Clemson Tigers men's basketball

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

For current information on this topic, see
2007-08 Clemson Tigers men's basketball team
Clemson Tigers
Clemson Tigers athletic logo
University Clemson University
Conference ACC
Atlantic Division
Location Clemson, SC
Head Coach Oliver Purnell (5th year)
Arena Littlejohn Coliseum
(Capacity: 10,325)
Nickname Tigers
Colors Burnt Orange and Northwestern Purple

             
Uniforms
 
Home jersey
Home jersey
  
Home shorts
Home
 
Away jersey
Away jersey
  
Away shorts
Away
 
Alternate jersey
Alternate jersey
  
Alternate shorts
Alternate
NCAA Tournament Elite Eight
1980
NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen
1990 1997
NCAA Tournament Second Round
1989
NCAA Tournament Appearances
1980 1987 1989 1990 1996 1997 1998 2008
Conference Tournament Champions
1939
Conference Regular Season Champions
1990

The Clemson Tigers basketball team is a college basketball program that competes in NCAA Division I and the Atlantic Coast Conference. The Tigers share a fierce rivalry with the South Carolina Gamecocks, of which South Carolina owns a 86-72 series lead. The Tigers have won the last 4 games in the series.

Contents

[edit] Team History

[edit] Awards

ACC Coach of the Year[1]

ACC Player of the Year

ACC Freshman of the Year

All-ACC First Team

All-ACC Second Team

  • Bill Yarborough - 1955, 1956
  • Choppy Patterson - 1961
  • Jim Brennan - 1963, 1964
  • Randy Mahaffey - 1965
  • Jim Sutherland - 1967
  • Butch Zatezalo - 1968, 1969, 1970
  • Tree Rollins - 1975, 1976, 1977
  • Stan Rome - 1977
  • Larry Nance - 1981
  • Vince Hamilton - 1982
  • Elden Campbell - 1989
  • Dale Davis - 1991
  • Sharone Wright - 1994
  • Greg Buckner - 1997, 1998
  • Terrell McIntyre - 1997, 1999
  • Will Solomon - 2001
  • K.C. Rivers - 2008

All-ACC Third Team

  • Sharone Wright - 1993
  • Chris Whitney - 1993
  • Devin Gray - 1994
  • Terrell McIntyre - 1998
  • Ed Scott - 2002
  • Sharrod Ford - 2005
  • Cliff Hammonds - 2008

[edit] Tiger Home Courts

Littlejohn Coliseum before the first game of the 2003-04 season
Littlejohn Coliseum before the first game of the 2003-04 season

[edit] Current coaching staff

  • Oliver Purnell - Head Coach, 5th year
  • Ron Bradley - Assistant Coach
  • Frank Smith - Assistant Coach
  • Shaka Smart - Assistant Coach
  • Josh Postorino - Director of Operations
  • Michael Morrell - Graduate Assistants

