Clemson advances in ACC Tournament behind the play of Jaron Blossomgame

The NC State Wolfpack had likewise reloaded and would challenge for a double-bye in the ACC tournament.

COACH BROWNELL: Congratulations to Duke.

“We’ve told our guys, just play one game”. While they have three strong wins over Duke, Virginia and Florida State, they did all their damage at home. Dickerson and Lapidus fall to 3-1 overall, all in dual matches.

Both teams had two players lead their respective groups in scoring.

Tatum and Jackson each scored 20 and picked up the slack while Kennard was cold.

But in the second half, Clemson found plenty of driving lanes to the basket as Duke’s defense wasn’t as effective. In total, there will be 14 games played over the next 5 days that will go a long way in determining NCAA Tournament berths and seeds. With a minute to go, we missed a layup for one, so…

Q. What happened in that? The Tigers shot 56 percent in the second half, making 17 of 30 shots. In the second set, the two were even at each of the first three points before Pura got a break, hold and break series to end the match.

“I’m used to Madison Square Garden, I’m not sure how it will be in Brooklyn”, Pitino said. “Look, Antonio (Vrankovic) got in the game for a couple of minutes”.

Credit Duke’s defense. I thought they guarded us well. Fortunately for Duke, they have some of the best guards in the country. Again, some of that was because of Duke.

“We’re just different. It’s night and day”. “They play hard and they share the ball”.

According to Adam Zagoria of FanRag Sports, N.C. State star point guard Dennis Smith Jr.is going to declare for the 2017 National Basketball Association draft. Now by no means are they a lock to win.

Then, forward Amile Jefferson was unavailable because of a bruised foot.

“We have to stay locked in, and we have to stay together, and we have to stay tough and just be ready to move on and stay focused”.

MI: A plane carrying the MI men’s basketball team slid off a runway during an aborted takeoff Wednesday, causing extensive damage to the aircraft and forcing passengers to exit through emergency doors onto wings and slides at Willow Run Airport. Luke Kennard made some shots. “Then if we’re fortunate enough to play another game, then we’ll try to figure it out”.

SHELTON MITCHELL: There wasn’t really any difference, to be honest with you. “We’ve got another chance, let’s put it that way”. How would you sell yourself for selection? Obviously, we had a tremendous nonconference, playing through some injuries.

I expect Clemson to come out and play with a sense of urgency from the start against N.C. State.

Xavier sputtered to the finish, losing six of their last seven games. That’s going to be a bugaboo.

The Orange beat Miami 70-55 in the first meeting between the two teams in the Carrier Dome, a game that sparked the Orange’s improvement during conference play. “We don’t have to pack and spend as much money, but coming to NY is weird”, Hutzenbuhler said.

We’re not anxious about that.

What does a prominent analyst think of the Hurricanes’ NCAA Tournament potential as conference tournament week kicks off? “I think that’s pretty accurate”.