Clemson Men's Basketball 2021 NCAA Tournament Capsule

 

Clemson Tigers

ACC (16-7, 10-6)

 
 
Big Wins: 11/26 Purdue (81-70), 12/12 Alabama (64-56), 12/29 Florida State (77-67)
Bad Losses: 1/20 at Georgia Tech (65-83), 1/30 at Duke (53-79), 3/10 vs Miami (64-67)
Coach:  Brad Brownell
 
Probable Starters:
Clyde Trapp, Senior, Guard, 7.0 ppg, 2.6 apg, 5.4 rpg
Nick Honor, Sophomore, Guard, 8.4 ppg, 2.3 apg
Alex Hemenway, Sophomore, Guard, 4.7 ppg
Hunter Tyson, Junior, Forward, 7.4 ppg, 4.3 rpg
Aamir Simms, Senior, Forward, 13.3 ppg, 6.2 rpg, 2.7 apg
 
Key Role Players:
Al-Amir Dawes, Sophomore, Guard, 9.0 ppg, 1.8 apg
Jonathan Baehre, Senior, Forward, 4.4 ppg, 3.2 rpg
John Newman III, Junior, Guard, 3.9 ppg, 1.1 apg
 
By the Numbers:
Scoring Offense: 65.4 (299th in nation, 15th in conference)
Scoring Defense: 61.8 (13, 2)
Field-Goal Percentage: 42.6 (248, 12)
Field-Goal Defense: 41.4 (66, 2)
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game: 8.2 (85, 7)
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage: 33.8 (172, 9)
Free-Throw Percentage: 76.0 (34, 4)
Rebound Margin: 0.3 (182, 9)
Assists Per Game: 13.2 (172, 11)
Turnovers Per Game: 12.6 (124, 8)
 
Recent Postseason Appearances:
 
2019NITFirst Round win over Wright State
2019NITSecond Round loss to Wichita State
2018NCAARound of 64 win over New Mexico State
2018NCAARound of 32 win over Auburn
2018NCAARegional Semifinal loss to Kansas
2017NITFirst Round loss to Oakland
2014NITFirst Round win over Georgia State
2014NITSecond Round win over Illinois
2014NITRegional Final win over Belmont
2014NITSemifinal loss to SMU
2011NCAAOpening Round win over UAB
2011NCAARound of 64  loss to West Virginia
2010NCAARound of 64 loss to Missouri
2009NCAARound of 64 loss to Michigan
2008NCAARound of 64 loss to Villanova
2007NITFirst Round win over East Tennessee State
2007NITSecond Round win over Mississippi
2007NITQuarterfinal win over Syracuse
2007NITSemifinal win over Air Force
2007NITFinal loss to West Virginia
 
*all team stats through 3/7