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USA Today
30-05-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
What channel is Clemson baseball vs USC Upstate on today? Time, TV schedule for regional
What channel is Clemson baseball vs USC Upstate on today? Time, TV schedule for regional The Clemson Tigers begin play in their third straight NCAA baseball tournament today. The Tigers (44-16 overall), ranked No. 12 in the USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll, face No. 4 seed and Big South tournament champion USC Upstate (36-23) in the Clemson Regional at Doug Kingsmore Stadium. No. 2 seed West Virginia (41-14) and No. 3 seed Kentucky (29-24) are also in the four-team, double-elimination regional. Clemson is No. 9 in the RPI with 24 Quadrant 1 and Quadrant 2 wins this season and a strength of schedule that rates 16th in the nation. Despite falling in Sunday's ACC tournament title game to North Carolina, the Tigers enter the 64-team postseason field after getting back on track in their final regular season series and in last week's conference tournament. Coach Erik Bakich's club won six straight games, including impressive comeback wins over NC State and Georgia Tech while in Durham. Clemson hopes to get back to a place the program hasn't been in 15 years: Omaha for the College World Series. Clemson is the No. 11 overall seed in the tournament and are in line to face the No. 6 seed LSU Tigers in a Super Regional, if both regional hosts advance. First things first, sophomore right-hander Drew Titsworth (5-1, 4.26 ERA) will start for the Tigers today and be opposed by Spartans right-hander Amp Phillips (7-2, 3.58 ERA). Here's how to watch today's Clemson game vs. USC Upstate at the Clemson Regional of the 2025 NCAA baseball tournament, including start time, TV channel and streaming information. What channel is Clemson vs USC Upstate game on today? Time, TV schedule TV Channel: ACC Network ACC Network Start time: 6 p.m. CT Clemson vs. USC Upstate will broadcast nationally on ACC Network. Eric Frede (play-by-play) and Lance Cormier will call the game from Doug Kingsmore Stadium. Where to watch Clemson vs USC Upstate on livestream Streaming options for the game include ESPN+, and FUBO, which offers a free trial to new subscribers. For FUBO: Watch Clemson vs USC Upstate on Fubo (free trial) For ESPN+: Watch Clemson vs USC Upstate live on ESPN+ Clemson schedule 2025 Last five games/series: May 15-17 : at Pitt (W, 6-1; W, 11-2; W, 13-6) : at Pitt (W, 6-1; W, 11-2; W, 13-6) May 21 : vs. Virginia Tech (W, 6-1) : vs. Virginia Tech (W, 6-1) May 22 : vs. NC State (W, 7-6) : vs. NC State (W, 7-6) May 24 : vs. Georgia Tech (W, 9-4) : vs. Georgia Tech (W, 9-4) May 25: vs. North Carolina (L, 14-4) Record: 44-16 USC Upstate schedule 2025 Last five games/series: May 13 : at College of Charleston (L, 7-5) : at College of Charleston (L, 7-5) May 15-17 : at UNC Asheville (W, 16-0; W, 7-5; W, 14-9) : at UNC Asheville (W, 16-0; W, 7-5; W, 14-9) May 22 : vs. Winthrop (W, 7-0) : vs. Winthrop (W, 7-0) May 23 : vs. High Point (W, 13-9) : vs. High Point (W, 13-9) May 24: vs. Charleston Southern (W, 14-2) Record: 36-23 Clemson Regional schedule, dates, start times, seeding All start times Eastern. Friday, May 30 Game 1: No. 3 seed Kentucky vs. No. 2 seed West Virginia, 12 p.m. Game 2: No. 4 seed USC Upstate vs. No. 1 seed Clemson, 6 p.m. Saturday, May 31 Game 3: Game 1 Loser vs. Game 2 Loser, 12 p.m. Game 4: Game 1 Winner vs. Game 2 Winner, 6 p.m. Sunday, June 1 Game 5: Game 3 Winner Game 4 Loser, 12 p.m. Game 6: Game 4 Winner vs. Game 5 Winner, 6 p.m. Monday, June 2 Game 7: if NECESSARY, TBD Contact us @Clemson_Wire on X, and like our page on Facebook for ongoing coverage of Clemson Tigers news and notes, plus opinions We occasionally recommend interesting products and services. If you make a purchase by clicking one of the links, we may earn an affiliate fee. USA TODAY Network newsrooms operate independently, and this doesn't influence our coverage.
