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More unsubstantiated rumors

These just don’t even pass the sniff test. Various online “sources” of dubious quality and reputation are reporting that Clemson’s basketball team is not only ranked, but undefeated at 17-0 (3-0) after beating NC State in Raleigh 87-76.

The only reason why I might believe this is true is that Clemson reportedly shot only 5-13 (38%) from the freebie line.

Next up another road trip, this time to Maryland on Saturday. Game time is set for 2:00. The Terps are 14-2 (0-1) and appear in the top 25 of the ESPN/USA Today poll, Sportsline RPI*, and Sagarin ratings.

* The official NCAA RPI will start to be published sometime next week (or so I’ve read).

Posted on Tuesday, January 9th, 2007 at 10:13 pm by Broken Gnome

Filed under Basketball, Maryland, NC State, Rankings/Polls.

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Comment by Robert
2007-01-11 14:00:25

You’d imagine that with the trouble that Clemson had from the stripe last year that they would make it a point of improvement in the off-season. Something like special teams for our football squad.

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Comment by Broken Gnome
2007-01-11 16:48:20

Actually, I read today that free throws are being given special treatment, I can’t find the original article, but I found Coach Purnell’s blog (I didn’t even know he had one), which has the same comments:

Free Throws were a key to the win against Georgia Tech. We have been working hard at free throws all season, and our work is beginning to pay off. Over the Christmas break, we held numerous free throw only practices during the morning. This has really helped our players’ fine tune their routines and step to the line with confidence. We are going to continue to shoot a lot of free throws as a team and individually, as many ACC games this season will come down to the line and we want to be prepared.

(The blog post is dated ‘06, but the context makes it clear that it was written in ‘07)

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Comment by Broken Gnome
2007-01-11 16:53:22

I guess that wasn’t off-season work, though.

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