Clemson Tigers men's basketball, 1980–1989

The Clemson Tigers men's basketball teams of 1980–1989 represented Clemson University in NCAA college basketball competition.

1979–80

1979–80 Clemson Tigers men's basketball
IPTAY Tournament champions
NCAA tournament, Elite Eight
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Record	23–9 (8–6 ACC)
Head coach	Bill Foster
Home arena	Littlejohn Coliseum
Seasons ← 1978–79 1980–81 →

Date	Opponent	Rank#	Site	Result
November 30*	Siena		Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, SC (IPTAY Tournament Semifinal)	W 90–72
December 1*	Middle Tennessee		Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, SC (IPTAY Tournament Final)	W 94–61
December 5*	South Carolina		Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, SC	W 93–73
December 8*	Baptist		Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, SC	W 93–59
December 15*	Rider		Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, SC	W 98–73
December 17*	Georgia Southern		Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, SC	W 113–74
December 27*	vs. Texas Tech		Memorial Coliseum • Portland, OR (Far West Classic Quarterfinal)	W 79–68
December 28*	vs. UNC–Charlotte		Memorial Coliseum • Portland, OR (Far West Classic Semifinal)	W 85–65
December 29*	vs. #18 Oregon State		Memorial Coliseum • Portland, OR (Far West Classic Final)	L 67–72
January 2	#6 North Carolina		Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, SC	W 93–76
January 5	at Georgia Tech		Alexander Memorial Coliseum • Atlanta, GA	W 56–48
January 9	#1 Duke	#18	Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, SC	W 87–82 (OT)
January 12	at Wake Forest	#18	Winston–Salem Memorial Coliseum • Winston-Salem, NC	L 83–86
January 16	at Maryland	#17	Cole Field House • College Park, MD	L 83–84
January 19	#12 Virginia	#17	Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, SC	W 88–68
January 23*	Furman	#12	Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, SC	W 85–67
January 26	at #13 North Carolina	#12	Carmichael Auditorium • Chapel Hill, NC	L 70–73
January 29	at NC State	#16	Reynolds Coliseum • Raleigh, NC	L 67–80
January 31	Georgia Tech	#16	Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, SC	W 76–52
February 2*	at South Carolina	#16	Carolina Coliseum • Columbia, SC	W 61–60
February 6	Wake Forest	#16	Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, SC	W 86–69
February 9	#9 Maryland	#16	Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, SC	W 90–81
February 13	at Virginia	#10	University Hall • Charlottesville, VA	L 87–89
February 16	NC State	#10	Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, SC	W 78–70
February 20	at #17 Duke	#12	Cameron Indoor Stadium • Durham, NC	L 82–87 (OT)
February 22*	UNC–Asheville	#12	Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, SC	W 38–27
February 28*	vs. Virginia	#17	Greensboro Coliseum • Greensboro, NC (ACC Tournament Quarterfinal)	W 57–49
February 29*	vs. #7 Maryland	#17	Greensboro Coliseum • Greensboro, NC (ACC Tournament Semifinal)	L 85–91
March 6*	vs. Utah State		Dee Events Center • Ogden, UT (NCAA First Round)	W 76–73
March 8*	vs. #12 Brigham Young		Dee Events Center • Ogden, UT (NCAA Second Round)	W 71–66
March 12*	vs. Lamar		McKale Center • Tucson, AZ (NCAA Sweet Sixteen)	W 74–66
March 15*	vs. UCLA		McKale Center • Tucson, AZ (NCAA Elite Eight)	L 74–85
*Non-Conference Game. #Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game.

