2008–09 Clemson Tigers men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 January 2013 Basketball 2008–09 Clemson Tigers Clemson Tigers logo.svg 125 Atlantic Coast Conference ACC 24 23–9 9–7 Oliver Purnell Ron Bradley Frank Smith Josh Postorino Littlejohn Coliseum Charleston Classic champions NCAA tournament first round The 2008–09 Clemson Tigers men's basketball team represented Clemson University. The head coach was Oliver Purnell. The team played its home games in Littlejohn Coliseum in Clemson, South Carolina. All games were produced and broadcast locally by the Clemson Tigers Sports Network. Pre-season On Tuesday, October 21, 2008, the NCAA suspended Freshman Catalin Baciu for the first five games of the season for his participation with a Romanian professional basketball team. The term of the suspension equals the number of games Baciu played as a 15-year-old for U-Mobitelco Cluj, a club team that plays in Romania's top pro division, Divizia A. Although Baciu was not paid for his participation, NCAA rules prohibit student-athletes from playing on a professional team, regardless of whether they are employed. He played for a total of four minutes in his five games with U-Mobitelco Cluj.Sterlow, Paul "NCAA suspends Tigers' freshman center", The State, October 21, 2008, On Sunday, October 26, 2008, members of the ACC media were polled and picked Clemson to finish fifth in the conference behind North Carolina, Duke, Wake Forest and Miami respectively.http://www.theacc.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/102608aaa.html Men's Basketball The ACC North Carolina Favored in 2008–09 Pre-Season Poll by ACC Media 2008-10-26 https://web.archive.org/web/20110424130918/http://www.theacc.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/102608aaa.html April 24, 2011 dead mdy-all Regular season On Sunday, November 16, 2008, The Tigers won the inaugural Charleston Classic 8-team tournament in Charleston, SC. This marks the 25th time in school history Clemson has won a regular season tournament.http://clemsontigers.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/111808aab.html Men's Basketball Clemson Tigers Clemson Men's Basketball Team to Play Host to Wofford in Home Opener Wednesday Night 2009-03-05 On Saturday, November 22, 2008, Clemson beat Charlotte 71–70 at Halton Arena, marking the first time ever a current member of the Atlantic Coast Conference has played at Charlotte. (Miami played during there during their time as a member of the Big East). On Wednesday, January 21, 2009, Clemson lost to North Carolina 94–70. This extended the NCAA record for the longest road losing streak against one opponent to 54 games. This also ended Clemson's streak of not losing back-to-back ACC games that dated back to the 2006–07 season. On Sunday, January 25, 2009, with a 73–59 victory over Georgia Tech, Senior guard K. C. Rivers broke the team record for most career wins as a player with 85. The previous record of 84 was co-held Cliff Hammonds and Elden Campbell. On Monday, February 2, 2009, EA Sports announced that Littlejohn Coliseum was one of the Top-15 toughest places to play in college basketball. Through an online poll, Fans determined 15 finalists, whose home courts were judged to be the most difficult for opposing teams to play in. These results will form an integral part of a new game mode in the EA SPORTS NCAA Basketball videogame franchise for 2009–10.http://clemsontigers.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/020209aab.html Men's Basketball Clemson Tigers Clemson Named by EA SPORTS One of the Toughest Places to Play in the Country 2009-02-02 https://web.archive.org/web/20090208100724/http://clemsontigers.