Clemson Men’s Basketball 2021 NCAA Tournament Capsule

March 6, 2021 · CSM Staff
 

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:
 
2019 NIT First Round win over Wright State
2019 NIT Second Round loss to Wichita State
2018 NCAA Round of 64 win over New Mexico State
2018 NCAA Round of 32 win over Auburn
2018 NCAA Regional Semifinal loss to Kansas
2017 NIT First Round loss to Oakland
2014 NIT First Round win over Georgia State
2014 NIT Second Round win over Illinois
2014 NIT Regional Final win over Belmont
2014 NIT Semifinal loss to SMU
2011 NCAA Opening Round win over UAB
2011 NCAA Round of 64  loss to West Virginia
2010 NCAA Round of 64 loss to Missouri
2009 NCAA Round of 64 loss to Michigan
2008 NCAA Round of 64 loss to Villanova
2007 NIT First Round win over East Tennessee State
2007 NIT Second Round win over Mississippi
2007 NIT Quarterfinal win over Syracuse
2007 NIT Semifinal win over Air Force
2007 NIT Final loss to West Virginia
 
*all team stats through 3/7