1980–81

1980–81 Clemson Tigers men's basketball
IPTAY Tournament champions Rainbow Classic champions
NIT, First Round
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Record	20–11 (6–8 ACC)
Head coach	Bill Foster
Home arena	Littlejohn Coliseum
Seasons ← 1979–80 1981–82 →

Date	Opponent	Rank#	Site	Result
November 28*	Cornell		Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, SC (IPTAY Tournament Semifinal)	W 82–64
November 29*	Fairfield		Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, SC (IPTAY Tournament Final)	W 99–71
December 3*	Samford		Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, SC	W 102–59
December 6*	at South Carolina		Carolina Coliseum • Columbia, SC	W 82–69
December 13*	Illinois Tech		Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, SC	W 108–41
December 16*	West Virginia Tech		Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, SC	W 124–70
December 19*	vs. Illinois State		MECCA Arena • Milwaukee, WI (Milwaukee Classic Semifinal)	W 67–56
December 20*	vs. Marquette		MECCA Arena • Milwaukee, WI (Milwaukee Classic Final)	L 67–68
December 28*	vs. Louisiana Tech		Neal S. Blaisdell Center • Honolulu, HI (Rainbow Classic Quarterfinal)	W 50–49 (OT)
December 29*	vs. #15 Indiana		Neal S. Blaisdell Center • Honolulu, HI (Rainbow Classic Semifinal)	W 58–57
December 30*	vs. Hawaiʻi		Neal S. Blaisdell Center • Honolulu, HI (Rainbow Classic Final)	W 75–71
January 3	NC State		Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, SC	W 76–68
January 7	at Georgia Tech	#20	Omni Coliseum • Atlanta, GA	W 65–54
January 10	at #6 Wake Forest	#20	Winston–Salem Memorial Coliseum • Winston-Salem, NC	L 71–73
January 14*	The Citadel	#19	Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, SC	W 82–58
January 17	#10 Maryland	#19	Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, SC	L 62–68 (OT)
January 19	#2 Virginia	#19	Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, SC	L 59–74
January 21	Georgia Tech	#19	Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, SC	W 72–48
January 24	at Duke	#19	Cameron Indoor Stadium • Durham, NC	L 57–75
January 28	#12 North Carolina		Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, SC	L 47–61
January 31*	at Furman		Alley Gymnasium • Greenville, SC	W 69–67
February 4	at NC State		Reynolds Coliseum • Raleigh, NC	W 82–76
February 8*	South Carolina		Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, SC	W 115–91
February 12	at #19 Maryland		Cole Field House • College Park, MD	L 70–72
February 14	at #1 Virginia		University Hall • Charlottesville, VA	L 58–73
February 18	#11 Wake Forest		Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, SC	W 81–71
February 21	at #13 North Carolina		Carmichael Auditorium • Chapel Hill, NC	L 61–75
February 25	Duke		Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, SC	W 54–52
February 28*	Baltimore		Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, SC	W 91–69
March 5*	vs. #11 Maryland		Capital Centre • Landover, MD (ACC Tournament Quarterfinal)	L 71–80
March 12*	Temple		Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, SC (NIT First Round)	L 82–90
*Non-Conference Game. #Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game.

1981–82

1981–82 Clemson Tigers men's basketball
IPTAY Tournament champions
NIT, First Round
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Record	14–14 (4–10 ACC)
Head coach	Bill Foster
Home arena	Littlejohn Coliseum
Seasons ← 1980–81 1982–83 →