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/020209aab.html February 8, 2009 live right|thumb|Students rush the court after No. 10 Clemson's 74–47 victory over No. 3 Duke (2009-2-4)On Wednesday, February 4, 2009, Clemson defeated No. 3 Duke in Littlejohn Coliseum by a score of 74–47. With the win, Clemson snapped a 22-game regular season losing streak to the Blue Devils dating back to January 7, 1997. The win was also Clemson's first win over a top-5 team since a victory over No. 5 Virginia in 2002. The 27-point victory was Clemson's largest margin of victory against a top 25 team in history. The previous best was a 22-point victory margin on two occasions. Clemson defeated a fourth-ranked NC State team led by David Thompson at Clemson 92–70 on Feb 22, 1975 at Clemson, and defeated a 13th ranked Maryland team by 22 points, 93–71 on January 19, 1977, at Clemson. The defeat was also the worst suffered by Duke since the NCAA Championship game of 1990, a 103–73 victory by UNLV on April 2, 1990. The 27-point margin was the largest for Duke in an ACC regular season game since January 18, 1984, when Wake Forest defeated Duke at Winston-Salem, 97–66.http://clemsontigers.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/recaps/020509aaa.html Men's Basketball Clemson Tigers Clemson vs. Duke Postgame Notes 2009-02-05 https://web.archive.org/web/20090215061633/http://clemsontigers.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/recaps/020509aaa.html February 15, 2009 live Clemson's 10-point win over Boston College in Boston on Feb 10 was just the third ACC road win over an ACC team that finished the year with a winning record in the last 22 years. Boston College finished the ACC regular season with a 9–7 record and went to the NCAA tournament. On Tuesday, February 17, the EA Sports Tour visited Littlejohn Coliseum as Clemson hosted Maryland. Along with judging the game day atmosphere, the tour handed out video games, T-shirts and hosted an NCAA Basketball 09 tournament leading up to the game. After their visit, Novell Thomas, the producer of the NCAA Basketball game, wrote that "Hands down, Clemson just set the bar for all hosts of the EA SPORTS Toughest Places to Play, tour."http://insideblog.easports.com/archive/2009/02/19/toughest-places-to-play-quot-death-valley-quot-edition.aspx Inside EA Sports EA Sports Toughest Places to Play – "Death Valley" Edition 2009-02-19 https://web.archive.org/web/20090224201500/http://insideblog.easports.com/archive/2009/02/19/toughest-places-to-play-quot-death-valley-quot-edition.aspx February 24, 2009 dead mdy-all The 29-point victory was the largest margin of victory in Clemson history over Maryland, and tied for the largest margin of victory for a Clemson team against an ACC team that advanced to the NCAA Tournament. Clemson defeated Florida State in 1997–98 by 29 points. The Tigers finished the season at 9–7, which gave them back-to-back winning seasons in the conference for the first time since the 1965–66 and 1966–67 teams did it. It is also Clemson's eleventh winning season in the conference since 1953.http://clemsontigers.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/recaps/030309aac.html Men's Basketball Clemson Tigers Post Game Notes 2009-03-08 https://archive.today/20120304041538/http://clemsontigers.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/recaps/030309aac.html March 4, 2012 live mdy Clemson defeated five NCAA tournament teams during the regular season in Duke, Maryland, Boston College, Temple and Illinois. It is the most wins over NCAA Tournament teams in the regular season for the Clemson program since 1997–98. Clemson finished the regular season with a 14–0 record against non-conference teams, one of just eight Division I teams with a perfect non-conference record. The others were Pittsburgh, UConn, North Carolina, Wake Forest, Minnesota, Illinois State and Stanford. The Tigers won seven regular season ACC games by double digits, the most regular season league wins by 10 points or more in Clemson history. Statistically, Clemson finished the year with a +10.3 average margin of victory, third best in school history. Clemson's .688 free throw percentage was the third best for the program in the last 22 years. Clemson's .374 three-point percentage was the fourth best in school history. Postseason ACC tournament Clemson entered the ACC tournament as the No. 5 seed with a 9–7 record in the ACC Regular Season. The Tigers lost their opening game to No. 12 seed Georgia Tech 86–81 dropping their record to 3–8 all-time in the opening round of the tournament. NCAA tournament Clemson was selected for the NCAA tournament for the second consecutive year, joining Duke and North Carolina as the only ACC schools to make the tournament each of the last two years. It was just the third time in Clemson history that Clemson has gone to the NCAAs in consecutive years.http://clemsontigers.