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Clemson vs. Texas A&M Game Notes
Purnell has taken Clemson to a six-win improvement so far this year
March 15, 2005
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- This will be the first meeting between Clemson and Texas A&M since the 1996-97 season. Clemson won that game in College Station by a 76-64 score behind 21 points by Terrell McIntyre. Greg Buckner, now with the Denver Nuggets of the NBA had 18.
- When Clemson and Texas A&M met in the first round of the Great Alaska Shootout in November of 1982, an ACC first occurred. Clemson's Milan Belich scored a three-point goal at the buzzer in regulation to send the game into overtime. That was the first made three-point goal in the history of the Atlantic Coast Conference.
- Clemson Head Coach Oliver Purnell and Texas A&M Head Coach Billy Gillispie have a history of improvement. Purnell has taken Clemson to a six-win improvement so far this year, while Gillispie has made a 12-win improvement over last year for Texas A&M. Both already have a top 10 improvement in NCAA history on their respective resumes. Purnell took Radford to a 15-game improvement in 1990-91, the seventh best in NCAA history. Gillispie took UTEP to a 17-game improvement in 2003-04, tied for the best in NCAA history.
- Making the NIT is a big step for both programs this year. This will be the first postseason tournament for Clemson since 1999 when it went to the NIT. It is the first postseason tournament for Texas A&M since the 1994 NIT.
- Clemson was 4-4 in the second half of the ACC season. No Clemson team has had a better second half record since the league went to a 16-game format in 1991-92. Only North Carolina, Duke and Wake Forest had a better second half record than Clemson this year.
- Clemson guard Shawan Robinson was named second- team All-ACC Tournament this year. He had 41 points in 57 minutes in the two games combined against Maryland and North Carolina. He was 15- 24 from the field and 9-12 from 3-point land.
- Wednesday's winner will face the winner of the Missouri vs. DePaul game at a site and date TBA.
- Oliver Purnell has a 1-0 record vs. Texas A&M. As the head coach at Dayton his Flyers defeated Texas A&M in Dayton by a 81-68 score on 12-21-99.
- Clemson has a 10-11 all-time record in the NIT. The Tigers reached the championship game in their last appearance, 1999 vs. California, but lost, 61-60.
- Oliver Purnell has a 6-5 all-time record in the NIT, including a 2-2 ledger at Old Dominion and a 4-3 mark at Dayton. He reached the Final Eight of the tournament in 2001.
- Clemson is 3-0 all-time on March 16, the only day with a perfect record between Jan. 1 and April 1.
- Wednesday's game will not be televised but it will be webcast. For more information, go to www.aggieathletics.com/AUA_live.php
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