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
November 27*	Bowling Green	Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, SC (IPTAY Tournament Semifinal)	W 109–91
November 28*	Stetson	Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, SC (IPTAY Tournament Final)	W 79–72
December 2*	Austin Peay State	Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, SC	W 102–53
December 5*	Arkansas–Little Rock	Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, SC	W 61–60
December 12*	South Carolina	Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, SC	W 67–65
December 14*	West Chester State	Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, SC	W 96–56
December 18*	vs. #6 Iowa	Hofheinz Pavilion • Houston, TX (Kettle Classic Semifinal)	L 68–80
December 19*	vs. Mississippi State	Hofheinz Pavilion • Houston, TX (Milwaukee Classic Consolation)	W 59–32
January 2	at #20 NC State	Reynolds Coliseum • Raleigh, NC	L 59–75
January 6	at Georgia Tech	Alexander Memorial Coliseum • Atlanta, GA	W 62–57
January 9	Wake Forest	Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, SC	L 54–68
January 16	at Maryland	Cole Field House • College Park, MD	L 57–62
January 17	at #3 Virginia	University Hall • Charlottesville, VA	L 68–89
January 20	Georgia Tech	Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, SC	W 55–49
January 23	Duke	Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, SC	L 44–50
January 27	at #2 North Carolina	Carmichael Auditorium • Chapel Hill, NC	L 72–77
January 30*	at The Citadel	McAlister Field House • Charleston, SC	W 88–56
February 3	NC State	Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, SC	W 65–54
February 6*	at South Carolina	Carolina Coliseum • Columbia, SC	L 86–94
February 10	at #16 Wake Forest	Winston–Salem Memorial Coliseum • Winston-Salem, NC	L 79–94
February 13	#1 Virginia	Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, SC	L 54–56
February 15*	Furman	Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, SC	W 79–62
February 17	Maryland	Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, SC	W 75–66
February 20	#2 North Carolina	Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, SC	L 49–55
February 24	at Duke	Cameron Indoor Stadium • Durham, NC	L 72–73 (3OT)
February 27*	Maryland–Eastern Shore	Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, SC	W 91–70
March 5*	vs. #3 Virginia	Greensboro Coliseum • Greensboro, NC (ACC Tournament Quarterfinal)	L 54–56
March 12*	Ole Miss	Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, SC (NIT First Round)	L 49–53
*Non-Conference Game. #Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game.

1982–83

1982–83 Clemson Tigers men's basketball
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Record	11–20 (2–12 ACC)
Head coach	Bill Foster
Home arena	Littlejohn Coliseum
Seasons ← 1981–82 1983–84 →

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
November 26*	vs. Texas A&M	Buckner Fieldhouse • Anchorage, AK (Great Alaska Shootout Quarterfinal)	W 82–79 (2OT)
November 27*	vs. Vanderbilt	Buckner Fieldhouse • Anchorage, AK (Great Alaska Shootout Semifinal)	L 63–72
November 28*	vs. Washington	Buckner Fieldhouse • Anchorage, AK (Great Alaska Shootout 3rd Place game)	L 66–76
December 3*	Bucknell	Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, SC (IPTAY Tournament Semifinal)	W 85–73
December 4*	Southern Miss	Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, SC (IPTAY Tournament Final)	L 58–60
December 6*	The Citadel	Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, SC	W 63–56
December 11*	Presbyterian	Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, SC	W 95–69
December 15*	Campbell	Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, SC	W 76–59
December 18*	Vanderbilt	Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, SC	L 72–75
December 28*	vs. Kansas State	Special Events Center • El Paso, TX (Sun Bowl Carnival Semifinal)	L 54–60
December 29*	vs. UTEP	Special Events Center • El Paso, TX (Sun Bowl Carnival Consolation)	L 59–69
January 4*	Furman	Alley Gymnasium • Greenville, SC	W 51–50
January 7	#16 NC State	Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, SC	L 70–76
January 11	at Georgia Tech	Alexander Memorial Coliseum • Atlanta, GA	L 66–71
January 15	at Wake Forest	Winston–Salem Memorial Coliseum • Winston-Salem, NC	L 76–89
January 19	Maryland	Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, SC	L 61–80
January 22	at #7 Virginia	University Hall • Charlottesville, VA	L 87–105
January 24	Georgia Tech	Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, SC	W 58–56
January 27*	at South Carolina	Carolina Coliseum • Columbia, SC	L 77–94
January 29	at Duke	Cameron Indoor Stadium • Durham, NC	L 96–99
February 2	#1 North Carolina	Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, SC	L 81–84
February 5*	Baptist	Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, SC	W 81–60
February 9	at NC State	Reynolds Coliseum • Raleigh, NC	L 83–90
February 12*	South Carolina	Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, SC	W 86–81
February 16	Wake Forest	Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, SC	L 82–86
February 19	at Maryland	Cole Field House • College Park, MD	L 88–92
February 23	#3 Virginia	Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, SC	L 83–85 (OT)
February 27	at #11 North Carolina	Carmichael Auditorium • Chapel Hill, NC	L 80–93
March 2	Duke	Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, SC	W 93–86
March 5*	Illinois–Chicago	Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, SC	W 92–88
March 11*	vs. #5 North Carolina	Omni Coliseum • Atlanta, GA (ACC Tournament Quarterfinal)	L 79–105
*Non-Conference Game. #Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game.

