, and there is an air of cautious optimism and nervous excitement surrounding the program this year. Dabo Swinney made wholesale changes to his staff this offseason, and we will soon see the fruits ...
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By Jay Ingles @ Clemson Tiger Insider 08/31/2011

Controversy is all over the Coastal Division, as Miami, North Carolina and Georgia Tech have all recently had run-ins with the NCAA. Meanwhile, Virginia Tech is kicking back and watching a division they already dominated become progressively worse. Scandal...
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By Jay Ingles @ Clemson Tiger Insider 08/31/2011

The ACC's Atlantic Division is one of the most competitive divisions in college football. The race for the Atlantic crown usually involves several teams and is not decided until the final weeks of the season. For these reasons, it is also a hard division...
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By Jay Ingles @ Clemson Tiger Insider 03/28/2011

The look on Demontez Stitt's face said it all after he rose over the Boston College defense to tip in Tanner Smith missed 3-pointer with less than three minutes to play. It was his team's day. Stitt scored 20 points and Clemson beat Boston College 70-47...
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By Jay Ingles @ Clemson Tiger Insider 03/28/2011

Best team of the day: Clemson This is a no-brainer. The Tigers showed all confidence and no nerves in their dismantling of fellow bubble resident Boston College. They may have locked up an NCAA Tournament spot with the victory. Worst team of the day:...
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By Jay Ingles @ Clemson Tiger Insider 03/13/2011

Clemson looked the part of an NCAA Tournament team for the majority of its game Saturday, but the Tigers ran out of steam late as Harrison Barnes scored 40 points to lead North Carolina to its second straight comeback win in the ACC Tournament. Clemson...
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By Jay Ingles @ Clemson Tiger Insider 03/13/2011

Best team of the day: Duke The Blue Devils took care of Virginia Tech in workman-like fashion to move on to the conference championship game. Nolan Smith showed why he was named ACC Player of the Year. Worst team of the day: Virginia Tech The Hokies ...
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By Jay Ingles @ Clemson Tiger Insider 03/12/2011

Virginia Tech's NCAA Tournament hopes finally took a turn for the better. Officials reviewed and waved off Florida State guard Derwin Kitchen's seemingly buzzer-beating jumpshot, and Virginia Tech escaped with a one-point win to stay alive in the ACC...
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By Jay Ingles @ Clemson Tiger Insider 03/12/2011

Kyle Singler scored 14 and Ryan Kelly added 11 as Duke leads Maryland 42-33 at the half. Singler and Kelly each made all five of their field goal attempts. Nolan Smith, Duke's leading scorer, was held to just two points in the first half and had four...
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By Jay Ingles @ Clemson Tiger Insider 03/12/2011

Kyle Singler scored 29 points and Duke beat Maryland 87-71 in the second round of the ACC Tournament. The Blue Devils used a 13-3 run late in the second half to put away the pesky Terrapins. Maryland trimmed Duke's nine-point halftime lead to just one...
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By Jay Ingles @ Clemson Tiger Insider 03/11/2011

A balanced offensive effort and stout defense have Clemson up 33-25 on Boston College at halftime in the second round of the ACC Tournament. Demontez Stitt scored eight points and Jerai Grant added six as eight different Tigers made a basket in the first...
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By Jay Ingles @ Clemson Tiger Insider 03/11/2011

Malcolm Grant hit four threes in the first half and Miami leads top-seeded North Carolina 31-22 at the half. The Tar Heels made just seven field goals and had an incredible 15 turnovers as they struggled with the two-three zone posed by Miami. North ...
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By Jay Ingles @ Clemson Tiger Insider 03/11/2011

Best team of the day: Virginia Tech Miami's comeback was spectacular, but they were a terrible team for the majority of that game. The Hokies came out and stifled Georgia Tech with a two-three zone and got the win they needed to keep their NCAA Tournament...
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By Jay Ingles @ Clemson Tiger Insider 03/11/2011

A day after Miami pulled off an incredible comeback, the Hurricanes allowed one. Tyler Zeller's layup as time expired was the finishing touch on a North Carolina 19-point second-half comeback that earned them a 61-59 win over the dismayed Hurricanes....
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By Jay Ingles @ Clemson Tiger Insider 03/11/2011

Malcolm Delaney scored 15 points and Jeff Allen added 14 as Virginia Tech ousted Georgia Tech in the first round of the ACC Tournament, 59-43. The Hokies stifled the Yellow Jackets with a two-three zone, and Georgia Tech scored its fewest points in the...
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By Jay Ingles @ Clemson Tiger Insider 03/11/2011

Jordan Williams scored 16 points and pulled down 13 rebound to lead Maryland to a 75-67 first-round win over N.C. State. Dino Gregory had 11 points and Terrell Stoglin and Cliff Tucker each chipped in nine for the Maryland, whose only chance to earn ...
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By Jay Ingles @ Clemson Tiger Insider 03/11/2011