USA Today
26-05-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Auburn named host for NCAA Tournament Regional Round
Auburn named host for NCAA Tournament Regional Round The Auburn Tigers have been tabbed as a host program for the upcoming Regional Round of the NCAA Baseball Tournament. Manager Butch Thompson's Tigers earned a host spot for the third time in four years, reclaiming the position after a brief hiatus in 2024. Auburn is one of seven SEC teams to host a regional round. The crop of conference foes, which makes up nearly half (7) of the 16 regional hosts, includes Georgia, Texas, LSU, Arkansas, Tennessee, Ole Miss, and SEC Tournament Champion Vanderbilt. After a 38-17 regular season campaign, Auburn fell in its first round SEC Tournament matchup against Texas A&M earlier this week. The opening round loss came after the Tigers were defeated twice in their final series of the season against Ole Miss, putting Ike Irish and company in an almost identical spot to their counterparts on the hardwood. Auburn basketball, like Auburn baseball, led the country in Quadrant 1 victories before dropping three of it's last four matchups before the NCAA Tournament. Like Bruce Pearl's basketball squad, Auburn baseball will look to flush a rough end to the regular season and parlay their regular season success into a deep tournament run. Auburn's opponents in the Regional Round will be announced Monday, May 26 during the 2025 D1 Baseball Selection Show at 11 AM CST on ESPN2. Contact/Follow us @TheAuburnWire on X (Twitter), and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Auburn news, notes, and opinion. You can also follow Brian on Twitter@TheRealBHauch
Yahoo
27-03-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Still irked by losses, and a perceived NCAA tournament snub, South Carolina enters Sweet 16 with plenty of fuel
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Tessa Johnson didn't think they would lose. The thought wasn't even on her mind because the South Carolina sophomore never had in her collegiate career. 'Coming into the season, I was thinking, OK, another undefeated season,' Johnson said. Players seemed to forget coming out of their 2023-24 undefeated national championship season how hard winning a title is, head coach Dawn Staley said ahead of the program's 11th consecutive Sweet 16. No. 1 South Carolina plays No. 4 Maryland in the Birmingham 2 regional on Friday (5 p.m. ET, ESPN). Advertisement 'You kind of get drunk off that success and think, oh, we can do it again,' Staley said. 'It's much harder than they could have ever imagined.' That lack of memory led to an upset at UCLA's house that shifted the rest of their season, and that of the NCAA tournament bracket, while hopefully providing what Johnson called a 'wake-up' call that lifting a trophy is difficult. Her first loss as a college athlete snapped a 43-game winning streak, and the Gamecocks' three losses this year are equal to that of the last three seasons combined. 'When you are winning a lot, it's kind of hard to remember that you can lose,' sophomore MiLaysia Fulwiley said. 'I think this year showed us that. It just made us want to even more, honestly. Now we understand how it goes.' Advertisement For the first time in four years, South Carolina is not the No. 1 overall seed, falling behind No. 1 overall seed UCLA in the NCAA women's basketball committee's eyes. It theoretically makes the quest for their first repeat title in program history even harder. Staley took issue with the decision on Selection Sunday and said on Thursday she should have been more clear she wasn't trying to 'diminish what UCLA earned and deserved and accomplished.' But she does believe South Carolina deserved it, and the committee should adjust their approach in the future. The Gamecocks played 19 Quadrant 1 games and won 16 of them. Maryland is the 16th team ranked in the Associated Press Top 25 poll that South Carolina will face this year, and it will be AP ranked teams the rest of the way should the Gamecocks keep advancing. Staley always stacks non-conference foes that will test her team in myriad ways with March and the Final Four on the mind. Advertisement 'It's not based on trying to pad wins, because we're not like that,' Staley said. 'We try to pad championships. The only way you do that is you play a really good, competitive non-conference.' Their three losses were to UCLA in November, and to Connecticut and SEC foe Texas in February. They are all top-two seeds in the field, and top teams in rankings. UCLA lost two games, both to rival USC, but has only two wins in the top 15 of Her Hoop Stats ratings, versus 10 for South Carolina. 'If we're unable to get a No. 1 seed because we lost in a head-to-head, I mean, would you play that?' Staley said. 'Would you think about playing UCLA if they're going to use that against us? Would you think about, if you lose to UConn, you know, by 29 points, but you compete and you got the No. 1 schedule in the country, and you could never get it back?' Staley said she will keep playing the high standard of schedule she manufactures because she's a competitor. Advertisement 'We're going to play the games,' Staley said, 'but I do need the committee to look at it from our vantage point, which is, you're telling me we can't ever — we lose three games. And to play the schedule that we play, we can't ever be considered for the No. 1 overall seed?' But it also prepares them for March and matchups like Maryland. The Gamecocks will need their best defense to show up while avoiding fouling. Maryland averages 81 points per game (10th), scoring 21.5% of its points from the free throw line (33rd). The tough defenses of either No. 2 Duke or No. 3 North Carolina await in the regional final. The margins become thinner in March, experience wields a larger impact and Staley hopes their experience playing the best without flinching will show itself late in tight games. Ultimately, the matchups are the only thing that matter, not seeds, and a team's tournament trajectory can shift in an instant. 'Every single one of our losses came at a time when we needed it, and we came out better because of it,' Staley said. 'I hope it's enough to get us to the finish line.'
