Clemson will open and close the 2012 football season against SEC teams and will play host to four teams who won at least eight games in 2011 according to the 2012 schedule released by the Atlantic Coast Conference on Monday.
COLUMBIA, S.C.(USC Athletics) – South Carolina closed its regular season with a 53-47 win over Arkansas, behind a defensive effort that shut down the Razorbacks’ leading scorer in the second half and a rebounding effort that yielded 18 of the 36 on the offensive glass.
Andre Young scored 12 points, including the go-ahead 3-pointer with 11.5 seconds left, to help Clemson beat North Carolina State 72-69 in overtime on Saturday.
Maine scored all six of its runs on two-out hits and held on to edge #16 Clemson 6-5 at Doug Kingsmore Stadium on Friday afternoon. Maine improved to 1-0 on the season and took a 1-0 series lead, while the Tigers dropped to 2-2 in 2012.
Clemson allowed its fewest points ever in an ACC regular season game in a 56-37 win Tuesday at Philips Arena over Georgia Tech. Tim Hill has the highlights from the Tuesday ABC Columbia News at 11.
Click the video to see the how the Gamecocks and Clemson did in Saturday's double headers. South Carolina defeated VMI in both its games, Clemson defeated UAB twice as well.
With Harrison Barnes' scoring to go with North Carolina's defense and rebounding, the Tar Heels (No. 7 ESPN/USA Today, No. 8 AP) extended Clemson's long run of misery here.
Andre Young and Tanner Smith scored 13 points each and Clemson held No. 22 Virginia to its second-lowest point total this season in a 60-48 victory on Tuesday night. Tim Hill has the story on the Tuesday ABC Columbia News at 11.
Former Gamecock quarterback Steve Taneyhill is taking a step up in his coaching career and taking on a new challenge. Tuesday, Taneyhill was introduced as the new head football coach at Union County High School. Tim Hill has the story on the Tuesday ABC Columbia News at Six.
Terrell Stoglin scored 27 points and helped Maryland hold off a late Clemson rally in a 64-62 victory on Tuesday night.
Kyle Stanley rebounded from a devastating loss to win the Phoenix Open, overcoming an eight-stroke deficit Sunday in a comeback as unlikely as his collapse last week at Torrey Pines.
The ACC Atlantic and Coastal divisions will remain the same with Syracuse joining the Atlantic and Pitt joining the Coastal. The current primary crossover partners will remain consistent with Syracuse and Pitt becoming primary crossover partners with each other.
Clemson signed 20 players Tuesday in a class that hovered around the top 10 in most of the rankings. Swinney signed a similarly ranked class last year, and the coach bragged that just like he won the school's first ACC title in two decades last season, he now also had the first back-to-back top 10 classes since the late 1980s too.
Mike Scott scored 23 points, including four free throws over the final 16.8 seconds, and had 10 rebounds as No. 16 Virginia rallied and then hung on to beat Clemson 65-61 on Tuesday night.
Clemson suspended junior forward Milton Jennings indefinitely for academic issues Monday. He did not make the trip with the team for Tuesday night's ESPN2 game at Virginia. Tim Hill has the story on the Monday ABC Columbia News at 11.
Andre Young had 19 points off three 3-pointers to lift Clemson to its second straight win in a 71-60 victory over Wake Forest on Saturday.
Terrance Henry scored 15 points, Murphy Holloway added 14 points and Mississippi edged South Carolina 66-62 on Saturday night.
Former Clemson golfer Kyle Stanley shot a third round 68 on Saturday and has a five-shot lead with an 18-under par 54-hole score entering the final round of the Famer’s Insurance Open at Torrey Pines Golf Club in La Jolla, CA.
Highly-recruited quarterback Chad Kelly, the nephew of Hall of Famer Jim Kelly, caused quite a stir Thursday with Twitter comments that Clemson back-up quarterback Cole Stoudt responded to. Tim Hill has that story on the Thursday ABC Columbia News at Six.
Andre Young had career highs with 29 points and seven 3-pointers, and Clemson held off a late rally to beat Georgia Tech 64-62 on Saturday.
Brent Venables was introduced Friday as the Tigers new defensive coordinator. He takes over for Kevin Steele, who left last week after three years in charge of Clemson's defense. Tim Hill has the story on the Friday ABC Columbia News at Six.
Clemson has landed Oklahoma's Brent Venables to take over the Tigers defense. Venables will take over for Kevin Steele, who left Clemson last week with Swinney saying the two had philosophical differences.
Malcolm Grant scored 16 points and made the game-clinching interception with less than 5 seconds left Wednesday to help the Miami Hurricanes beat Clemson 76-73. Click to watch Tim Hill with the highlights on the Wednesday ABC Columbia News at 11.
Former Gamecock quarterback Stephen Garcia has spoken out for the second time in a week about his past troubles while playing at the University of South Carolina.
Three members off the Atlantic division champion Clemson Tigers will team up together one final time in the 2012 Senior Bowl. Defensive tackle Brandon Thompson, defensive end Andre Branch and fullback Chad Diehl have all officially accepted invitations to the senior showcase event.