Reggie Jackson scored 27 points on 10 of 13 shooting to lead Boston College to a first round ACC Tournament win over Wake Forest. Joe Trapani added 22 points and Biko Paris 21 on six 3-pointers. The trio of Eagles combined for 70 points in Boston College's...
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By Jay Ingles @ Clemson Tiger Insider 03/11/2011

Jordan Williams had 10 points and six rebounds in the first half, and Maryland leads N.C. State 42-33 at halftime. The Terrapins jumped out to a 12-2 lead, but the Wolfpack cut the lead to five at 15-10 on a pair of Javier Gonzalez free throws. Maryland...
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By Jay Ingles @ Clemson Tiger Insider 03/10/2011

Biko Paris and Reggie Jackson combined for 29 points in the first half, and Boston College holds a commanding 16-point halftime lead over Wake Forest. Paris scored 15 points on 5 of 7 from three-point range, and Jackson shot 6 of 7 from the field to ...
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By Jay Ingles @ Clemson Tiger Insider 03/10/2011

After Virginia took a 53-43 lead with less than 40 seconds left, the game seemed all but over. Two 3-pointers, a dunk and a layup later, Miami had tied the score at 53 with 10 seconds left. Miami's Durand Scott had a chance to finish a potential three-point...
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By Jay Ingles @ Clemson Tiger Insider 03/10/2011

Improbable? Maybe impossible. After scoring just eight points in the first 18 minutes of the second half, Miami scored 14 in the final two minutes, including 10 in a 24-second interval in the final minute, to force overtime against shell-shocked Virginia....
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By Jay Ingles @ Clemson Tiger Insider 03/10/2011

Miami leads Virginia 31-25 at the half thanks to contributions from some unexpected sources. Normally stiff big man Julian Gamble scored seven points in the first half for the Hurricanes, and Rion Brown had nine off the bench on 3 of 3 from beyond the...
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By Jay Ingles @ Clemson Tiger Insider 03/08/2011

<!--StartFragment--> The ACC Tournament has a certain luster that is unmatched by any other conference tournament. It’s hard to put your finger on why it is so special, but if you’ve been lucky enough to attend an ACC Tournament, you know the feeling. ACC fans...<!--StartFragment-->
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By Jay Ingles @ Clemson Tiger Insider 02/24/2011

With just three games left in the regular season, Clemson is still on the wrong side of the NCAA Tournament bubble. With a middling conference record, a mediocre computer profile and now just one RPI top-50 win (and that's against No. 50 Boston College),...
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By Jay Ingles @ Clemson Tiger Insider 02/14/2011

Clemson's 2011 football schedule is one of the most daunting in school history. The Tigers face all four teams that participated in last year's ACC and SEC Championship games. A tough road slate includes trips to Virginia Tech, Georgia Tech and South...
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By Jay Ingles @ Clemson Tiger Insider 02/02/2011

Clemson has swept two straight ACC homestands and now sits at 15-6 overall and 4-3 in the conference. But despite having a seemingly bubble-quality resume, the Tigers are not on the national radar for the NCAA Tournament. Why? They haven't proven that...
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By Jay Ingles @ Clemson Tiger Insider 02/02/2011

Clemson had high hopes coming into National Signing Day, and those hopes were rewarded. Clemson signed two of the nation's top linebackers in five-stars Tony Steward (St. Augustine, Fla.) and Stephone Anthony (Wadesboro, N.C.), as well as three-star ...
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By Jay Ingles @ Clemson Tiger Insider 01/14/2011

One month ago, it seemed the transition into the Brad Brownell era would be tougher than expected for the Clemson basketball program. Three straight losses had dropped the Tigers' record to 5-4, a mark the program hadn't seen in some time. The streak...
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By Jay Ingles @ Clemson Tiger Insider 01/05/2011

Clemson's 31-26 loss to South Florida in the Meineke Car Care Bowl gave Clemson its first sub-.500 record in over a decade. After that, change was inevitable. Dabo Swinney fired offensive coordinator Billy Napier and running backs coach/special teams...
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By Jay Ingles @ Clemson Tiger Insider 12/30/2010

It was a tumultuous season for the Clemson Tigers, to say the least. Their hopes of defending the ACC's Atlantic Division title dissolved early in the year, and a 4-4 conference record, coupled with the team's second straight loss to South Carolina, ...
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By Jay Ingles @ Clemson Tiger Insider 12/22/2010

Grant named ACC Player of the Week Jerai Grant was named ACC Player of the Week after playing a big part in Clemson's wins over Savannah State and UNC-Greensboro last week. The senior scored 15 points and pulled down six rebounds against Savannah State...
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By Jay Ingles @ Clemson Tiger Insider 12/07/2010

Clemson defensive end Da'Quan Bowers beat out Auburn's Nick Fairley and LSU's Patrick Peterson to win the Bronko Nagurski Trophy for being the nation's top defensive player. Bowers winning the award doesn't come as much of a surprise, as the junior led...
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By Jay Ingles @ Clemson Tiger Insider 12/05/2010