1983–84

1983–84 Clemson Tigers men's basketball
IPTAY Tournament champions
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Record	14–14 (3–11 ACC)
Head coach	Bill Foster
Home arena	Littlejohn Coliseum
Seasons ← 1982–83 1984–85 →

1983–84 ACC men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 1 North Carolina	14	–	0		1.000			28	–	3		.903
No. 11 Maryland †	9	–	5		.643			24	–	8		.750
No. 19 Wake Forest	7	–	7		.500			23	–	9		.719
No. 14 Duke	7	–	7		.500			24	–	10		.706
Georgia Tech	6	–	8		.429			18	–	11		.621
Virginia	6	–	8		.429			21	–	12		.636
NC State	4	–	10		.286			19	–	14		.576
Clemson	3	–	11		.214			14	–	14		.500
† 1984 ACC tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
November 26*	Wagner	Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, SC	W 105–55
November 29*	Marquette	Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, SC (IPTAY Tournament Semifinal)	W 66–61 (OT)
November 30*	Furman	Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, SC (IPTAY Tournament Final)	W 71–67
December 3*	South Carolina	Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, SC	W 72–71
December 10*	The Citadel	Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, SC	W 92–70
December 17*	at Vanderbilt	Memorial Gymnasium • Nashville, TN	W 70–62
December 19*	Baylor	Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, SC	W 102–52
December 28*	at UNLV	Thomas & Mack Center • Las Vegas, NV	L 55–69
December 30*	vs. Marshall	Las Vegas, NV	L 61–63
January 4*	St. Francis (NY)	Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, SC	W 97–63
January 9	#12 NC State	Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, SC	W 63–61
January 11	Georgia Tech	Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, SC	W 79–69
January 14*	Baptist	Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, SC	W 71–59
January 17	at #7 Maryland	Cole Field House • College Park, MD	L 72–85
January 21	Virginia	Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, SC	L 73–74
January 26	at Georgia Tech	Alexander Memorial Coliseum • Atlanta, GA	L 52–59
January 28	Duke	Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, SC	L 65–67
February 1	at #1 North Carolina	Greensboro Coliseum • Greensboro, NC	L 75–97
February 4	#15 Wake Forest	Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, SC	L 72–76 (OT)
February 8	at NC State	Reynolds Coliseum • Raleigh, NC	L 59–69
February 11*	at South Carolina	Carolina Coliseum • Columbia, SC	W 61–59
February 15	at #13 Wake Forest	Greensboro Coliseum • Greensboro, NC	L 57–68
February 18	Maryland	Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, SC	L 65–66 (3OT)
February 21	at Virginia	University Hall • Charlottesville, VA	L 70–77
February 26	#1 North Carolina	Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, SC	L 71–82
February 29	at #15 Duke	Cameron Indoor Stadium • Durham, NC	W 77–76
March 3*	Campbell	Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, SC	W 62–52
March 9*	vs. #1 North Carolina	Greensboro Coliseum • Greensboro, NC (ACC Tournament Quarterfinal)	L 66–78
*Non-Conference Game. #Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game.

