Week 6 in Sports

The most exciting season in sports is finally here. With the first two rounds of the NCAA tournament already under our belt, and baseball season officially a week away, and not to mention golf is really about to take off, no sports fan could consider themselves bored at this time of the year. If they are anything like me, they spent the last weekend of their spring break sitting on the couch and watching basketball games from 12 pm-11 pm every day.
The NCAA tournament, has already (just like always), provided us with tons of excitement. The story of the tournament so far has been Florida Gulf Coast University. They were deemed a 15 seed going into the tournament getting matched up against a powerhouse of a Georgetown team coming out of the Big East. With a huge first round upset, FGCU caught everyone's attention by advancing to the second round. Even more so, they made history by beating San Diego State in the second round and becoming the first 15 seed to ever make the Sweet 16. Besides that just about every game has been worth watching and as the next few weeks come, just about every basketball fan will be glued to their TV's to see how this years NCAA tournament pans out.
Since, we took a week off for spring break, Clemson's basketball season has officially come to an end after taking a first round loss in the ACC tournament to Florida State. Also, since I have to mention Tennessee, they lost in the third round of the SEC tournament and were invited as a 2 seed to play in the NIT. However, they took and early exit from that losing in the first round to Mercer.
On the golf course, Tiger Woods is the big talk. Winning another tournament this weekend at Arnold Palmer's Tournament, Bay Hill, in Orlando, Florida, he regained his spot as the number 1 ranked golfer in the world. The title that he once held a couple years ago, and that people started to question if he would ever get it back. This makes him the front runner to win the Masters in a couple weeks (a tournament that he typically plays very well in). With him playing so well and gaining this momentum before the first major of the year, the big question is, can Tiger capture another green jacket?
Clemson football's spring practice is still underway and many fans look forward to the spring game that will take place in a couple weeks. Clemson baseball is also playing well as they begin to get into the ACC part of their schedule and their quest for Omaha and the College World Series. They will play a one game stand Wednesday against Georgia here in Clemson.
As for that, it has been a great past couple weeks in the sports world, and being in the middle of March Madness, we look forward to a couple more exciting weeks.

Sports Week 5

Football is back, baseball and golf are just about to really get going, basketball is approaching what is in my book the most exciting part of the season, what more could you ask for. Clemson baseball had a successful weekend (thankfully because basketball sure didn't), and Clemson football has officially started spring practice, which we all know gets everybody excited in the south.
Clemson baseball won a big game against Wofford in the middle of last week, before getting on the road for their weekend 3-game series at North Carolina State. The tigers won back to back games on Friday and Saturday, but couldn't quite pull off the sweep after loosing a close one on Sunday. However, most people will take 2 games out of 3 any day, especially when it is against a conference opponent like NC State.
Basketball, on the other hand, struggled again this week. Tuesday night Clemson had one of the ugliest losses of the season loosing at home on their own senior night to Boston College. This game stood as the last home game for senior Devin Booker and Milton Jennings. After that loss they traveled down to South Beach on Saturday to play Miami in the last game of the regular season. They lost again in this one giving them the number 11 seed in the upcoming ACC tournament in Greensboro, NC. They will play the 7 seed, Florida State on Thursday for what will now be lose and go home basketball.
On a more positive note, college football is back in the air. Clemson started its spring practice this past week which marks the beginning of a season the has some high hopes that go with it. Tennessee also started their spring football practice this week that has many people excited on Rocky Top because of the start of the new season with our new coach, Butch Jones.
Staying on the Tennessee side of things, Tennessee Basketball capped off their season with 2 HUGE wins this week keeping their NCAA tournament hopes alive. They went to Auburn on Wednesday and picked up a big road win following that up with a big senior day win in Knoxville Saturday against Missouri. They got the 5 seed in the SEC tournament and will play the winner of South Carolina and Mississippi State.
A few other notable events happened this week. Tiger Woods won again this week down in Miami, Florida giving him his second win on the PGA Tour this year. Is he back? That's the question buzzing in the air in the sports world and only time will tell as the PGA Tour season really gets going as we get closer and closer to April.
As this week goes, the conference tournaments will all run their course and teams will begin to punch their tickets to "The Big Dance" or March Madness. Come next Sunday, ESPN will host their Selection Sunday show, and a week from today we will all be filling out our brackets in what is looking more and more like what is going to be a great NCAA basketball tournament.
 


 

Week 4 in Sports

This week seemed almost like a little bit of  a quiet before the storm in the world of sports. With March Madness and The Masters right around the corner, we are in the middle of just a small dead window. However, here at Clemson, we still have baseball and basketball both going on.
Clemson baseball had a huge series this weekend against the school that everyone hates around here, South Carolina. They were traveling all the way across the state this weekend playing Friday here in Clemson, Saturday in Greenville, and Sunday in Columbia. Clemson didn't get off to such a hot start after loosing the opening game Friday on our home field. They turned it around quickly though in Greenville responding with a big win Saturday. The series was up for grabs Sunday with both teams each have winning 1 game a piece. The tigers just couldn't find a way to get it done Sunday taking their second loss of the weekend, always a big disappointment, especially when it is to the GameCockes.
Very similarly, Clemson Basketball couldn't find a way to get many wins this week either. With the powerhouse team that North Carolina is coming in last Thursday, they struggled from the get go and never really even seemed to be in the game. It ended up a loss by only 9 points, but it never even seemed that close, it was a pretty ugly game. Following that, the tigers were in action Saturday at Virginia Tech. A team that we had beat earlier in the year, but the known fact of teams being difficult to play on the road prevailed, and Clemson lost another one. Now with two games to go in the regular season, the men hope to pick up a few wins (Boston College, and at Miami) before the ACC tournament in Greensboro. Senior night and the last home game of the season is Tuesday night against Boston College.
It's probably apparent now that I can't talk about Clemson athletics without talking a little bit about my Tennessee Volunteers. This week was a huge week on the basketball court for them. After winning 5 games in a row and playing as good as anyone in the SEC, they had their hands full Tuesday night with the number 8 team in the nation, the Florida Gators. If Tennessee wanted any consideration to get into the NCAA tournament, they were going to have to win this game. The Vols pulled off the upset in Knoxville continuing their streak to 6 wins in a row. However, after playing so well, Tennessee slipped up a little this weekend after suffering a road loss at Georgia in what was a pretty pathetic performance.
A few other big things happened this past week. Stephan Curry of the Golden State Warriors scored 54 points in Madison Square Garden against the Knicks. Also, Micheal Thompson picked up his first career win on the PGA Tour this week down in Florida at the Honda Classic.
As for that, you can always count on the sports world for a little excitement in your week as we look forward for some real excitement in the weeks to come.