The Clemson Insider · Mar 19
Brownell, Tigers Not Taking Trip to NCAAs for Granted
TAMPA, Fla. — Going to the NCAA Tournament has never been a regularity for Clemson basketball.
When the Tigers, the No. 8 seed, play No. 9 Iowa Friday night in the First Round of the South Regional from Benchmark International Arena in Tampa, Fla., it will be just the 16th tournament appearance for a program that has played for 115 years. Granted, the tournament did not allow at-large bids until 1975, but even when the field expanded to 48 teams in 1980, the program has not played in the Big Dance with regularity.