tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53197311954454919392011-11-27T16:25:57.423-08:00Kevin Thompsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10658162168027762000noreply@blogger.comBlogger21100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5319731195445491939.post-80069654818080194822009-03-12T16:30:00.000-07:002009-03-12T16:38:53.093-07:00By Steven Bradley (<a class="contactlink" href="http://www.upstatetoday.com/staff/steven-bradley/contact/">Contact</a> / <a href="http://www.upstatetoday.com/staff/steven-bradley/">Staff Bio</a>) March 12, 2009 - 12:17 a.m. EST<br />Photo<br />Click on photo to enlarge <a title="Click to enlarge photo" onfocus="this.blur()" onclick="NewWindow(this.href,'popup','550','550','Yes','center');return false" href="http://www.upstatetoday.com/photos/2009/mar/11/35508/" target="_blank"></a><br />Associated Press<br />Clemson forward Trevor Booker (35) goes to the basket over forward Tanner Smith during practice on Wednesday at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta. The Tigers open the ACC Tournament today at 2 p.m. against Georgia Tech, a team they’ve never beaten in ACC tourney play.<br />CLEMSON — The last two times the Clemson football team made a trip to the Georgia Dome, as most Tiger fans painfully recall, things didn’t go so well.<br />This time it’s the Clemson basketball team making the trip down I-85 for the ACC Tournament, so there won’t be any helmets and pads involved, but Tigers head coach Oliver Purnell said he’s still expecting a full-contact, hard-hitting contest when his team opens tourney play today at 2 p.m. against Georgia Tech.<br />to get the full story from the source go to<br /><a href="http://www.upstatetoday.com/">http://www.upstatetoday.com/</a><br /><a href="http://www.upstatetoday.com/news/2009/mar/12/tigers-ready-tough-game-against-tech/">http://www.upstatetoday.com/news/2009/mar/12/tigers-ready-tough-game-against-tech/</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5319731195445491939-8006965481808019482?l=hotnewstoday411.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Kevin Thompsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10658162168027762000noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5319731195445491939.post-72707091510100105972009-03-11T18:25:00.000-07:002009-03-11T18:36:51.932-07:00The Big 12 conference hopes to earn seven bids to the NCAA tournament while bubble teams Kansas State, Oklahoma State, and Texas will determine just how many teams qualify for the tournament.<br />Kansas State earned the fourth seed in the 2009 Big 12 conference tournament by virtue of their five-point win over Texas A&amp;M in February, a victory that could loom large for both teams.Read more: "2009 Big 12 Conference Tournament Schedule: Men's Basketball Championship Week Begins Wednesday." Get your schedule and the full story from Max Sherry<br />© <a class="fn url" href="http://www.suite101.com/profile.cfm/sherrymj">Max Sherry</a><br /><a href="http://www.suite101.com/">http://www.suite101.com/</a><br /><a href="http://college-basketball.suite101.com/article.cfm/2009_big_12_conference_tournament_schedule">http://college-basketball.suite101.com/article.cfm/2009_big_12_conference_tournament_schedule</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5319731195445491939-7270709151010010597?l=hotnewstoday411.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Kevin Thompsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10658162168027762000noreply@blogger.com0