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posted by LW, Saturday, February 28, 2009
Big day for Clemson athletics.
Basketball team plays at Florida State at 2 p.m. Baseball team plays host to South Carolina at 10 p.m.
That second time was a joke ... sort of. But by the looks of this, the game might not begin until well after the 2 p.m. start that's scheduled.
Really good story here by Neil White of The State, who has a feature on the Wingo family.
Scott is a sophomore second baseman for the USC baseball team. His father, Billy, is a member of Clemson’s Athletic Hall of Fame for his career as a baseball and football standout from 1973-77.
When the Tigers and Gamecocks play a two-game series today and Sunday, Billy will not be spotted wearing orange.
"I found out blood's pretty thick," he said.
Ed McGranahan of The Greenville News says there aren't many rivalries in college baseball on par with this one.
In the Independent-Mail, you can tell Jack Leggett has his game face on for this one.
Moving on to the hardwood, Travis Sawchik of The Post and Courier spots some rather troubling defensive statistics of late.
Over the last six games, opponents have shot 44.6 percent from behind the arc, often finding wide-open looks at the back end of the Clemson press. In Clemson's first seven league games, opponents were shooting just 30.8 percent from beyond the arc.
Clemson is ninth in the conference in 3-point field goal defense and ninth in overall field goal defense.
Coming into the season, the Tigers were expected to have some issues on defense after losing Cliff Hammonds and James Mays. It's been good at times, but glaringly deficient at others. What really comes to mind is Virginia, which killed the Tigers off the dribble. But the Tigers have to do a better job overall of finding shooters in transition, because that's where opponents are hitting most of their 3s.
Paul Strelow of The State explores the Tigers' chances of staying close to home in the NCAA Tournament. I hear Greensboro is really nice this time of year.
Trevor Booker tells Strelow and Sawchik that he'll be back for his senior year. He thinks.
Good story here from The Charlotte Observer, which examines how athletic departments are adapting to tough economic times.
Clemson's athletic department considers itself tremendously fortunate. The support for the football and basketball programs has translated into marginal revenue decreases from last year. Still, everyone at Clemson is approaching this thing with concern.
Back to baseball, here's a feature on Brad Miller from the P&C.
And one more basketball story: Florida State knows how big today's game is.
LW
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Morning, folks.
Big day for Clemson athletics.
Basketball team plays at Florida State at 2 p.m. Baseball team plays host to South Carolina at 10 p.m.
That second time was a joke ... sort of. But by the looks of this, the game might not begin until well after the 2 p.m. start that's scheduled.
Really good story here by Neil White of The State, who has a feature on the Wingo family.
Scott is a sophomore second baseman for the USC baseball team. His father, Billy, is a member of Clemson’s Athletic Hall of Fame for his career as a baseball and football standout from 1973-77.
When the Tigers and Gamecocks play a two-game series today and Sunday, Billy will not be spotted wearing orange.
"I found out blood's pretty thick," he said.
Ed McGranahan of The Greenville News says there aren't many rivalries in college baseball on par with this one.
In the Independent-Mail, you can tell Jack Leggett has his game face on for this one.
Moving on to the hardwood, Travis Sawchik of The Post and Courier spots some rather troubling defensive statistics of late.
Over the last six games, opponents have shot 44.6 percent from behind the arc, often finding wide-open looks at the back end of the Clemson press. In Clemson's first seven league games, opponents were shooting just 30.8 percent from beyond the arc.
Clemson is ninth in the conference in 3-point field goal defense and ninth in overall field goal defense.
Coming into the season, the Tigers were expected to have some issues on defense after losing Cliff Hammonds and James Mays. It's been good at times, but glaringly deficient at others. What really comes to mind is Virginia, which killed the Tigers off the dribble. But the Tigers have to do a better job overall of finding shooters in transition, because that's where opponents are hitting most of their 3s.
Paul Strelow of The State explores the Tigers' chances of staying close to home in the NCAA Tournament. I hear Greensboro is really nice this time of year.
Trevor Booker tells Strelow and Sawchik that he'll be back for his senior year. He thinks.
Good story here from The Charlotte Observer, which examines how athletic departments are adapting to tough economic times.
Clemson's athletic department considers itself tremendously fortunate. The support for the football and basketball programs has translated into marginal revenue decreases from last year. Still, everyone at Clemson is approaching this thing with concern.
Back to baseball, here's a feature on Brad Miller from the P&C.
And one more basketball story: Florida State knows how big today's game is.
LW
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