Tigers 24th in Final AP Basketball Poll
3/16/09 - Clemson was ranked 24th in the final Associated Press college basketball poll release on Monday, March 16. It is the second consecutive year the Tigers have been ranked in the final top 25 of the AP poll. This is the first time Clemson has been ranked in the final poll in consecutive years in history. Clemson was 22nd last year. Prior to last year Clemson had not been ranked in the final top 25 of any poll since the 1996-97 season... Read more

Purnell Named District III Coach-of-the-Year by USBWA
3/10/09 - Clemson Head Coach Oliver Purnell was named District III Coach-of-the-Year by the U.S. Basketball Writers Association (USBWA) on Tuesday. Purnell has guided the Tigers to a 23-7 overall record this season and his team is ranked #17 in the latest AP poll and #18 in the coaches' poll. District III for the USBWA includes the following states: North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and Maryland... Read more

Final Clemson Basketball Notes 2008-09
3/20/09 - Clemson finished the season with a 23-9 record for a .719 winning percentage. This marks the fifth consecutive year that Clemson has improved its winning percentage from the previous year. Clemson Head Coach Oliver Purnell joins former Georgia Tech coach Bobby Cremins as the only coaches in ACC history to take a program to a better winning percentage in five consecutive years... Read more

Tigers Earn #7 Seed in 2009 NCAA Tournament
3/15/09 - Clemson will face Michigan in the first round of the South Regional of the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament at the Sprint Center in Kansas City, MO on Thursday, March 19. Tip off is set for 7:10 PM ET. Clemson is the seventh seed of the South Regional and Michigan is the 10th seed. The winner will play the winner of the Oklahoma vs. Morgan State game on Saturday, March 21 at the same facility... Read more

Clemson Tops Georgia Tech, 81-73
2/22/09 - Trevor Booker had 21 points and 12 rebounds to lead No. 13 Clemson, which overcame a 15-point deficit in an 81-73 victory over Georgia Tech on Sunday. The Tigers (22-4, 8-4 Atlantic Coast Conference) have won six of eight and improved to 9-0 this season when Booker has a double-double. K.C. Rivers, who had 19 points for Clemson, gave his team the lead for good with a 3-pointer in the opening minute of the second half. Freshman Andre Young finished with 12 points, going 4-for-4 on 3-pointers... Read more

Strong Second Half Propels Tigers Over Maryland, 93-64
2/17/09 - Trevor Booker had 11 points and 14 rebounds to lead No. 13 Clemson to a 93-64 victory over Maryland on Tuesday night. The Tigers (21-4, 7-4 Atlantic Coast Conference) bounced back from a puzzling loss to Virginia two days earlier with their second conference win of 27 points or more this season. In their previous 55 ACC seasons, the Tigers have beaten a league team by that many points just eight times. Terrence Oglesby led Clemson with 16 points and Demontez Stitt added 15. Six Tigers scored in double figures... Read more