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/032009aab.html Men's Basketball Clemson Tigers Final Clemson Basketball Notes 2008–09 2009-03-21 https://web.archive.org/web/20090322173153/http://clemsontigers.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/032009aab.html March 22, 2009 live mdy The Tigers opened the tournament in Kansas City, Missouri, as the No. 7 seed in the South Region. Down by double digits against #10-seed Michigan in the first round, the Tigers went on a 14–0 run to make it 58–57 with just over a minute left. Clemson had a chance to tie the game with 13 seconds left, but K. C. Rivers' contested 3-pointer at the buzzer fell short. The 59–62 loss dropped Oliver Purnell to 0–5 all-time in NCAA Tournament games as a head coach.http://clemsontigers.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/recaps/031909aaa.html Men's Basketball Clemson Tigers Clemson Falls to Michigan in NCAA Tournament 2009-03-21 https://web.archive.org/web/20090325111734/http://clemsontigers.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/recaps/031909aaa.html March 25, 2009 live Roster Coaches & staff PositionNameYear at CUExperienceAlma materHometownHead coachOliver Purnell6th31Old Dominion ('75)Berlin, Maryland, United StatesAssociate head coachRon Bradley6th31Eastern Nazarene ('74)Springfield, Massachusetts, United StatesAssistant head coachFrank Smith6th19Old Dominion ('88)Alexandria, Virginia, United StatesAssistant coachJosh Postorino2nd8Dayton ('99)Clearwater, Florida, United StatesDirector of OperationsMichael Morrell1st1Milligan College ('05)Video ServicesAndy Farrell1st0Dayton ('07)Richmond, Virginia, United StatesGraduate AssistantAdam Gordon1st0Tampa ('06)Ocala, Florida, United States Players No.NameHt.Wt.PositionYearHometown03Anderson, Zavier5' 09"160PGSOGreenville, South Carolina, United States10Baciu, Catalin7' 02"230CFRCluj-Napoca, Romania04Baize, Jonah6' 06"205FSOEvansville, Indiana, United States35Booker, Trevor6' 07"240FJRWhitmire, South Carolina, United States45Grant, Jerai6' 08"220FSOBowie, Maryland, United States21Narcisse, Brian6' 06"200FFRNorth Augusta, South Carolina, United States22Oglesby, Terrence6' 02"190GSOKongsberg, Norway55Petrukonis, Karolis6' 11"260CJRTrakai, Lithuania15Potter, David6' 06"205FJRSevern, Maryland, United States01Rivers, K.C.6' 02"215GSRCharlotte, North Carolina, United States05Smith, Tanner6' 05"205SGFRAlpharetta, Georgia, United States02Stitt, Demontez6' 02"150PGSOMatthews, North Carolina, United States12Sykes, Raymond6' 09"220FSRJacksonville, Florida, United States44Yanutola, Jesse6' 04"215FSRTega Cay, South Carolina, United States11Young, Andre5' 09"160PGFRAlbany, Georgia, United States 2009 commitments no no 2008 Devin Booker C Union, SC Union (SC) 6 7 220 March 25, 2007 3 4 89 Donte Hill G Virginia Beach, VA Norfolk Collegiate School (VA) 6 4 200 August 9, 2008 3 3 85 Milton Jennings PF Summerville, SC Pinewood Prep (SC) 6 9 200 April 9, 2008 5 5 95 Noel Johnson SG Fayetteville, GA Fayette County High School (GA) 6 7 180 June 19, 2009 4 4 95 2009 Clemson Basketball Commitments 2009 Clemson Basketball Commits ESPN clemson 46 228 22 March 5, 2009 yes Schedule and results yes yes yes yes |- !colspan=12 style=Clemson Tigers|Exhibition Nov 6 7:30 pm yes USC Aiken Littlejohn Coliseum Clemson, SC Exhibition 94–60 3,000 |- !colspan=12 style=Clemson Tigers|Regular Season Nov 14 9:30 pm yes yes Hofstra Carolina First Arena Charleston, SC Charleston Classic • Game 4 CSS 98–69 1–0 4,582 Nov 15 8:19 pm yes yes TCU Carolina First Arena Charleston, SC Charleston Classic • Game 8 CSS 70–58 2–0 1,571 Nov 16 4:00 pm yes yes Temple Carolina First Arena Charleston, SC Charleston Classic • Game 11 CSS 76–72 3–0 3,026 Nov 19 7:30 pm yes Wofford Littlejohn Coliseum Clemson, SC ACC Select 93–40 4–0 7,509 Nov 22 7:00 pm yes yes Charlotte Halton Arena Charlotte, NC CBS All-Access 71–70 5–0 9,105 Nov 25 8:00 pm yes Savannah State Littlejohn Coliseum Clemson, SC 81–49 6–0 6,595 Nov 28 7:30 pm yes Presbyterian Littlejohn Coliseum Clemson, SC ACC Select 