Clemson and ACC Basketball Schedules Announced |
Clemson, SC - Games with Defending National Champion Duke, Sweet 16 team Penn State and state rival South Carolina all within the first nine games highlight the Clemson 2001-02 men's basketball schedule. The slate of 29 regular season games was announced Wednesday afternoon by the ACC.
Clemson will play five of its first seven games away from Littlejohn Coliseum, and five of its first seven ACC games on the road. The Tigers will open the season in the Virgin Islands in the Paradise Jam on Saturday, November 17th against Morris Brown. Clemson will be one of six teams in the three-day event, six-team event, the first college basketball tournament ever played in the Virgin Islands. Miami (FL), LaSalle, Eastern Michigan, and UAB are also in the field. It will mark the first time since the 1996-97 season that Clemson has opened the season away from Littlejohn Coliseum. It is also the first time since 1987-88 that Clemson will play five of its first seven ACC games on the road. Another non-conference game on the schedule includes a trip to Penn State for the ACC-Big Ten Challenge on November 27th. It will mark the second time in the last three years that Clemson has played at Penn State for this event. Clemson will open play in the ACC at Duke on December 2, a Sunday evening contest that will start at 8:00 PM. It will be the first game in the ACC's new television contract with Fox Sports Net. Clemson has three games on the Sunday night package. Clemson's annual battle with South Carolina will take place at Littlejohn Coliseum on December 8 at 8:00 PM in another game that will be televised by Fox Sports Net. South Carolina has not won at Clemson since the 1993-94 season. It will be the first appearance in Littlejohn Coliseum for the Gamecocks under new coach and former Wake Forest mentor Dave Odom. Clemson's last two non-conference games will be against teams from Connecticut. The Tigers will play at Hartford on December 28th as part of a doubleheader involving the Lady Tigers and the women's team from Hartford. The event will be played at a new facility in Norwich, CT. Yale will then come to Clemson for a Jan. 2nd game at Littlejohn. Clemson's first ACC home game will be January 8 against Virginia. While Clemson plays just two ACC home games before January 26th, the Tigers will play six of eight ACC games at home between January 27th to February 23rd. Clemson's final regular season game will be at North Carolina on Wednesday, February 27th. Clemson has the last weekend of the regular season off, giving the team at least nine days to prepare for the ACC Tournament, which returns to the Charlotte Coliseum March 7-10. "Playing five of our first seven games away from Littlejohn and five of our first seven conference games on the road will be a great challenge for a young basketball team," said Head Coach Larry Shyatt. "It will be a schedule that certainly prepares us for the ACC. Within the first two weeks of the season we will play a team from the ACC, Big Ten, SEC and perhaps the Big East and Atlantic Ten." 2001-02 Clemson Men's Basketball Schedule Date Opponent Time TV Oct. 31 MARATHON OIL (Nike) 7:00 PM Nov. 12 CALIFORNIA ALL-STARS 7:00 PM Nov. 17 *Morris Brown 8:00 PM Nov. 19-20 *at