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.