79–58 7–0 9,238 Dec 2 7:30 pm yes yes Illinois Assembly Hall Champaign, IL ACC–Big Ten Challenge ESPN2 76–74 8–0 14,741 Dec 7 3:00 pm yes Liberty Littlejohn Coliseum Clemson, SC ACC Select 80–75 9–0 6,657 Dec 13 2:00 pm yes SC State Littlejohn Coliseum Clemson, SC ACC Select 90–63 10–0 5,927 Dec 16 7:00 pm yes 25 North Florida Littlejohn Coliseum Clemson, SC ACC Select 76–36 11–0 5,892 Dec 21 7:45 pm yes 25 Miami (FL) BankUnited Center Coral Gables, FL FSN 91–72 12–0 (1–0) 4,755 Dec 30 7:00 pm yes yes 20 South Carolina Colonial Life Arena Columbia, SC Carolina-Clemson Rivalry FSN 98–87 13–0 16,168 Jan 3 4:00 pm yes 20 East Carolina Littlejohn Coliseum Clemson, SC ACC Select 79–66 14–0 8,223 Jan 6 9:00 pm yes 12 Alabama Littlejohn Coliseum Clemson, SC FSN 66–59 15–0 10,000 Jan 10 Noon 12 NC State Littlejohn Coliseum Clemson, SC Raycom 63–51 16–0 (2–0) 10,000 Jan 17 3:30 pm 10 Wake Forest 2 Littlejohn Coliseum Clemson, SC ABC 68–78 16–1 (2–1) 10,000 Jan 21 9:00 pm yes 10 North Carolina 5 Dean Smith Center Chapel Hill, NC ESPN 70–94 16–2 (2–2) 21,750 Jan 25 7:45 pm 10 Georgia Tech Littlejohn Coliseum Clemson, SC FSN 73–59 17–2 (3–2) 8,000 Jan 29 7:00 pm yes 12 Virginia Tech Cassell Coliseum Blacksburg, VA ESPN2 86–82 18–2 (4–2) 9,847 Feb 4 9:00 pm 10 Duke 4 Littlejohn Coliseum Clemson, SC ESPN 74–47 19–2 (5–2) 10,000 Feb 7 7:00 pm 10 Florida State Littlejohn Coliseum Clemson, SC Raycom 61–64 19–3 (5–3) 10,000 Feb 10 9:00 pm yes 12 Boston College Conte Forum Chestnut Hill, MA FSN 87–77 20–3 (6–3) 6,126 Feb 15 1:00 pm yes 12 Virginia John Paul Jones Arena Charlottesville, VA Raycom 81–85 OT 20–4 (6–4) 10,971 Feb 17 7:30 pm 13 Maryland Littlejohn Coliseum Clemson, SC ESPN2 93–64 21–4 (7–4) 9,700 Feb 22 1:00 pm yes 13 Georgia Tech Alexander Memorial Coliseum Atlanta, GA Raycom 81–73 22–4 (8–4) 8,339 Feb 25 7:30 pm 12 Virginia Tech Littlejohn Coliseum Clemson, SC ESPN2 77–80 22–5 (8–5) 9,728 Feb 28 2:00 pm yes 12 Florida State 23 Donald L. Tucker Center Tallahassee, FL Raycom 66–73 22–6 (8–6) 12,100 Mar 3 7:00 pm 18 Virginia Littlejohn Coliseum Clemson, SC Senior Night Raycom 75–57 23–6 (9–6) 8,150 Mar 8 6:00 pm yes 18 Wake Forest 10 LJVM Coliseum Winston-Salem, NC FSN 88–96 23–7 (9–7) 14,665 |- !colspan=12 style=Clemson Tigers|ACC Tournament Mar 12 2:00 pm yes 17 5 Georgia Tech 12 Georgia Dome Atlanta, GA First Round Raycom 81–86 23–8 26,352 |- !colspan=12 style=Clemson Tigers|NCAA Tournament Mar 19 7:10 pm yes yes 24 7 S Michigan 10 S Sprint Center Kansas City, MO First Round CBS 59–62 23–9 17,398 yes AP Poll Eastern Time Player statistics Finals Statshttp://clemsontigers.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/stats/2008-2009/teamcume.html Men's Basketball Clemson University Athletic Department Season Statistics 2009-03-21 https://web.archive.org/web/20090308050650/http://clemsontigers.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/stats/2008-2009/teamcume.html March 8, 2009 live #NameGPGSMinFG% 3PT% FT% R/G A/G STL BLK PTS/G35Booker, Trevor323230.7.571.409.7079.71.7476315.301Rivers, K. C.323231.0.449.392.6676.01.6551414.222Oglesby, Terrence323125.8.375.388.8451.71.828113.202Stitt, Demontez323225.9.413.273.6732.43.848148.712Sykes, Raymond323121.7.578.000.5575.10.720327.915Potter, David32017.6.380.365.7562.21.31974.945Grant, Jerai32114.6.644.000.6473.20.512454.711Young, Andre32014.9.377.390.6320.82.13114.405Smith, Tanner32013.2.448.357.6671.81.12963.610Baciu, Catalin904.9.400.000.4002.10.4322.021Narcisse, Bryan1604.2.533.000.6670.80.3211.544Yanutola, Jesse712.0.200.000.5001.10.3200.455Petrukonis, Karolis604.5.200.000.0001.00.5100.303Anderson, Zavier701.6.500.000.0000.40.0110.304Baize, Jonah401.8.000.000.0000.30.3000.0Clemson Totals.463.374.68837.214.929818778.3Opponent Totals.431.359.66635.213.324310668.0 Awards and honors Trevor Booker Charleston Classic Most Valuable Player.http://clemsontigers.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/recaps/111608aak.html Men's Basketball Clemson University Athletic Department Clemson Downs Temple 76–72, Wins Charleston Classic 2008-11-16 ACC Player of the Week, November 17, 2008http://www.theacc.