1984–85

1984–85 Clemson Tigers men's basketball
IPTAY Tournament champions Music City Tournament champions
NIT, First Round
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Record	16–13 (5–9 ACC)
Head coach	Cliff Ellis
Home arena	Littlejohn Coliseum
Seasons ← 1983–84 1985–86 →

1984–85 ACC men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 6 Georgia Tech †	9	–	5		.643			27	–	8		.771
No. 7 North Carolina	9	–	5		.643			27	–	9		.750
No. 16 NC State	9	–	5		.643			23	–	10		.697
No. 10 Duke	8	–	6		.571			23	–	8		.742
Maryland	8	–	6		.571			25	–	12		.676
Clemson	5	–	9		.357			16	–	13		.552
Wake Forest	5	–	9		.357			15	–	14		.517
Virginia	3	–	11		.214			17	–	16		.515
† 1985 ACC tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
November 26*	Tennessee Tech	Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, SC	L 67–68 (OT)
November 30*	Campbell	Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, SC (IPTAY Tournament Semifinal)	W 90–55
December 1*	South Alabama	Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, SC (IPTAY Tournament Final)	W 79–69
December 5*	at South Carolina	Carolina Coliseum • Columbia, SC	L 66–71
December 8*	Augusta	Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, SC	W 89–62
December 15*	Middle Tennessee	Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, SC	W 81–75
December 19*	at Furman	Alley Gymnasium • Greenville, SC	W 55–53 (OT)
December 28*	vs. Massachusetts	Memorial Gymnasium • Nashville, TN (Music City Tournament)	W 86–72
December 29*	vs. Vanderbilt	Memorial Gymnasium • Nashville, TN (Music City Tournament)	W 81–74
January 2*	Appalachian State	Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, SC	W 84–77
January 8	at #8 Georgia Tech	Alexander Memorial Coliseum • Atlanta, GA	W 90–81
January 10	NC State	Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, SC	L 68–71
January 12	at Wake Forest	Winston–Salem Memorial Coliseum • Winston-Salem, NC	L 61–83
January 16	at Maryland	Cole Field House • College Park, MD	L 84–94
January 19	Virginia	Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, SC	W 82–62
January 23	#16 Georgia Tech	Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, SC	L 59–64
January 26	#5 Duke	Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, SC	L 83–100
January 30	#11 North Carolina	Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, SC	W 52–50
February 2*	Delaware State	Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, SC	W 96–65
February 6	at NC State	Reynolds Coliseum • Raleigh, NC	L 57–69
February 9*	South Carolina	Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, SC	W 98–81
February 13	Wake Forest	Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, SC	W 80–65
February 17	#10 Maryland	Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, SC	W 71–64
February 20	at Virginia	University Hall • Charlottesville, VA	L 66–69
February 23	at #13 North Carolina	Carmichael Auditorium • Chapel Hill, NC	L 50–84
February 27	at #6 Duke	Cameron Indoor Stadium • Durham, NC	L 73–90
March 2*	Winthrop	Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, SC	W 100–55
March 8*	vs. #18 NC State	Omni Coliseum • Atlanta, GA (ACC Tournament Quarterfinal)	L 63–70
March 15*	at Tennessee–Chattanooga	McKenzie Arena • Chattanooga, TN (NIT First Round)	L 65–67
*Non-Conference Game. #Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game.

1985–86

1985–86 Clemson Tigers men's basketball
IPTAY Tournament champions
NIT, Third Round
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Record	19–15 (3–11 ACC)
Head coach	Cliff Ellis
Home arena	Littlejohn Coliseum
Seasons ← 1984–85 1986–87 →

