Clemson, a 5 seed in the NCAA Tournament, breezed through the ACC during the regular season but ran into a brick wall in the Round of 64 on Thursday.
Facing 12-seed McNeese State, the champion from the Southland Conference, Clemson put up a pitiful 13 points in the first 20 minutes and trailed 31-13 at the half. The Tigers went just 1 for 15 from 3-point territory in that forgettable first half. They had 5 measly field goals on 24 attempts and didn’t take care of the ball either, turning it over 10 times.
In the tourney, with everything on the line, it was another bad example of ACC basketball. The once mighty conference only got 4 teams into the tournament, and that number was quickly reduced to 3 after Louisville’s 14-point loss to Creighton earlier Thursday.
Now, with Clemson in danger of leaving the party very early like Louisville did, the conference could be down to just Duke and North Carolina by the end of the first afternoon of the tournament.
Not surprisingly, the reaction on social media was swift and vicious. Here is a sampling:
Clemson's offence rn:pic.twitter.com/UuEA7tn33d
— Polymarket Sports (@PolymarketSport) March 20, 2025Louisville and Clemson really putting on for the ACC???? pic.twitter.com/2Ha0okRGEy
— Walker (@ownedby30) March 20, 2025Clemson's offense in the first half pic.twitter.com/diLL5P07Na
— DraftKings Sportsbook (@DKSportsbook) March 20, 2025I don’t know anything about college basketball. That said, is this the first time Clemson has ever played?
— Ari Wasserman (@AriWasserman) March 20, 2025Clemson is actually playing some of the worst basketball I’ve ever seen
— College Basketball Report (@CBKReport) March 20, 2025Clemson really getting smacked around by a coach who already put in his two weeks notice ?
— Riley (@Ri_S_OB) March 20, 2025Clemson just put together one of the worst halves of basketball I’ve ever seen.
— George Stoia III (@GeorgeStoia) March 20, 2025Clemson should be disbanded as a school after this performance.
— Eric Lindquist (@EricLindquist) March 20, 2025Clemson woke up and just decided to be the worst basketball team ever
— Boxbugga (@boxbugga1) March 20, 2025Clemson mood pic.twitter.com/cJybvQqEiR
— br_betting (@br_betting) March 20, 2025This is a real halftime score: McNeese 31, Clemson 13. The Tigers went 18-2 in the ACC. They just got run off the floor in the opening 20 minutes.
— John Fanta (@John_Fanta) March 20, 2025The ACC being reduced to Duke and UNC by lunchtime of the first full day of the Tournament is not helping the allegations.
— RedditCFB (@RedditCFB) March 20, 2025I was too blindsided by "Louisville underseeded" that I completely overlooked "ACC ass"
— Jake Fenner (@jakefenner_) March 20, 202513 points by Clemson at half? Down 18 against McNeese?Are we sure the ACC isn’t a mid-major?
— Mid-Major Madness (@mid_madness) March 20, 2025Clemson looks grotesque in first half as ACC’s horrible NCAA Tournament start continues Saturday Down South.
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