May 28, 1999

Clemson vs. All Competition in 1998-99
Clemson has played 20 of the other 29 teams in the 1999 NCAA National field. The Tigers are a combined 50-30-3 against the NCAA field with a -846 total stroke margin. Only four schools in the NCAA national tournament have a season advantage over Clemson, and only two of those schools have been in more than one tournament with Clemson. Georgia is 5-3 against Clemson this year, while UNLV is 3-2 against the Tigers. Mississippi and Richmond both beat Clemson in the NCAA East regional and thus have a 1-0 head to head margin over the Tigers.

As far as stroke differential is concerned, Georgia Tech is -17 against the Tigers, even though Clemson is 6-3 against the Yellow Jackets this year. Georgia and Clemson are dead even in terms of stroke differential. UNLV is -5 strokes to the Tigers over the course of the season. Thus, only UNLV has a stroke differential advantage and head to head won-loss record, among teams who have competed against the Tigers in more than one tournament.

Overall for the year, Clemson is 125-34-4 against all of its competition combined, a 78 percent winning mark. Clemson is -3303 strokes for its 58 opponents, an average stroke differential of 57 strokes per team.

                     Opponent  Stroke
                       W-L-T   Margin
 Alabama               1-0-0     -20
 *Arizona              4-0-0    -160
 *Arizona State        3-1-0     -31
 Auburn                4-0-0    -157
 *Augusta State        1-0-1     -17
 *Brigham Young        1-0-0      -8
 *California           1-0-0     -33
 Connecticut           1-0-0     -28
 *Duke                 2-2-0     -13
 *East Tennessee St.   6-1-1    -157
 *Florida              3-2-1     -54
 Florida Southern      1-0-0     -22
 Florida State         2-0-0    -116
 Fresno State          1-0-0     -30
 Furman                1-0-0     -26
 *Georgia              3-5-0       E
 Georgia Southern      1-0-0     -37
 Georgia State         1-0-0      -1
 *Georgia Tech         6-3-0     +17
 Hawaii                1-0-0     -40
 *Houston              4-2-0     -63
 James Madison         1-0-0     -29
 *Kansas               2-0-0     -77
 Kent                  1-0-0     -72
 LSU                   2-0-0     -78
 Loyola Marymount      1-0-0     -70
 Maryland              2-0-0     -42
 *Minnesota            2-2-0     -72
 *Mississippi          0-1-0      +1
 Mississippi State     0-0-1       E
 Missouri              2-0-0    -152
 New Mexico            2-1-0     -46
 *North Carolina       4-3-0    -125
 North Carolina State  5-1-0    -101
 North Florida         1-0-0      -7
 *Northwestern         1-0-0     -53
 Ohio State            3-0-0    -108
 Oklahoma              1-0-0     -16
 *Oklahoma State       2-2-0      -8
 Penn State            2-0-0    -109
 Purdue                3-0-0    -183
 *Richmond             0-1-0      +5
 Rhode Island          1-0-0     -14
 Seton Hall            1-0-0     -13
 South Alabama         1-0-0      -2
 *South Carolina       3-2-0      -3
 SMU                   2-0-0     -69
 Texas                 4-0-0     -80
 Texas A&M             2-0-0     -90
 TCU                   6-0-0    -161
 Tennessee             1-0-0      -6
 Tulsa                 2-0-0     -39
 UCLA                  4-0-0     -71
 *UNLV                 2-3-0      +5
 Virginia              5-1-0    -177
 Wake Forest           5-1-0    -195
 Yale                  1-0-0     -48
 Overall            125-34-4    3303
 vs. NCAA Field      50-30-3    -846

 *In NCAA National Tournament Field