BYU vs Clemson Preview: BYU Looks to Add Another Quality Win in NYC

BYU has its final big test of the non-conference season they travel to New York City to play Clemson at Madison Square Garden in the Jimmy V Classic. The Tigers look like a potential tournament team and would be another quality win for BYU as they look to have a strong non-conference resume come March.

Clemson has some BYU and state of Utah connections. Starting Center Carter Welling attended Corner Canyon HS, Jake Wahlin is a former BYU commit who played at Timpview HS, and forward Nick Davidson’s dad (Kirk Davidson) briefly played basketball at BYU.

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The game tips off Tuesday at 6:30 pm MT on ESPN.

BYU and Clemson by the Numbers

Clemson KenPom: 25

NET ranking: 26

Record: 7-2

Best Wins: West Virginia (N), Georgia (N)

Losses: Georgetown (A), Alabama (A)

AP Ranking: N/A

BYU KenPom: 9

NET Ranking: 8

Record: 7-1

AP Ranking: 10

KenPom Prediction: BYU 79, Clemson 74 — BYU 67% win probability

Point Spread: BYU -5.5

Point Total: 152.5

Clemson Overview

The Tigers were picked to finish 7th in the Preseason ACC Poll and are off to a solid start. They have a good neutral court win over Georgia, and gave Alabama all they could handle on the road last week in Tuscaloosa. Clemson had a lead in the final three minutes before Alabama pulled away and won by 6.

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Clemson in many ways is opposite of BYU. The Cougars rely on their Big 3 for scoring, while Clemson is very balanced and will go deep into their bench. The Tigers top nine players average anywhere between 16-25 minutes and between 6-12 points per game.

Offensively, Clemson doesn’t turn the ball over and are adept at getting to the foul line. They aren’t afraid to shoot the three, but haven’t shot it particularly well this season (32.8%, 197th nationally). They run their sets well and have multiple bigs they play. One of Alabama’s bigs had 8 blocks versus the Tigers, so this will be a big game for Keba Keita to protect the rim.

Defensively, they don’t force many turnovers but are sound on that end of the floor….

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