1985–86 ACC men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 1 Duke†	12	–	2		.857			37	–	3		.925
No. 6 Georgia Tech	11	–	3		.786			27	–	7		.794
No. 8 North Carolina	10	–	4		.714			28	–	6		.824
NC State	7	–	7		.500			21	–	13		.618
Virginia	7	–	7		.500			19	–	11		.633
Maryland	6	–	8		.429			19	–	14		.576
Clemson	3	–	11		.214			19	–	15		.559
Wake Forest	0	–	14		.000			8	–	21		.276
† 1986 ACC tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
November 25*	Maryland–Eastern Shore	Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, SC	W 83–57
November 29*	East Tennessee St.	Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, SC (IPTAY Tournament Semifinal)	W 92–67
November 30*	South Bulls	Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, SC (IPTAY Tournament Final)	W 70–60
December 2*	Rider	Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, SC	W 101–63
December 4*	Morgan State	Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, SC	W 79–36
December 7*	South Carolina	Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, SC	W 73–66 (OT)
December 14*	Bethune-Cookman	Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, SC	W 87–60
December 16*	Baptist	Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, SC	W 89–63
December 18*	Georgia State	Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, SC	W 100–60
December 21*	at Texas Tech	City Bank Coliseum • Lubbock, TX	W 65–64
December 28*	vs. Bradley	Neal S. Blaisdell Center • Honolulu, HI (Rainbow Classic Quarterfinal)	W 81–76
December 29*	vs. Missouri	Neal S. Blaisdell Center • Honolulu, HI (Rainbow Classic Semifinal)	L 64–69
December 30*	vs. Seton Hall	Neal S. Blaisdell Center • Honolulu, HI (Rainbow Classic 3rd place game)	W 69–62
January 6	Wake Forest	Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, SC	W 91–64
January 11	Virginia	Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, SC	L 81–83
January 13	at NC State	Reynolds Coliseum • Raleigh, NC	L 57–60
January 15	#5 Georgia Tech	Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, SC	L 71–83
January 23*	at South Carolina	Carolina Coliseum • Columbia, SC	L 64–65
January 25	at Wake Forest	Winston–Salem Memorial Coliseum • Winston-Salem, NC	W 46–43
January 29	at #5 Duke	Cameron Indoor Stadium • Durham, NC	L 78–89
February 1	at #1 North Carolina	Dean Smith Center • Chapel Hill, NC	L 67–85
February 5	NC State	Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, SC	L 69–73 (OT)
February 8	at Maryland	Cole Field House • College Park, MD	L 69–78
February 12	#1 North Carolina	Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, SC	L 64–79
February 13*	Florida A&M	Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, SC	W 96–52
February 15	Maryland	Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, SC	W 70–60
February 17*	Furman	Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, SC	W 75–57
February 22	at Virginia	University Hall • Charlottesville, VA	L 69–82
February 26	#1 Duke	Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, SC	L 69–77
March 2	at #4 Georgia Tech	Alexander Memorial Coliseum • Atlanta, GA	L 63–74
March 7*	vs. #6 Georgia Tech	Greensboro Coliseum • Greensboro, NC (ACC Tournament Quarterfinal)	L 61–79
March 13*	Middle Tennessee	Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, SC (NIT First Round)	W 99–81
March 17*	Georgia	Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, SC (NIT Second Round)	W 77–65
March 20*	Wyoming	Arena-Auditorium • Laramie, WY (NIT Third Round)	L 57–62
*Non-Conference Game. #Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game.

1986–87

1986–87 Clemson Tigers men's basketball
IPTAY Tournament champions TCBY Arkansas–Little Rock Classic champions Hawaii Pacific Tournament champions
NCAA tournament, First Round
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 15
AP	No. 13
Record	25–6 (10–4 ACC)
Head coach	Cliff Ellis
Home arena	Littlejohn Coliseum
Seasons ← 1985–86 1987–88 →

