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Tigers picked 8th in preseason poll

Clemson’s Kobi Thornton was tabbed preseason All-ACC by both the league’s head coaches and the Blue Ribbon Panel, it was announced on Wednesday. Thornton is the first Clemson player named to the preseason All-ACC team since Nikki Dixon in 2014.

In addition, Clemson was picked to finish eighth in the ACC by both the coaches and the Blue Ribbon Panel. That is the highest preseason prediction for the Tigers since the 2007-08 season when they were also picked to finish eighth. Louisville was voted the league favorite in both polls.

Thornton was joined on the head coaches’ preseason team by Haley Gorecki (Duke), Nicki Ekhomu (Florida State), Kiah Gillespie (Florida State), Elizabeth Balogun (Louisville), Beatrice Mompremier (Miami), Elissa Cunane (NC State), Aislinn Konig (NC State), Janelle Bailey (North Carolina), and Jocelyn Willoughby (Virginia).