Clemson is the hottest team in college basketball as March Madness approaches – Here is Why

As March Madness approaches, Brad Brownell and the Clemson men’s basketball team are no longer a sleeper team.

The past few seasons, the Tigers have performed as one of the top programs in the country. After a long stretch of solid but not great basketball from the program, Brownell has found his groove, and the Tigers are now consistently one of the most dangerous teams in the ACC. This season, however, you can legitimately make the argument that this Clemson team is THE team to beat in the conference, even with No. 2 Duke in the conference.

Let’s break down the eight-game win streak the Tigers are on right now. It started with the other team contending for the top spot in the conference, the Blue Devils. After a tough loss to Georgia Tech, the Tigers responded with an incredibly strong 77-71 win over Duke. Two days later, they further established themselves as this years ‘blue blood killers,’ taking down North Carolina, making that Duke, UNC and Kentucky falling to the Tigers this season. You read that right, the Clemson Tigers have taken down three of the absolute best programs the game has ever seen.

This was just the start of Clemson’s scorching hot ACC run. Florida State, Notre Dame and SMU all suffered the same fat, a big ol’ L from the Tigers. One of the best wins of the run, is the Tigers’ 71-58 road win over Virginia. Say what you want about the Cavaliers this season, a road win over Virginia is something for this program to celebrate as it doesn’t happen often.

The latest to suffer from the Tigers hot run was Boston College, who proved that this Clemson team is simply different than previous years. It was a gritty win for Brownell and the Tigers, who locked down on defense late in the game for a strong 78-69 road win. It felt like a game in previous years, Clemson would fumble, but not this year.

These past few weeks, we’ve seen Brownell’s squad not just take the next step, but establish this program as one that is here for the long run. From a coach consistently on the hot seat to one of the top coaches in the game, Brownell has shown everyone that patience is a virtue.

In any sport, getting hot at the right time is essential. Let me tell you, Clemson is hot at the right time.