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/111708aaa.html Men's Basketball The ACC ACC Announces Basketball Players of the Week 2008-11-17 https://web.archive.org/web/20120307214900/http://www.theacc.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/111708aaa.html March 7, 2012 dead Naismith College Player of the Year Mid-Season Candidate http://www.naismithawards.com/PressBox/PressReleases/02242009CollegeMensMidSeasonCandidates/tabid/138/Default.aspx Naismith Awards Atlanta Tipoff Club Oklahoma's Griffin Headlines Naismith Trophy Mid-Season Candidates 2009-02-24 https://web.archive.org/web/20090302072107/http://www.naismithawards.com/PressBox/PressReleases/02242009CollegeMensMidSeasonCandidates/tabid/138/Default.aspx March 2, 2009 dead mdy-all Second Team, All District, District 2, National Association of Basketball Coacheshttp://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/nabc/genrel/auto_pdf/D1all-district09.pdf National Association of Basketball Coaches National Association of Basketball Coaches Announces 2009 Division I All-District Teams 2009-03-05 steven https://web.archive.org/web/20090325105247/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/nabc/genrel/auto_pdf/D1all-district09.pdf March 25, 2009 live mdy First Team, All-District, District III, United States Basketball Writers Association Second Team, All-ACC Team All-ACC Defensive Team K.C. Rivers ACC Player of the Week, December 22, 2008,http://www.theacc.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/122208aaa.html Men's Basketball The ACC Rivers, Landesberg Earn ACC Honors 2008-12-22 https://web.archive.org/web/20120307214930/http://www.theacc.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/122208aaa.html March 7, 2012 dead February 2, 2009http://www.theacc.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/020209aab.html Men's Basketball The ACC Rivers, Lawal, Aminu Earn ACC Weekly Honors 2009-02-02 https://web.archive.org/web/20120307214933/http://www.theacc.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/020209aab.html March 7, 2012 dead Honorabe Mention, All-ACC Team Tanner Smith ACC All-Academic Team (To be eligible for consideration, a student-athlete must have earned a 3.00 grade point average for the previous semester and maintained a 3.00 cumulative average during his academic career.)http://www.theacc.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/030609aaa.html Men's Basketball TheACC.com Miami's Jack McClinton and Duke's Greg Paulus Headline the 2009 All-Atlantic Coast Conference Academic Men's Basketball Team 2009-03-06 https://web.archive.org/web/20120307215103/http://www.theacc.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/030609aaa.html March 7, 2012 dead Oliver Purnell, head coach Henry Iba Award Finalisthttp://www.sportswriters.net/usbwa/news/2009/iba090302.html U.S. Basketball Writers Association USBWA NAMES FINALISTS FOR 2009 HENRY IBA AWARD 2009-03-02 Coach of the Year, District III, United States Basketball Writers Association Ron Bradley, associate head coach Assistant coach-of-the-Year Semi-Finalist, BasketballScoop.comhttp://basketballscoop.com/mcoy BasketballScoop.com BasketballScoop 2009 Coaches of the Year powered by Critical Reload 2009-03-31 https://web.archive.org/web/20090403054912/http://basketballscoop.com/mcoy April 3, 2009 live Rankings 2008–09 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings AP 0 18 NR NR NR NR NR 25 22 20 12 10 10 12 10 12 13 12 18 17 24 Coaches 0 19 NR NR NR NR NR 25 20 16 11 9 9 11 10 11 13 13 19 18 21 NR Final season notes http://clemsontigers.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/032009aab.html Men's Basketball ClemsonTigers.com Final Clemson Basketball Notes 2008–09 2009-03-21 https://web.archive.org/web/20090322173153/http://clemsontigers.