Tigers’ tournament hopes take a big hit

Clemson has now lost 3 straight games

Clemson’s hopes for a second straight NCAA Tournament bid took another blow Tuesday at Littlejohn Coliseum in Clemson.

Needing a marque win to help its resume, and to stop a losing skid, the Tigers got neither as No. 16 Florida State rolled to a 77-64 victory. Clemson now must win its remaining five games to post a winning record in the Atlantic Coast Conference, which includes home games against No. 8 North Carolina and Syracuse.

The Tigers have lost three straight games.

“We need to win a bunch of games here at the finish if we want to do what we want to do,” Clemson head coach Brad Brownell said afterward. “But, it has to start with one and we need to…