2024–25 Clemson Tigers men's basketball team
| 2024–25 Clemson Tigers men's basketball | |
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Sunshine Slam Beach Bracket champions | |
NCAA tournament, First Round | |
| Conference | Atlantic Coast Conference |
| Ranking | |
| Coaches | No. 23 |
| AP | No. 22 |
| Record | 27–7 (18–2 ACC) |
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| Associate head coach | Billy Donlon (3rd season) |
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| Home arena | Littlejohn Coliseum (Capacity: 9,000) |
| Conf. | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 3 Duke † | 19 | – | 1 | .950 | 35 | – | 4 | .897 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 21 Louisville | 18 | – | 2 | .900 | 27 | – | 8 | .771 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 22 Clemson | 18 | – | 2 | .900 | 27 | – | 7 | .794 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wake Forest | 13 | – | 7 | .650 | 21 | – | 11 | .656 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Carolina | 13 | – | 7 | .650 | 23 | – | 14 | .622 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SMU | 13 | – | 7 | .650 | 24 | – | 11 | .686 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stanford | 11 | – | 9 | .550 | 21 | – | 14 | .600 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Georgia Tech | 10 | – | 10 | .500 | 17 | – | 17 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Virginia | 8 | – | 12 | .400 | 15 | – | 17 | .469 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Virginia Tech | 8 | – | 12 | .400 | 13 | – | 19 | .406 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Florida State | 8 | – | 12 | .400 | 17 | – | 15 | .531 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notre Dame | 8 | – | 12 | .400 | 15 | – | 18 | .455 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pittsburgh | 8 | – | 12 | .400 | 17 | – | 15 | .531 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Syracuse | 7 | – | 13 | .350 | 14 | – | 19 | .424 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| California | 6 | – | 14 | .300 | 14 | – | 19 | .424 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NC State | 5 | – | 15 | .250 | 12 | – | 19 | .387 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Boston College | 4 | – | 16 | .200 | 12 | – | 19 | .387 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Miami (FL) | 3 | – | 17 | .150 | 7 | – | 24 | .226 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † 2025 ACC tournament winner Rankings from AP poll | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2024–25 Clemson Tigers men's basketball team represented Clemson University during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Tigers, led by fifteenth-year head coach Brad Brownell, played their home games at Littlejohn Coliseum in Clemson, South Carolina as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference.
After a run to the Elite Eight in the previous season, head coach Brownell signed a five-year contract extension worth a total of $20 million.
The season started with three straight wins over non-Power 4 schools before the Tigers took a trip to Boise State. There they suffered their first loss of the season 84–71 against the Broncos. They then participated in the Sunshine Slam, where they won three straight games to finish as champions of the Beach Bracket. They defeated Radford, San Francisco, and Penn State in the Final. They then defeated their first ranked opponent of the season in fourth-ranked Kentucky as part of the ACC–SEC Challenge. The Tigers then won their ACC opener by ten points against Miami. They vaulted to sixteenth in the rankings after the defeat of Miami. However, an overtime loss to Memphis saw them drop to twenty-fifth in the rankings. There the team lost to rivals South Carolina, also in overtime, and defeat Wake Forest. The win was not enough to keep the team in the rankings, however. The Tigers then defeated ACC newcomers Stanford and California at home, before suffering their first ACC loss of the season at Louisville. After the loss, Clemson went on a six game winning streak, where they won each game by double-digits, with the exception of an overtime victory at Pittsburgh. The streak was broken against Georgia Tech in a triple-overtime 89–86 loss at home. The Tigers rebounded with a 77–71 defeat of second-ranked Duke. The Georgia Tech loss would be the Tiger's last loss of the regular season as they went on an eight game winning streak to finish the season. The streak included wins over North Carolina, ACC newcomers SMU, and a final-day victory over Virginia Tech. The only victories that did not come by double-digits were the Duke victory, and a March 5 game at Boston College, which they won by nine points. The streak saw the Tigers go from unranked to tenth in the polls.
The Tigers finished the season 27–7 and 18–2 in ACC play to finish in a tie for second place. As the third seed in the 2025 ACC tournament earned a bye into Quarterfinals where they defeated sixth seed SMU. In the Semifinals they could not avenge a regular season loss to Louisville as they lost by three points. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament. The Tigers were a five-seed in the Midwest regional. They were upset 69–67 by twevlve-seed McNeese in the First Round. The Tigers mounted a comeback after being down 31–13 at halftime of the game, but they fell just short.