Date	Opponent	Rank#	Site	Result
November 28*	Georgia State		Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, SC (IPTAY Tournament Semifinal)	W 108–91
November 29*	Boston University		Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, SC (IPTAY Tournament Final)	W 92–77
December 3*	UNC–Asheville		Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, SC	W 89–58
December 6*	Texas Tech		Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, SC	W 86–72
December 14*	at South Carolina		Carolina Coliseum • Columbia, SC	W 71–65
December 16*	Prairie View A&M		Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, SC	W 103–45
December 17*	Armstrong State		Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, SC	W 112–39
December 29*	vs. Delaware State		Barton Coliseum • Little Rock, AR (TCBY Arkansas–Little Rock Classic Semifinal)	W 95–42
December 30*	vs. Arkansas–Little Rock		Barton Coliseum • Little Rock, AR (TCBY Arkansas–Little Rock Classic Final)	W 76–44
January 2*	vs. Fordham		Honolulu, HI (Hawaii Pacific Tournament Semifinal)	W 90–86
January 3*	vs. Hawaii Pacific		Honolulu, HI (Hawaii Pacific Tournament Final)	W 93–74
January 7	#18 NC State	#20	Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, SC	W 73–69
January 10	at Wake Forest	#20	Winston–Salem Memorial Coliseum • Winston-Salem, NC	W 91–88 (OT)
January 12*	Florida International	#12	Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, SC	W 108–55
January 14*	Furman	#12	Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, SC	W 94–77
January 17	Maryland	#12	Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, SC	W 72–64
January 20	at Georgia Tech	#10	Alexander Memorial Coliseum • Atlanta, GA	W 67–66
January 24	#12 Duke	#10	Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, SC	L 103–105 (OT)
January 26*	Winthrop	#14	Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, SC	W 96–69
January 28	#1 North Carolina	#14	Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, SC	L 99–108
January 31	Virginia	#14	Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, SC	W 89–83
February 4	at Maryland	#12	Cole Field House • College Park, MD	W 80–79
February 7*	South Carolina	#12	Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, SC	W 74–52
February 11	at NC State	#12	Reynolds Coliseum • Raleigh, NC	W 78–75
February 14	at Virginia	#12	University Hall • Charlottesville, VA	W 94–90 (OT)
February 18	Wake Forest	#10	Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, SC	W 87–71
February 21	at #3 North Carolina	#10	Dean Smith Center • Chapel Hill, NC	L 80–96
February 25	Georgia Tech	#13	Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, SC	W 88–77
February 28	at #17 Duke	#13	Cameron Indoor Stadium • Durham, NC	L 59–65
March 6*	vs. Wake Forest	#13	Capital Centre • Landover, MD (ACC Tournament Quarterfinal)	L 62–69
March 13*	vs. Southwest Missouri St.	#13	Omni Coliseum • Atlanta, GA (NCAA First Round)	L 60–65
*Non-Conference Game. #Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game.

1987–88

1987–88 Clemson Tigers men's basketball
NIT, First Round
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Record	14–15 (4–10 ACC)
Head coach	Cliff Ellis
Home arena	Littlejohn Coliseum
Seasons ← 1986–87 1988–89 →

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
November 27*	Oregon State	Chinese Culture and Sports Center • Taipei, Taiwan	W 69–54
November 30*	Baptist	Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, SC	W 81–60
December 2*	Towson State	Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, SC	W 71–61
December 5*	Mercer	Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, SC	W 103–68
December 12*	Coastal Carolina	Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, SC	W 76–57
December 15*	Southern Miss	Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, SC	L 85–88
December 16*	Augusta	Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, SC	W 91–45
December 28*	vs. Michigan	USF Sun Dome • Tampa, FL (South Florida Invitational Semifinal)	L 88–93
December 29*	vs. Florida International	USF Sun Dome • Tampa, FL (South Florida Invitational Consolation)	W 98–47
January 6	at NC State	Reynolds Coliseum • Raleigh, NC	L 61–70
January 9	at Maryland	Cole Field House • College Park, MD	L 53–68
January 10	at Virginia	University Hall • Charlottesville, VA	L 75–77
January 13*	Rider	Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, SC	W 83–48
January 16	Wake Forest	Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, SC	W 75–62
January 20*	Furman	Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, SC	W 76–65
January 23*	South Carolina	Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, SC	W 69–65
January 26	at Georgia Tech	Alexander Memorial Coliseum • Atlanta, GA	L 76–85
February 1	at #5 Duke	Cameron Indoor Stadium • Durham, NC	L 63–101
February 4	#8 North Carolina	Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, SC	L 64–88
February 6*	at South Carolina	Carolina Coliseum • Columbia, SC	L 63–75
February 10	Maryland	Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, SC	L 66–70
February 18	NC State	Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, SC	L 63–88
February 21	Virginia	Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, SC	W 65–62
February 24	at Wake Forest	Greensboro Coliseum • Greensboro, NC	L 73–79
February 28	at #9 North Carolina	Dean Smith Center • Chapel Hill, NC	L 52–88
March 2	#9 Duke	Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, SC	W 79–77
March 5	#13 Georgia Tech	Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, SC	W 97–94 (2OT)
March 11*	vs. #11 NC State	Greensboro Coliseum • Greensboro, NC (ACC Tournament Quarterfinal)	L 72–79
March 18*	at Southern Miss	Reed Green Coliseum • Hattiesburg, MS (NIT First Round)	L 69–74
*Non-Conference Game. #Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game.