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/032009aab.html March 22, 2009 live mdy Team notes Clemson finished the season with a 23–9 record for a .719 winning percentage. This marks the fifth consecutive year that Clemson has improved its winning percentage from the previous year. Head Coach Oliver Purnell joins former Georgia Tech coach Bobby Cremins as the only coaches in ACC history to take a program to a better winning percentage in five consecutive years. Cremins did it from 1980 to 1981 through the 1986–87 season. The team finished the year with 23 wins, tied for the fifth highest total in school history. The .719 winning percentage ranks in a tie for fourth best in school history and the best since the 1989–90 team was 24–8 for a .750 winning percentage. The 23 victories gave Clemson at least 20 wins for the third straight year, a first in Clemson history. Clemson has 72 wins over the last three years, third among ACC teams behind North Carolina and Duke. Clemson finished the year ranked 24th in the final Associated Press poll. It marks the second consecutive year Clemson has been ranked in the final AP poll, the first time in history Clemson has finished in the top 25 in any poll in consecutive years. Clemson was ranked in the AP poll for 14 consecutive weeks and in the USA Today poll for 13 consecutive weeks, the second longest streak of weeks in the top 25 in the same season in Clemson history and most since 1996–97 team was ranked in all 19 polls. Clemson reached a high ranking of No. 9 in the USA Today poll on Feb 9, the highest ranking for the program since the 1997–98 season. Clemson won 10 games away from home, including seven on the opponent's home court. The 10 wins away from home were the most since the 1996–97 team won a record 11. The seven road wins were the most since the 1986–87 team won eight on the opponent's home court. The Tigers posted a 4–4 ACC road record this year, the most ACC road wins in a season for the Clemson program since 1996–97. Individual notes Clemson's senior class of K.C. Rivers, Raymond Sykes and Jesse Yanutola finished their careers with 91 victories, a Clemson record for a four-year class. The previous record was 84. The class also had a record 33 ACC regular season wins and 12 ACC road wins. The .679 winning percentage is second best in Clemson history behind the seniors of 1979–80. Junior Trevor Booker led the ACC in field goal percentage and rebounding, the first ACC player to do that since Tim Duncan in 1996–97. He is the first ACC underclassman to do it since Dale Davis of Clemson in 1989–90. Booker finished his junior year with 1,239 points, the fifth highest total in Clemson history for a junior. He finished the year seventh in school history in career rebounds with 792 and will need just 208 rebounds his senior year to become the third player in Clemson history with at least 1000 rebounds, joining Tree Rollins and Dale Davis. Booker is already first in Clemson history in rebounds among players 6–7 or shorter. Booker will enter his senior year with a .576 field goal percentage for his career, fifth best in school history. He also stands fifth in career blocked shots with 204. Senior K.C. Rivers leaves Clemson as the school's career leader in victories (91), ACC wins (35), three-point goals (281) and tied for first in games played (134). He is third in steals (210), fourth in double figure scoring games (90), fourth in field goals (625), sixth in career scoring (1684), and 11th in rebounding (721). He is first among Clemson players 6–5 and under in rebounding. Rivers finished his career with 210 steals and 174 turnovers, just the second player in Clemson history to complete a career with more steals than turnovers (Sean Tyson 1987–91). Freshman guard Andre Young finished the year with a 2.87/1 assist/turnover ratio (66/23), the second best assist/turnover ratio in Clemson history. Senior Raymond Sykes finished his career with 102 career blocked shots, ninth best in Clemson history. He played in 85 victories, second on the Clemson all-time list. Sophomore Terrence Oglesby made 92 three-point goals in 2008–09, fourth highest single season total in school history. Oglesby enters his junior year sixth in school history in three-point goals with 177. Sophomore Demontez Stitt took 18 charges this year, tied for sixth best in Clemson history and most by any Clemson player since Jerry Pryor had 21 in 1987–88. See also 2008–09 Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball season ACC men's basketball tournament 2008–09 NCAA Division I men's basketball season 2009 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament References Clemson Clemson Category:Clemson Tigers men's basketball seasons