Paradise Jam TBA Nov. 24 WOFFORD 4:00 PM Nov. 27 at Penn State 8:00 PM ESPN-Plus Nov. 29 COASTAL CAROLINA 7:00 PM Dec. 2 at Duke 8:00 PM FSN Dec. 5 APPALACHIAN STATE 7:00 PM Dec. 8 SOUTH CAROLINA 8:00 PM FSNS Dec. 15 ELON 4:00 PM Dec. 18 WINTHROP 7:00 PM Dec. 22 CHARLESTON SOUTHERN 4:00 PM Dec. 28 at %Hartford 9:00 PM Jan. 2 YALE 7:00 PM Jan. 5 at Georgia Tech 12:00 PM RSN Jan. 8 VIRGINIA 7:00 PM RSN Jan. 12 at Wake Forest 2:00 PM RJ Jan. 15 NC STATE 7:00 PM RSN Jan. 20 at Maryland 6:30 PM FSN Jan. 24 at Florida State 8:00 PM RSN Jan. 27 NORTH CAROLINA 3:00 PM RJ Feb. 3 DUKE 8:00 PM FSN Feb. 6 GEORGIA TECH 7:00 PM Feb. 10 at Virginia 3:30 PM RJ Feb. 13 WAKE FOREST 9:00 PM RSN Feb. 16 at NC State 4:00 PM RJ Feb. 20 MARYLAND 9:00 PM RJ-Split Feb. 23 FLORIDA STATE 12:00 PM RSN Feb. 27 at North Carolina 9:00 PM RJ-Split Mar. 7-10 #ACC Tournament TBA # at Charlotte, NC * at Virgin Islands % at Norwich, CT All times are Eastern 2001-2002 ACC Basketball Schedule Announced GREENSBORO, N.C. -- An all-time high 145 televised games involving Atlantic Coast Conference teams headline the league's 2001-2002 men's basketball schedule as released by Commissioner John Swofford. The schedule boasts a record-high 224 appearances by ACC teams and marks the seventh straight year that the league has had more than 200 television appearances. Highlights of the 2001-02 ACC Basketball schedule are: ** An all-time high 116 appearances on national television networks, including 38 appearances on ESPN, 33 on Fox Sports Net, 24 on ESPN2, 10 on ABC and CBS and one on TBS. ** Seventy of the league's 72 regular season conference games, including 46 on national television networks are scheduled to be televised. The league's four-day, eight-game ACC Tournament scheduled for the Charlotte (N.C.) Coliseum, is also slated to be broadcast by both Raycom/Jefferson-Pilot, ESPN and ESPN2. ** For the first time, Fox Sports Net will televise 19 games on a national basis on 14 consecutive Sunday's starting on December 2, with Georgia Tech at North Carolina and Clemson at Duke. Fourteen of the 19 games are conference match-ups. Fox Sports Net also plans pre/post game shows for weeks when only one Sunday game is scheduled. ** Two of the regional sports networks headquartered in the ACC region - Fox Sport Net South and the Sunshine Network - will broadcast another 28 games, including 10 conference match-ups. The season tips off on Thursday, November 8, with Maryland and Arizona - two Final Four teams from a year ago - squaring off in the Coaches Versus Cancer Tournament at Madison Square Garden in New York. Headlining the non-conference TV schedule is the third annual ACC-Big 10 Challenge pairing two of the nation's premier conferences in a regular season challenge series. Over the past three years, the ACC and Big Ten have dominated the Final Four with the two leagues providing nine of the 12 Final Four teams. The ACC has won the two previous Challenges by identical five-to-four margins. This year's schedule will include all nine games on the nights of Tuesday, Nov. 27 and Wednesday, Nov. 28. A total of 24 games are scheduled against non-conference teams that earned NCAA Tournament berths a year ago. 2001-02 Appearances Breakdown Raycom/JP Sports 46 ESPN 38 Fox Sports Net 