1988–89

1988–89 Clemson Tigers men's basketball
NCAA tournament, Second Round
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Record	19–11 (7–7 ACC)
Head coach	Cliff Ellis
Home arena	Littlejohn Coliseum
Seasons ← 1987–88 1989–90 →

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
November 28*	The Citadel	Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, SC	W 96–82
December 1*	at Furman	Alley Gymnasium • Greenville, SC	W 79–64
December 3*	at South Carolina	Carolina Coliseum • Columbia, SC	L 70–90
December 10*	Wagner	Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, SC	W 79–36
December 13*	South Carolina State	Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, SC	W 93–70
December 17*	at Hofstra	Physical Fitness Center • Hempstead, NY	W 77–63
December 27*	vs. Middle Tennessee	Memorial Coliseum • Portland, OR (Far West Classic Quarterfinal)	W 81–77
December 29*	vs. Oregon	Memorial Coliseum • Portland, OR (Far West Classic Semifinal)	W 74–61
December 30*	vs. Oregon State	Memorial Coliseum • Portland, OR (Far West Classic Final)	L 58–72
January 5	#16 NC State	Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, SC	L 65–73
January 7	Maryland	Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, SC	W 75–58
January 11	Virginia	Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, SC	W 88–70
January 14	at Wake Forest	Winston–Salem Memorial Coliseum • Winston-Salem, NC	W 75–71
January 18*	Youngstown State	Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, SC	W 104–74
January 21*	Western Carolina	Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, SC	W 77–60
January 25	at #22 Georgia Tech	Alexander Memorial Coliseum • Atlanta, GA	L 74–75
January 29	at #8 Duke	Cameron Indoor Stadium • Durham, NC	L 62–92
February 1	#8 North Carolina	Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, SC	W 85–82
February 4*	South Carolina	Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, SC	W 78–65
February 7	at Maryland	Cole Field House • College Park, MD	L 87–98
February 11*	Liberty	Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, SC	W 96–71
February 15	at #19 NC State	Reynolds Coliseum • Raleigh, NC	L 75–90
February 18	at Virginia	University Hall • Charlottesville, VA	L 83–85
February 22	Wake Forest	Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, SC	W 94–83
February 25	at #5 North Carolina	Dean Smith Center • Chapel Hill, NC	L 86–100
March 1	#9 Duke	Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, SC	W 79–74
March 4	#25 Georgia Tech	Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, SC	W 81–79 (OT)
March 10*	vs. Virginia	Omni Coliseum • Atlanta, GA (ACC Tournament Quarterfinal)	L 73–90
March 16*	vs. #22 Saint Mary's	BSU Pavilion • Boise, ID (NCAA First Round)	W 83–70
March 18*	vs. #1 Arizona	BSU Pavilion • Boise, ID (NCAA Second Round)	L 68–94
*Non-Conference Game. #Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game.