Clemson Basketball Preview vs. Louisville |
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No. 25/25 CLEMSON (13-1, 2-0 ACC) vs. LOUISVILLE (11-3, 1-0 ACC) Date: Saturday, Jan. 6 Tipoff: 12:06 p.m. ET Arena: Littlejohn Coliseum (9,000) Radio: CTN (Don Munson-pbp; Tim Bourret-color) TV: RSN (Pete Yanity-pbp; Dan Bonner-color) • Clemson is 1-5 all-time against Louisville - dating back to 1973-74. • The Tigers lone win came in 2015-16, a 66-62 win over a then No. 16 ranked Cardinals team. • Clemson will look to improve to 3-0 in ACC play for the first time since the 2006-07 season. • Brad Brownell is off his best 14-game start to a season in his career. • Clemson is one of only three teams in the country to have a perfect record over the last two Decembers (13-0), joining Purdue and West Virginia (Chris Forman, Purdue). SERIES HISTORY CU Series W-L record: Clemson is 1-5 all-time against Louisville. Streak: The Cardinals won last year’s meeting 92-60. TIGER TRACKS • The Tigers entered the AP Top 25 poll (No. 25) for the first time since the 2009-10 season. Clemson is also ranked in the USA Today Coaches Poll at No. 25. • Clemson’s RPI checks in at 10th nationally. Four teams from the ACC are ranked in the top 10. • Coach Brownell (137 victories at Clemson) is one win shy of tying and two shy of passing Oliver Purnell for the third most wins at Clemson. • Donte Grantham became just the sixth player in Clemson history to amass 1,000 points, 500 rebounds and 200 assists in a career. • He is also just the sixth player in program history to finished a game with at least 20 points, 10 rebounds and 5 assists. • The 20-10-5 club is an exclusive one. Grantham joins Larry Nance, Vincent Hamilton, Horace Grant, Elden Campbell and Sharone Wright. • Those previous five are in the Clemson Hall of Fame and members of the Centennial team chosen in 2012. Four of the five were first-round NBA selections.
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