Clemson accepted a bid to play in the Meineke Car Care Bowl in Charlotte on Dec. 31. The Tigers will face South Florida, whom the bowl selected from the Big East. South Florida finished the regular season with a 7-5 record and a 3-4 mark in the conference....
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By Jay Ingles @ Clemson Tiger Insider 12/02/2010

South Carolina handed Clemson its most embarrassing loss in years on Saturday, beating the Tigers 29-7 to win two straight in the Palmetto State rivalry for the first time since 1970. Clemson struck first but failed to score in the final 58 minutes as...
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By Jay Ingles @ Clemson Tiger Insider 11/26/2010

It's been an up-and-down season for Clemson, but they could salvage some pride if they beat South Carolina. The Tigers beat Wake Forest last week to get their first road win and become bowl eligible. The Gamecocks caught Clemson looking ahead to its ...
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By Jay Ingles @ Clemson Tiger Insider 11/24/2010

Clemson was finally able to win a road game and earn bowl eligibility as they put away Wake Forest 30-10 on Saturday. The Tigers scored their most touchdowns since Andre Ellington scored three by himself against Georgia Tech on Oct. 23. Kyle Parker had...
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By Jay Ingles @ Clemson Tiger Insider 11/19/2010

Clemson dominated the game against Florida State last week but couldn't produce in the red zone in a gut-wrenching 16-13 loss. The Tigers are playing for pride and bowl eligibility now as they have fallen out of contention for the Atlantic Division title....
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By Jay Ingles @ Clemson Tiger Insider 11/17/2010

Clemson's offense couldn't get the job done in the red zone on Saturday, and Dustin Hopkins nailed a 55-yard field goal as time expired to put the Tigers' faint ACC title hopes to bed. The Tigers outgained the Seminoles and got career days from running...
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By Jay Ingles @ Clemson Tiger Insider 11/12/2010

Clemson overcame a miserable offensive performance last week to steal a one-point win from NC State, and they will likely need another defense-heavy effort take down Florida State this weekend. Andre Ellington is still out for the Tigers, but Christian...
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By Jay Ingles @ Clemson Tiger Insider 11/10/2010

As the early signing period for basketball recruiting began, two recruits who had previously verbally committed to Clemson signed letters of intent to play for the Tigers. Four-star forward Bernard Sullivan of Davidson Day School (N.C.) was Brad Brownell's...
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By Jay Ingles @ Clemson Tiger Insider 11/08/2010

Clemson struggled on offense the entire game, but the defense kept the Tigers in the game long enough for Kyle Parker to lead them to a comeback win against North Carolina State. Parker was shaky early and was even benched in the first half after throwing...
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By Jay Ingles @ Clemson Tiger Insider 11/05/2010

Trying to predict Clemson games this season has been about as useful as a knife in a gun fight, but why not give it another go. Clemson is coming off one of its most embarrassing losses in recent memory, and NC State is rolling into town with a division...
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By Jay Ingles @ Clemson Tiger Insider 11/03/2010

After its loss to Boston College, Clemson's fleeting hopes of defending its Atlantic Division title no longer rest in its own hands. The Tigers must win out (obviously) and need Florida State, NC State, and Maryland to each lose at least two more times....
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By Jay Ingles @ Clemson Tiger Insider 11/02/2010

Sophomore guard Donte Hill has decided to transfer from Clemson and pursue an opportunity at another division I school. Hill will finish the academic semester at Clemson. Hill played in 23 games during his freshman year, averaging 5.1 minutes and 1.4...
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By Jay Ingles @ Clemson Tiger Insider 11/01/2010

Clemson fans should be used to it by now. The inexplicable loss. The impending collapse. The poor decisions. The dropped passes. The blown coverages. The missed field goals. The bad coaching. These are the things that have kept the Clemson football program...
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By Jay Ingles @ Clemson Tiger Insider 10/31/2010

As if Clemson's embarrassing loss at Boston College wasn't bad enough, starting running back Andre Ellington is out for at least two weeks with a ligament strain in his leg. The Tigers seemingly don't have much motivation for the rest of the season, ...
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By Jay Ingles @ Clemson Tiger Insider 10/29/2010

The Tigers head north this week to face Boston College in the yearly battle for the O'Rourke-McFadden Trophy. The Tigers have won both games since the trophy was created, including a 25-7 win over the Eagles last year in Death Valley. Thanks to N.C. ...
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By Jay Ingles @ Clemson Tiger Insider 10/25/2010

Andre Ellington rushed for a career-high 166 yards and scored three touchdowns to help Clemson beat Georgia Tech for the first time since 2006. The shifty running back ran for touchdowns of 55 and 42 yards and caught a 10-yard touchdown pass in Clemson's...
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By Jay Ingles @ Clemson Tiger Insider 10/21/2010

It took three tries, but Clemson finally notched its first conference win against Maryland last week. Sitting at 1-2 in the ACC, however, Clemson needs to win out to have a realistic shot at defending its Atlantic Division title. Next up is a home date...
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