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Jersey, God Country, SCHow Fox Sports CarolinaClemson 14-13 Well, this is
it, the Tigers last stand. It do or tournament die for Clemson tomorrow
afternoon against one of the best teams in the nation.Win, and Clemson gets a
chance to win their next 2 games and still be alive for an at-large bid. Lose,
and it hoping for the NIT. Brad crew is coming off a tough road loss to Georgia
Tech that would be understandable if there weren some other bad losses on the
resume. Losing to a pretty good Georgia Tech team on the road isn bad unless you
have to beat them. It was a disappointing performance for pretty much everyone
not named Aamir Simms in Atlanta. Clemson is going to need all hands on deck to
handle this FSU squad. If Aamir is the only one that shows up to play, it going
to be a long afternoon.The Seminoles have a balanced attack featuring a squad
full of long, athletic guys that want to dunk the soul out of your body on every
possession. They good across the board as far as offensive metrics go. The one
metric that stands out is their ability to snag offensive rebounds. They are
rebounding 33.8 of their misses which could be a problem for the undersized
Tigers. In their blowout loss in Tallahassee, the Tigers did a surprisingly good
job on the boards, holding the Noles to a +2 rebound advantage on the game. It
going to take that kind of effort, for Clemson on Saturday if they have any
chance to pull the upset.In terms of an individual player, Trent Forrest is the
heart on soul of this team. He runs the FSU offense and thrives in transition.
He put Jordan Nwora on a poster in the Louisville game and will try to do the
same to a Clemson player at some point on Saturday. I would say that this is a
good match up for Clyde Trapp, but I get a sinking feeling that something is
physically wrong with Clyde. His minutes have been cut in the last 2 games and
his production has been limited. If Clyde can go, I think John Newman III might
draw the assignment. Whoever, is guarding Forrest, they got to contain him off
the dribble or he will drive and score, or drive and kick all game long.FSU
DefenseWhat can you say about this FSU defense They got a bunch of long armed
athletes that can jump out of the gym and close a passing lane quicker than a
defensive end getting to a Florida State quarterback. They are one of the best
steal and blocked shots teams in the nation
Will Swinney
Jersey. Their 16.4 block rate is good for second best and their 12.7 steal
rate is good from 9th overall. This team wants to turn you over, and after they
turn you over, they want to score in transition.The only way I see Clemson
beating this team is if they slow the game down, somehow limit turnovers, and go
thermonuclear from 3. The one weakness this FSU team has on defense is their
ability to defend the 3. That the only place I see that Clemson could
potentially attack them and score enough to win the game. It going to take
patient, at some times plodding offense, and clutch late shot clock 3-point
shooting to win this one for the Tigers, and I not sure they capable of pulling
it off.OverallThe game plan, in my opinion is simple. Slow the game down to a
crawl, attack late in the shot clock and hit 3. The execution of that game plan
is the difficult part. Every team that plays FSU goes into the game with that
plan, and only 4 teams have come out with the victory over the Noles.If Clemson
wins, this game has to be in the 60
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and Aamir Simms has to be the best player on the court for either team.That a
tough ask.