As the great crooner, Mr. Sinatra's "New York, New York" blasted over the PA system and the Tiger fans stormed the paw, I couldn't help but think, Wow, this team blew a 17-point lead but finally woke up from their nightmare on the "charity-stripe" to pull it together and inch out a win. I guess that's just Clemson b-ball for you. Clemson improved to 24-10 for the season and are headed to the Big Apple to play Air Force in the final-four. (Air Force defeated the DePaul Blue Demons tonight by 2). KC Rivers scored a career-high 29-points as the men in Orange defeated the Orangemen 74-70.
Talk about an easy bracket to pick
The NIT final four consists of all four, number 1 seeds. Mississippi State will face West Virginia and Clemson will face Air Force in the final four next week. I was upset that the Cougars did not get a bid for the NIT this year, I thought they deserved it. But with big names like West Virginia, Syracuse, DePaul, et. al. I can see why we got passed this year. Not to worry Maroon Nation, we will be dancing next year. (Snark: Hey WB, at least we beat Maryland the last time we went to the NCAA Tourney. Way to represent the SoCon Davidson!)
Photo of Clemson's two biggest b-ball coaches (1 from the side-lines the other from the couch) courtesy of Brick Hiers
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