33 ESPN2 24 FSNS/Sunshine 23 ABC 10 CBS 10 RJ/ESPN 10 Fox Sports Net South 10 RJ/ESPN2 8 Sunshine 5 Raycom 4 ESPN regional 2 TBS 1 Television Appearances By Year 2001-2002 224 2000-2001 219 1999-2000 213 1998-1999 222 1997-1998 206 1996-1997 204 1995-1996 201 1994-1995 182 1993-1994 170 1992-1993 178 1991-1992 159 1990-1991 121 1989-1990 132 Televised Games By Year 2001-2002 146 2000-2001 143 1999-2000 138 1998-1999 141 1997-1998 133 1996-1997 130 1995-1996 130 1994-1995 95 1993-1994 87 1992-1993 94 1991-1992 81 1990-1991 74 1989-1990 81 2001-02 ACC BASKETBALL COMPOSITE SCHEDULE All Times Eastern LEGEND RJ Raycom/Jefferson-Pilot FSNS Fox Sports Net South SUN Sunshine DATE & GAME Thursday, November 8 Arizona vs. Maryland ESPN2 9:00 Coaches vs. Cancer, New York, N.Y. Friday, November 9 Maryland in Coaches vs. Cancer ESPN2 TBA Monday, November 12 UNC Wilmington at Wake Forest 7:00 Preseason NIT Wednesday, November 14 Prairie View at NC State 7:00 BCA Classic, Raleigh, N.C. Thursday, November 15 NC State in BCA Classic, Raleigh, N.C. TBA Friday, November 16 NC State in BCA Classic, Raleigh, N.C. TBA Florida State at Florida Sunshine 7:00 Florida A&M at Georgia Tech 7:30 Hampton at North Carolina 7:30 Wagner at Virginia 7:30 Wake Forest in Preseason NIT ESPN TBA Saturday, November 17 American at Maryland 1:00 Clemson vs. Morris Brown 8:00 Paradise Jam, Virgin Islands Sunday, November 18 East Tennessee State at Virginia 2:00 Elon at Wake Forest 3:00 Monday, November 19 Pennsylvania at Georgia Tech FSNS/SUN 7:00 Duke in Maui Invitational ESPN 9:00 Clemson vs. LaSalle TBA Paradise Jam, Virgin Islands Tuesday, November 20 Duke in Maui Invitational ESPN 7:00 Savannah State at Florida State 7:00 Davidson at North Carolina FSNS 7:00 James Madison at NC State FSNS 9:00 Clemson in Paradise Jam, Virgin Islands TBA Wednesday, November 21 Howard at Virginia 7:30 Duke in Maui Invitational ESPN 9:00 Wake Forest in Preseason NIT ESPN/ ESPN2 7:00/9:30 Thursday, November 22 Georgia Tech in Las Vegas Invitational TBA Friday, November 23 Elon at Florida State Sunshine 7:00 The Citadel at NC State FSNS/(SUN 9:00) 7:00 Wake Forest in Preseason NIT ESPN 9:30 Georgia Tech in Las Vegas Invitational TBA Saturday, November 24 Delaware State at Maryland 1:00 Wofford at Clemson 7:00 Georgia Tech in Las Vegas Invitational TBA Sunday, November 25 Portland at Duke FSNS/SUN 8:00 ACC-BIG 10 CHALLENGE Tuesday, November 27 Illinois at Maryland ESPN 7:00 NC State at Ohio State ESPN2 7:30 Clemson at Penn State ESPN reg. 8:00 Duke vs. Iowa, Chicago, Ill. ESPN 9:00 Minnesota at Wake Forest ESPN2 9:30 Wednesday, November 28 Wisconsin at Georgia Tech ESPN 7:00 Michigan State vs. Virginia, Richmond, Va. ESPN2 7:30 Indiana at North Carolina ESPN 9:00 Florida State at Northwestern ESPN2 9:30 Thursday, November 29 Coastal Carolina at Clemson 7:00 Saturday, December 1 Massachusetts at NC State RJ 4:00 Virginia Tech at Virginia FSNS 7:00 Sunday, December 2 Princeton vs. Maryland Raycom 1:00 BB&T Classic, Washington, D.C. Georgia Tech at North Carolina Fox Sports Net 6:00 Clemson at Duke Fox Sports Net 8:00 Monday, December 3 Maryland in BB&T Classic Raycom TBA Tuesday, December 4 Birmingham Southern at Florida State 7:00 Wake Forest at Kansas ESPN 9:00 Wednesday, December 5 