Today, the Clemson basketball team returns to action looking to stay perfect in ACC play. Hosting Cal at Littlejohn Coliseum, the Tigers will try to stay atop the conference standings.
Meanwhile, the Golden Bears are just looking to get in the win column in their first year in the ACC. At 7-6 overall thus far, they have dropped games to rival Stanford as well as Pitt. They have also taken losses against No. 23 San Diego State, Missouri, Vanderbilt, and Cornell.
Thus far, the best win Cal has secured was at USC back on November 17. That 71-66 road win is the only win Cal has secured on an opponent's home court in the 2024-25 season.
That doesn't mean that there is no talent on the Cal roster. 6-foot-7 sophomore guard Andrej Stojakovic leads them in scoring at 19.1 points per game. He has scored no fewer than 10 points in every game he's played this season. If the former McDonald's All-American has a familiar name, it is because his father Peja spent 13 years in the NBA where he was a 3-time All-Star.
While the Tigers will have to keep Stojakovic in check tonight, the expectation is that head coach Brad Brownell's team will handle it's business. Cal comes into this game ranked just No. 123 in the NCAA NET Rankings and has lost five of its last six games.
Still, Clemson fans will want to tune in because the Tigers are trying to keep pace with Duke atop the ACC standings as both teams enter the day 3-0. Duke has a tricky road game at SMU on Saturday so there is a chance that the Mustangs could pull the upset and give Clemson a chance to sit alone atop the conference table by day's end.
So here's a look at the gameday info fans need ahead of this contest. We'll start by looking at the broadcast info.
Clemson vs. Cal broadcast info
Tip: 8:30 p.m. Eastern
TV: ESPN2 (Wes Durham and Dan Bonner)
Radio: Clemson Athletic Network (Don Munson, Tim Bourret, and Ben Milstead)
Clemson Radio Affiliates: WCCP 105.5 The ROAR (Flagship)
SiriusXM: Ch. 371, and on the SiriusXM App
Clemson vs. Cal series history
Overall: Series tied 1-1
In Clemson: 0-0
In Berkeley: 0-0
At neutral sites: Series tied 1-1
Current streak: Clemson, 1
Coach Brownell vs. California: 1-0
Clemson vs. Cal odds
Odds courtesy of FanDuel.com.
Favorite | Moneyline | Over/Under |
|---|---|---|
Clemson -14.5 | Clemson -1400 | 148.5 |
Clemson vs. Cal game notes
Game notes courtesy of ClemsonTigers.com.
- Clemson is ranked No. 32 in the nation in the latest NET rankings.
- Clemson is 2-1 in Quad 1 games and stands as one of four ACC teams with at least a pair of Quad 1 wins (Duke, 3; North Carolina, 2; Pittsburgh, 2). The other 14 teams in the ACC have combined for three Quad 1 wins so far.
- On Wednesday, Clemson collected 16 steals as a team in an 85-71 win over Stanford. That tied for the most by the Tigers in a game since 1-1-13 when they had 16 against The Citadel. 12 years to the day. Dillon Hunter led the team with a career-high six steals – the most by a Tiger since Avry Holmes also had six on 2-13-16 against Georgia Tech. The effort marked just the ninth occurrence in ACC play for Clemson since the 1984-85 season.
- The Tigers are 96-25 (.793) dating back to the beginning of the 2017-18 season on their home floor. Since the inception of the newly renovated Littlejohn Coliseum (2016-17 season), the Tigers are 107-31 overall (.775 percent).