For a little while, it appeared Clemson had turned things around.
After a slow start to the ACC season, one in which it lost five of their first six games, the Tigers went on a four-game winning streak and moved back to .500 in conference play. All of sudden, the possibility of a second straight NCAA Tournament appearance was back in play.
However, back-to-back last-second one-point losses at Miami and at Louisville, plus Tuesday night’s lackluster performance against No. 16 Florida State has Clemson reeling again. And this time the prospects of making the Big Dance seem dimmer than before.