Appalachian State at Clemson 7:00 Wofford at NC State 7:30 Temple at Duke ESPN2 9:00 Friday, December 7 South Carolina State at Wake Forest TBA Saturday, December 8 Western Carolina at Florida State Sunshine 2:00 Duke at Michigan CBS 2:00 North Carolina at Kentucky CBS 4:00 South Carolina at Clemson FSNS 7:00 NC State at Syracuse ESPN 7:00 Virginia vs. Auburn ESPN reg. 8:30 Birmingham, Ala. Sunday, December 9 Georgia Tech at Georgia FSNS/SUN 2:00 Detroit at Maryland Fox Sports Net 6:30 Tuesday, December 11 Monmouth at Maryland FSNS/SUN 8:00 Saturday, December 15 UNC Asheville at NC State FSNS/SUN 2:00 Elon at Clemson 4:00 Sunday, December 16 Binghamton at North Carolina RJ 1:00 North Carolina A&T at Duke RJ 3:30 Syracuse vs. Georgia Tech Fox Sports Net 6:00 Philips Arena, Atlanta, Ga. Florida State at Wake Forest Fox Sports Net 8:00 Monday, December 17 Charleston Southern at Virginia 7:30 Tuesday, December 18 Winthrop at Clemson 7:00 Duke vs. Kentucky ESPN 9:00 Jimmy V Classic, E. Rutherford, N.J. Wednesday, December 19 Georgia Tech vs. Davidson 7:00 Charlotte (N.C.) Coliseum Cleveland State at Florida State 7:00 Charleston Southern at NC State 7:30 Thursday, December 20 St. Francis at Wake Forest 7:00 Virginia vs. Georgetown TBS 8:00 MCI Center, Washington, D.C. Friday, December 21 Wofford at Georgia Tech 3:00 North Carolina vs. College of Charleston Raycom 9:00 Raycom Tournament, Charlotte, N.C. Maryland at Oklahoma ESPN 9:00 Saturday, December 22 American at Florida State Sunshine 1:00 Charleston Southern at Clemson 4:00 Wake Forest at St. John's ESPN Noon North Carolina in Raycom Tournament Raycom TBA Raycom Tournament, Charlotte, N.C. Sunday, December 23 NC State at Houston FSNS/SUN 3:30 Rutgers at Virginia Fox Sports Net 6:00 Tulane at Georgia Tech Fox Sports Net 8:00 Thursday, December 27 Virginia Tech at Florida State 7:00 North Carolina A&T at North Carolina 7:30 William & Mary at Maryland 8:00 Friday, December 28 Clemson at Hartford 9:00 Saturday, December 29 Marquette at Wake Forest RJ 1:00 IUPUI at Georgia Tech FSNS 2:00 San Diego State at Duke ABC 3:30 Campbell at Florida State Sunshine 5:00 Sunday, December 30 Grambling State at Virginia 2:00 Maryland at NC State Fox Sports Net 6:00 Texas A&M at North Carolina Fox Sports Net 8:00 Wednesday, January 2 Yale at Clemson 7:00 Richmond at Wake Forest 7:00 Cornell at Georgia Tech 7:00 Duke vs. Davidson ESPN2 7:30 Charlotte (N.C.) Coliseum Florida State at San Francisco TBA Thursday, January 3 Norfolk State at Maryland 8:00 Saturday, January 5 Clemson at Georgia Tech FSNS/Sunshine Noon NC State at Virginia RJ 2:00 Wake Forest at North Carolina ESPN 4:00 Sunday, January 6 Duke at Florida State Fox Sports Net 6:30 Monday, January 7 Wake Forest at Navy FSNS/SUN 9:00 Tuesday, January 8 Virginia at Clemson FSNS/SUN 7:00 Florida State at NC State FSNS/SUN 9:00 Wednesday, January 9 North Carolina at Maryland ESPN2 7:30 Thursday, January 10 Georgia Tech at Duke ESPN 9:00 Saturday, January 12 Virginia at North Carolina ESPN Noon Clemson at Wake Forest RJ 2:00 Sunday, January 13 Maryland at Georgia Tech ESPN 2:00 Duke at NC State Fox Net 8:00 Tuesday, January 15 NC State at Clemson FSNS/SUN 7:00 Wake Forest at Virginia RJ 9:00 Wednesday, January 16 North Carolina at Florida State