[edit] Season-by-season results

Season Head Coach Conf. Overall Postseason Notes
1911-12 Frank Dobson 4-0
1912-13 Frank Dobson 9-5
1913-14 J.O. Erwin 1-3
1914-15 J.O Erwin 2-5-1
1915-16 A.H. Ward 2-6-1
1916-17 Country Morris 8-2
1917-18 Jiggs Donahue 3-2
1918-19 Jiggs Donahue 3-1
1919-20 Country Morris 8-6
1920-21 Larry Conover 10-4
Southern Conference
1921-22 E.J. Stewart 0-3 8-13
1922-23 E.J. Stewart 3-3 11-6
1923-24 Bud Sanders 0-7 2-14
1924-25 Bud Sanders 3-2 4-14
1925-26 A.A.Gillian 1-7 4-17
1926-27 Josh Cody 1-7 2-13
1927-28 Josh Cody 5-7 9-14
1928-29 Josh Cody 6-4 15-12
1929-30 Josh Cody 9-6 16-9
1930-31 Josh Cody 3-5 6-7
1931-32 Joe Davis 2-9 7-13
1932-33 Joe Davis 0-2 10-9
1933-34 Joe Davis 0-6 7-12
1934-35 Joe Davis 3-1 15-3
1935-36 Joe Davis 5-5 15-7
1936-37 Joe Davis 3-7 6-15
1937-38 Joe Davis 8-4 16-7 SoCon Tournament Runner-Up
1938-39 Joe Davis 6-6 16-8 SoCon Tournament Champions
1939-40 Joe Davis 9-7 9-12
1940-41 Rock Norman 7-8 9-12
1941-42 Rock Norman 2-10 3-14
1942-43 Rock Norman 0-10 3-13
1943-44 Rock Norman 0-3 1-10
1944-45 Rock Norman 4-5 8-8
1945-46 Rock Norman 5-7 9-11
1946-47 Banks McFadden 2-12 7-13
1947-48 Banks McFadden 3-14 6-17
1948-49 Banks McFadden 6-9 10-11
1949-50 Banks McFadden 8-8 10-10
1950-51 Banks McFadden 9-4 11-7
1951-52 Banks McFadden 11-4 17-7
1952-53 Banks McFadden 6-8 8-10
Atlantic Coast Conference
1953-54 Banks McFadden 0-9 5-18
1954-55 Banks McFadden 0-14 2-21
1955-56 Banks McFadden 1-13 9-17
1956-57 Press Maravich 3-11 7-17
1957-58 Press Maravich 4-10 8-16
1958-59 Press Maravich 5-9 8-16
1959-60 Press Maravich 4-10 10-16
1960-61 Press Maravich 5-9 10-16
1961-62 Press Maravich 4-10 12-15 ACC Tournament Runner-up
1962-63 Bobby Roberts 5-9 12-13
1963-64 Bobby Roberts 7-6 13-12
1964-65 Bobby Roberts 4-10 8-15
1965-66 Bobby Roberts 8-6 15-10
1966-67 Bobby Roberts 9-5 17-8
1967-68 Bobby Roberts 3-11 4-20
1968-69 Bobby Roberts 2-12 6-19
1969-70 Bobby Roberts 2-12 7-19
1970-71 Tates Locke 3-11 9-17
1971-72 Tates Locke 2-10 10-16
1972-73 Tates Locke 4-8 12-14
1973-74 Tates Locke 3-19 14-12
1974-75 Tates Locke 8-4 17-11 NIT First Round
1975-76 Bill Foster 5-7 18-10
1976-77 Bill Foster 8-4 22-6
1977-78 Bill Foster 3-9 15-12
1978-79 Bill Foster 5-7 19-10 NIT First Round
1979-80 Bill Foster 8-6 23-9 NCAA Elite Eight
1980-81 Bill Foster 6-8 20-11 NIT First Round
1981-82 Bill Foster 4-10 14-14 NIT First Round
1982-83 Bill Foster 2-12 11-20
1983-84 Bill Foster 3-11 14-14
1984-85 Cliff Ellis 5-9 16-13 NIT First Round
1985-86 Cliff Ellis 3-11 19-15 NIT Quarterfinals
1986-87 Cliff Ellis 10-4 25-6 NCAA First Round
1987-88 Cliff Ellis 4-10 14-15 NIT First Round
1988-89 Cliff Ellis 7-7 19-11 NCAA Second Round
1989-90 Cliff Ellis 10-4 24-8 NCAA Sweet Sixteen1 ACC Regular Season Champs2
1990-91 Cliff Ellis 2-12 11-17
1991-92 Cliff Ellis 4-12 14-14
1992-93 Cliff Ellis 5-11 17-13 NIT Second Round
1993-94 Cliff Ellis 6-10 18-16 NIT Quarterfinals
1994-95 Rick Barnes 5-11 15-13 NIT First Round
1995-96 Rick Barnes 7-9 18-11 NCAA First Round
1996-97 Rick Barnes 9-7 23-10 NCAA Sweet Sixteen3
1997-98 Rick Barnes 7-9 18-14 NCAA First Round
1998-99 Larry Shyatt 5-11 20-15 NIT Runner-Up
1999-2000 Larry Shyatt 4-12 20-15
2000-01 Larry Shyatt 2-14 12-19
2001-02 Larry Shyatt 4-12 13-17
2002-03 Larry Shyatt 5-11 15-13
2003-04 Oliver Purnell 3-13 10-18
2004-05 Oliver Purnell 5-11 16-16 NIT First Round
2005-06 Oliver Purnell 7-9 19-15 NIT Second Round
2006-07 Oliver Purnell 7-9 25-11 NIT Runner-Up
2007-08 Oliver Purnell 10-6 24-10 NCAA First Round ACC Tournament Runner-Up
All-Time 397-716 1115-1156-2

1 - Clemson's 1990 NCAA Tournament participation was vacated by the NCAA[2]
2 - Regular season championships are not officially recognized by the ACC[3]
3 - Minnesota's win over Clemson in the Sweet 16 was vacated by the NCAA[4]

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ 2006-07 ACC Men's Basketball Media Guide (PDF). Retrieved on 2007-12-04.
  2. ^ NCAA Major Infractions report 09-DEC-92
  3. ^ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Atlantic_Coast_Conference_men's_basketball_regular_season_champions
  4. ^ NCAA Major Infractions report 24-OCT-00

[edit] External links

v • d • e
Clemson Tigers Head Basketball Coaches

Dobson • Erwin • Ward • Morris • Donahue • Conover • Stewart • Saunders • Gilliam • Cody • Davis • Norman • McFadden • Maravich • Roberts • Locke • Foster • Ellis • Barnes • Shyatt • Purnell
v • d • e
Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC)
Atlantic Division
Coastal Division