Clemson Tigers News: Dabo Swinney addresses the media today

Scoreboard

Clemson Baseball 12, USC Upstate 6: Will Taylor was having a tough start to the 2024 season, so he moved down in the batting order a bit to readjust. It was apparently the exact right fix.

Taylor cranked three home runs last night against the Spartans to drive Clemson to the mid-week victory. He becomes the 16th player in program history to have a hat trick of home runs.

The Tigers will face Upstate again in April at Fluor Field in Greenville. Clemson begins the annual series with South Carolina this Friday at Founders Park in Columbia, South Carolina.

Clemson Men’s Basketball 69, Pittsburgh 62: The Tigers pull into a tie for fourth place in the ACC standings. Read the recap here.

The Tigers hold strong at 23rd in the NET rankings. They control their destiny for an ACC double-bye, but they basically need to run the table unless Wake Forest drops any more unexpected contests.

The next test for Clemson will be a road trip to the Notre Dame Fighting Irish this Saturday, March 2nd.

Today’s Events

Clemson Softball at Georgia Bulldogs: 5:00 PM in Athens, Georgia

Dabo Swinney will speak to the media today to kick off spring practices

As mentioned earlier in the week, Clemson Football starts spring training today. Head coach Dabo Swinney will hold an opening press conference at 3:15 PM today. You can listen to Coach Swinney on WCCP or their app.

Swinney typically updates us on player availability as he understands it right now. All of these players missed significant time last season and were not available for the Gator Bowl.

Vic Burley

Misun Kelley

Jeadyn Lukus

Walker Parks

Cole Turner

Tyler Venables

Tre Williams

Demonte Capehart has cleared up his legal issues and appears to be ready to be a full participant this spring. Noble Johnson was charged with misdemeanor reckless driving. It is unknown if his availability will be impacted.