ESPN2 7:00 Thursday, January 17 Maryland at Duke ESPN 9:00 Saturday, January 19 Wake Forest at Duke ABC 1:00 Florida State at Virginia RJ 2:00 North Carolina at Connecticut CBS 4:00 Georgia Tech at NC State RJ 8:00 Sunday, January 20 Clemson at Maryland Fox Sports Net 6:30 Tuesday, January 22 Virginia at Georgia Tech ESPN2 7:30 Wednesday, January 23 Maryland at Wake Forest ESPN2 7:30 NC State at North Carolina RJ 9:00 Thursday, January 24 Virginia Military Institute at Virginia 7:30 Duke at Boston College ESPN 9:00 Clemson at Florida State FSNS/(SUN 11:00) 9:00 Saturday, January 26 Georgia Tech at Wake Forest RJ 1:30 Temple at NC State ESPN Noon Florida State at Maryland RJ 4:00 Sunday, January 27 Virginia at Duke Fox Sports Net 1:00 North Carolina at Clemson RJ 3:00 Wednesday, January 30 Wake Forest at NC State ESPN2 7:30 Florida State at Georgia Tech FSNS/(SUN 11:00) 9:00 Thursday, January 31 Maryland at Virginia ESPN 7:00 Duke at North Carolina RJ/ESPN2 9:00 Saturday, February 2 North Carolina at Georgia Tech CBS 1:00 Wake Forest at Florida State RJ 3:00 Sunday, February 3 Virginia at Missouri ABC 2:00 NC State at Maryland Fox Sports Net 6:00 Duke at Clemson Fox Sports Net 8:00 Wednesday, February 6 Georgia Tech at Clemson 7:00 Virginia at NC State ESPN2 7:30 North Carolina at Wake Forest RJ 9:00 Thursday, February 7 Florida State at Duke FSNS/SUN 7:00 Saturday, February 9 Cincinnati at Wake Forest ABC 1:00 Duke at Georgia Tech ABC 3:30 Sunday, February 10 NC State at Florida State RJ 1:00 Clemson at Virginia RJ 3:30 Maryland at North Carolina Fox Sports Net 6:30 Tuesday, February 12 North Carolina at Virginia RJ 8:00 Wednesday, February 13 Georgia Tech at Maryland ESPN2 7:30 Wake Forest at Clemson FSNS/(SUN) 9:00 Thursday, February 14 NC State at Duke ESPN 7:00 Saturday, February 16 Georgia Tech at St. Louis ABC 1:00 Clemson at NC State RJ 4:00 Sunday, February 17 Duke at Maryland CBS 1:00 Florida State at North Carolina RJ 3:00 Virginia at Wake Forest Fox Sports Net 6:30 Wednesday, February 20 Virginia at Florida State 7:00 Ohio University at North Carolina ESPN2 7:30 Maryland at Clemson RJ split 9:00 NC State at Georgia Tech RJ split 9:00 Thursday, February 21 Duke at Wake Forest ESPN 9:00 Saturday, February 23 Florida State at Clemson FSNS/SUN noon Georgia Tech at Virginia RJ 4:00 Sunday, February 24 Wake Forest at Maryland RJ/ESPN2 2:00 St. Johns at Duke CBS 4:00 North Carolina at NC State Fox Sports Net 6:30 Wednesday, February 27 Wake Forest at Georgia Tech ESPN2 7:30 Maryland at Florida State RJ split 9:00 Clemson at North Carolina RJ split 9:00 Thursday, February 28 Duke at Virginia ESPN 9:00 Saturday, March 2 Georgia Tech at Florida State FSNS/SUN Noon NC State at Wake Forest CBS 2:00 Sunday, March 3 Virginia at Maryland Fox Sports Net 8:00 North Carolina at Duke ABC 3:30 49th Annual ACC TOURNAMENT Charlotte (N.C.) Coliseum Thursday, March 7 Seed #8 vs. Seed #9 ESPN 7:00 Friday, March 8 Seed #1 vs. 8/9 winner RJ/ESPN noon Seed #4 vs. Seed #5 RJ/ESPN 2:30 Seed #2 vs. Seed #7 RJ/ESPN2 7:00 Seed #3 vs. Seed #6 RJ/ESPN2 9:00 Saturday, March 9 1/8&9 winner vs. 4/5 winner RJ/ESPN 1:30 2/7 winner vs. 3/6 winner RJ/ESPN 4:00 Sunday, March 10 Championship Game RJ/ESPN 1:00
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