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The Tigers travel to the 50th ACC Tournament as the No. 2 seed at Truist Field in Charlotte.
TOURNAMENT SETUP• Who (Thursday) – Clemson (40-13) vs. Miami (Fla.) (25-29)• Who (Friday) – Louisville (32-22) vs. Clemson (40-13)• Best Ranking – CU – No. 3 D1Baseball; MIA – NR; LOU – NR• When – Thursday (11 a.m.), Friday (3 p.m.)• Where – Charlotte, N.C. (Truist Field)• Watch – ACC Network• Video Announcers – Mike Ferrin (Friday), Devon Travis (Thursday, Friday), Dani Wexelman (Thursday)• Listen (Radio) – Clemson Athletic Network (locally on WCCP (105.5 FM))• Listen (Internet) – ClemsonTigers.com• Live Stats – ClemsonTigers.com• Social Media – ClemsonBaseball
SERIES HISTORY (MIAMI)• Overall Record – Miami leads 46-34-1 (1977-24)• Record at Neutral – 9-9 (1980-23)• Record in ACC Tournament – Clemson leads 5-2 (2005-23)
SERIES HISTORY (LOUISVILLE)• Overall Record – Clemson leads 22-15 (1970-24)• Record at Neutral – Clemson leads 3-1 (2015-21)• Record in ACC Tournament – Clemson leads 3-1 (2015-21)
STARTING PITCHERS• Thursday – TBA (CU) vs. TBA (MIA)• Friday – TBA (LOU) vs. TBA (CU)
CLEMSON OVERVIEW• Clemson, which has a 3-0 neutral record, swept Boston College in three home games by a combined score of 33-16 to end the regular season.• The Tigers are averaging 8.2 runs per game and hitting .297 with a .514 slugging percentage, .401 on-base percentage and 55 steals.• The pitching staff has a 4.47 ERA, .242 opponents’ batting average and 2.31 strikeout-to-walk ratio, and Clemson is fielding .968.
MIAMI OVERVIEW• Miami, which has yet to play a neutral game and is averaging 6.7 runs per game, is led by first-year Head Coach J.D. Arteaga.• The Hurricanes won one of three home games against Pittsburgh. They are hitting .276 and have a 5.75 ERA and .970 fielding percentage.• Daniel Cuvet is hitting .344 with 21 homers and 65 RBIs, Jason Torres is batting .331 and Nick Robert has a team-high four saves.
LOUISVILLE OVERVIEW• Louisville, which has an 0-2 neutral record and is averaging 8.2 runs per game, is led by 18th-year Head Coach Dan McDonnell.• The Cardinals swept Notre Dame in three games at home. They are hitting .312 and have a 6.44 ERA and .966 fielding percentage.• Zion Rose is hitting .382, Eddie King Jr. has a team-high 14 homers and 43 RBIs and Tucker Biven has a team-high five saves.
QUICK HITS• Last weekend, Clemson scored double-digit runs in all three games of the Boston College series, a Tiger first in an ACC series since 1995.• Clemson has scored 74 runs in the fourth inning, its highest-scoring inning in 2024.• Clemson’s bullpen has a 27-7 record, 14 saves, a 4.87 ERA, .228 opponents’ batting average and 249 strikeouts in 234.2 innings pitched.
