When he saw they were finally ranked, Clemson guard Gabe DeVoe could hardly stand it. He had to tell someone.
“I was excited,” the senior said. “I texted my Mom and I texted all of my boys, I was excited to talk about seeing that number beside your name. It was a big deal to me.”
It is a big deal at Clemson.
For a program, which a year ago was struggling to win close games and rumors were floating around that their head coach was out, being ranked for the first time under head coach Brad Brownell was a huge deal.