Clemson currently sits at 14-3 overall, 6-0 in the ACC...

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This year, fans can feel confident we CAN win every game!

Jan 12, 2023, 11:59 AM

This season, there is not one ACC team that is so totally dominant that this particular Clemson team can’t go into the game with a legitimate expectation of winning.

This is a big change and can be attributed both to the current quality of play by the Tigers, and also to the decline in the ACC overall.

And rest assured, for Clemson hoops to gain traction, the traditional ACC powered absolutely had to go into some sort of decline.

This season is a perfect opportunity for Clemson to climb out of mediocrity and to gain a permanent foothold in the top third of the ACC.

Starting out 6-0 is what needed to happen. Winning close games against the odds has been wonderful to witness.

I predict that we will still lose 4-5 ACC games because that eventuality has just been drilled into my psyche over the past 50 years. But this is not my father’s ACC, nor your grandfather’s. The coach Ks and the Deans and the Roy’s are all gone. They’ve been replaced by nepotistic in-house hires of former players (sound familiar?) and right now they’re not doing well. Right now there is no ACC King Pin.

This is a great window of opportunity that has never occurred before and may not come again in any of our lifetimes.

Can we take advantage and do what needs to be done? Time will tell, beginning with beating Duke!

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and in sole possession of first place.

There are currently fourteen games remaining and a lot of basketball left to play. So...what's left on the schedule?

Duke
at Wake
Virginia Tech
Georgia Tech
at FSU
at BC
Miami
at UNC
FSU
at Louisville
Cuse
at NC State
at UVa
Notre Dame

Based on everything I've seen and read, most of the talking heads seem to think that Clemson will need to finish the regular season with at least fourteen conference wins to secure a spot in the NCAAT, which equates to eight wins out of the remaining fourteen games.

Let's look at the remaining games objectively;

Duke - toss-up
@ Wake - toss-up
VT - W
GT - W
@ FSU - toss-up
@ BC - W
Miami - toss-up
@ UNC - L
FSU - W
@ UL - W
Cuse - W
@ NCSU - toss-up
@ UVA - L
ND - W

If you buy-in to the above, that equates to a 13-2 record without taking into account the outcome of the five toss-up games. If we can win just two of the toss-up games, we'll be sitting at 15-5 headed into the conference tournament and firmly in the NCAAT discussion.

I remain cautiously optimistic.

6-0 in BBall with a vision of the final 4—record in the ACC?

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It won't hurt that we only play UNC, Duke, UVA & Miami once each!

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This year, fans can feel confident we CAN win every game!

Re: This year, fans can feel confident we CAN win every game!

my gut says 14-7 in the ACC***

One too many games. There are just 20 conference games.***

Re: Clemson currently sits at 14-3 overall, 6-0 in the ACC...

All of the remaining games are absolutely winnable...

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