TIGERS TO PLAY IN 50TH ACC TOURNEY• Clemson (40-13), the No. 2 seed, opens its ACC Tourney by playing No. 11 seed Miami (Fla.) (25-29) on Thursday at 11 a.m. on ACC Network.• The Tigers are the designated visiting team and occupy the first-base dugout on Thursday.• The Tigers play No. 7 seed Louisville (32-22) on Friday at 3 p.m. on ACC Network.• Clemson is the designated home team and occupies the third-base dugout on Friday.• The games are played at Truist Field in Charlotte, N.C.• It is the third time and third time in four years the ACC Baseball Tournament is held in Charlotte after last being held there in 2022.• The 2024 tournament format has four three-team pools. The winner of each pool advances to a four-team, single-elimination tourney.• The format, in its seventh tournament, features four three-team pools that guarantees the 12 teams play a minimum of two games.• Pool A is comprised of No. 1 seed North Carolina, No. 8 seed Wake Forest and No. 12 seed Pittsburgh.• Pool B is comprised of No. 2 seed Clemson, No. 7 seed Louisville and No. 11 seed Miami (Fla.).• Pool C is comprised of No. 3 seed NC State, No. 6 seed Duke and No. 10 seed Virginia Tech.• Pool D is comprised of No. 4 seed Virginia, No. 5 seed Florida State and No. 9 seed Georgia Tech.• The winners of pools A and D play Saturday at 1 p.m. on ACC Network and the winners of pools B and C play Saturday at 5 p.m. on ACC Network.• The ACC Championship Game is Sunday at noon on ESPN2, and the winner of the game receives an automatic bid into the 2024 NCAA Tournament.• All of Clemson’s ACC Tournament games are broadcast live on the radio by Clemson Athletic Network.• Live stats are available at ClemsonTigers.com for all Tiger games.
CLEMSON’S ACC TOURNEY HISTORY• This is the 50th ACC Tournament, and Clemson has been to the finals in 23 of the previous 49 tournaments, eight more than any other school.• Clemson has won an ACC-high 11 ACC Tournament titles in history, including 2023, when it beat Miami (Fla.) 11-5 in the title game.• Clemson’s 11 ACC Tournament titles came in 1976, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1994, 2006, 2016, 2023.• Clemson has a 118-75 record (.611) in ACC Tournament games. The Tigers have the most All-ACC Tournament selections (69) in history.• Clemson’s 118 ACC Tournament wins are 27 more than any other team (NC State (91), North Carolina (91)).• Only Florida State (65.9) has a better winning percentage than Clemson (61.1) in ACC Tournament play (minimum 10 games).• Clemson is one of only two teams to play in all 50 ACC Tournaments. The Tigers join Virginia as the only teams to play in every ACC Tourney.• The ACC Tournament began in 1973 and has been held every year but two (1979, 2020) since then.
TIGERS WIN ACC ATLANTIC DIVISION• Clemson finished in first place in the ACC Atlantic Division standings with a 20-10 ACC mark, ahead of NC State (18-11) and Florida State (17-12).• Clemson won the Atlantic Division, its fourth title, including three outright and one shared, since the ACC split into divisions in 2006.• It was Clemson’s first Atlantic Division title since 2018. Clemson also won the outright title in 2006 and shared the title in 2010.• Overall in the ACC standings, Clemson finished in second place behind North Carolina (22-8).
SCHEDULE STRONG• Clemson has an RPI of No. 7 (through games of May 19).• A big reason for the Tigers’ top-10 RPI is their strength of schedule, which is No. 14 in the nation.• Clemson’s non-conference strength of schedule is No. 20 in the nation, and the Tigers were 20-3 in regular-season non-conference games.• Clemson’s No. 20 non-conference strength of schedule is the best among ACC and SEC teams.• Of Clemson’s 53 games, 46 have been against teams in the top 100 of the RPI.
THREE TIGERS NAMED ALL-ACC• Aidan Knaak (SP) earned First-Team All-ACC and All-ACC Freshman honors.• Knaak became the first Tiger freshman pitcher to be named First-Team All-ACC since 1997 (Ryan Mottl).• Blake Wright (2B) was a Second-Team All-ACC selection and Cam Cannarella (OF) was a Third-Team All-ACC pick.• It was the second time that both Wright and Cannarella earned All-ACC honors.• Wright was Third-Team All-ACC in 2022 and Cannarella was First-Team All-ACC in 2023.
BARLOW COMING ON STRONG• Sophomore righthander Billy Barlow is one of the team leaders off the field and has become one of the most reliable relievers in 2024.• He was the primary midweek starter prior to moving to the bullpen in early May.• He is 6-1 with a 4.30 ERA, .257 opponents’ batting average and 41 strikeouts in 46.0 innings pitched over 13 appearances (10 starts).• In his career, he is 6-6 with a 4.71 ERA, .255 opponents’ batting average and 101 strikeouts in 107.0 innings pitched over 33 appearances.
