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Tigers go West with big dreams, challenge with two-seed Arizona on deck

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Another upset and Clemson men’s basketball has two all-time Elite Eight appearances and a second shot at the program's first Final Four.

And there is no question that the latter event is on Clemson head coach Brad Brownell and his team’s mind going into the West Region action in Los Angeles, no matter the odds.

“We came back from Christmas (break) and got smacked in the mouth by some teams in our league,” Brownell said Wednesday of the Tigers’ January ACC start. “Had a hard time stringing some games together. We lost a bunch of close games…At one point, I told our team, ‘Guys, we need to understand something.