Yahoo
27-03-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Cincinnati Bearcats basketball transfer history. How have they done?
Though NCAA college basketball players have been posting their availability shortly after their team's untimely demise from postseason tournaments, Monday marked the official opening of the transfer portal for men's college hoops. Not surprisingly, names went into the hopper as rapidly as a free time-share drawing at the county fair. College athletics in 2025 involves the frequent switching of team colors all in the name of the most worshipped color of all: green. As Jerry Seinfeld explained some years ago, "We root for laundry". Who will suit up for Cincinnati Bearcats basketball in College Basketball Crown? That was a question many had when it was announced UC would play in the inaugural College Basketball Crown. The NCAA tournament was missed with the loss to Iowa State in the second round of the Big 12 Championships With just three Quadrant 1 wins and the number of automatic bids involved in the field of 68, UC missed the tournament. Advertisement "Our team will play," Miller said last week. "We gave the guys some time off after the conference tournament. We've spoken to the whole team as a staff. The guys I've interacted personally with are excited to play." That said, it's conceivable a player could enter the portal and still play. There is a monetary incentive to play, should your team advance. Recent history would suggest some arrivals, as well as some departures. The Enquirer will update such information should it become available. This portal window closes April 22. Rating Cincinnati Bearcats basketball top transfer portal additions under Wes Miller Cincinnati Bearcats head coach Wes Miller gestures to players in their game at Fifth Third Arena against the Utah Utes. UC split with the Utes during the season. 1. Landers Nolley II Nolley was UC's most prolific scorer since Jarron Cumberland if you're talking recent history. He averaged 16.8 points and 5.8 rebounds. This came after seasons at Memphis where he was at 13.1 points one year and a freshman campaign at Virginia Tech where he averaged 15.5 points per game. 2. John Newman III The 6-foot-5 wing didn't necessarily post eye-opening numbers but did average 9.2 points and 5.4 rebounds in 2023-24 and provided a great deal of leadership. He missed most of the season just before his final year with an injury but came in initially averaging 6.9 points and 4.2 rebounds. As a sophomore at Clemson, he averaged 9.5 points per game. Cincinnati Bearcats guard Day Day Thomas (1) has been efficient in his two seasons under Wes Miller. 3. Day Day Thomas Thomas came via the junior college route, which will now lead to more eligibility as recent court rulings won't count the JUCO years on his clock. Thomas started all but the last two games of 2023-24 for the Bearcats averaging 10.4 points per game. This season, he came off the bench until February when he provided a spark starting with Jizzle James. Thomas finished at 9.8 points per game and has 108 steals in two seasons. His three-point shooting improved from 28% to 37%. Key Cincinnati Bearcats pickups who helped, but needed more consistency UC forward Dillon Mitchell (23) throws one down for the Bearcats in their Big 12 second-round game with Iowa State. The Cyclones won and UC will next play in the College Basketball Crown in Las Vegas. 4. Dillon Mitchell The 6-foot-8 sky-walking forward came from Texas and stayed status quo with his scoring at 9.6 points per game. His rebounds dropped from 7.5 to 6.7 per game. His field goal and three-point percentages improved, but free throw shooting dropped. Mitchell still provided key blocks and steals and improved in both of those categories this season. 5. Simas Lukošius Lukošius saw his scoring drop from 11.8 points per game to 10.3. He had 22 double-digit games as a junior and 16 as a senior. He began the season on fire from the perimeter but then dipped in Big 12 games. He finished at 34% from deep, down from 38% the previous season. Lukošius averaged 11.6 points per game at Butler playing in the Big East, so his production was about what was expected. He did battle injuries in both seasons. He was hit in a pedestrian accident just before the 2023 Skyline Chili Crosstown Shootout, then suffered a shoulder injury at Iowa State this season that left him less than 100%. 6. Aziz Bandaogo The 7-foot center increased his scoring to 7.4 points this season but dropped in rebounding from 7.4 to 6.1. His shooting percentages improved and he still blocked 99 shots in two seasons. However, many will tell you that the best game he ever played came against UC in the 2023 NIT tournament at Utah Valley when he had 15 points, 12 rebounds and four blocks while eliminating the Bearcats in the quarterfinals. He averaged 11.5 points and 10.4 rebounds that season with 106 blocks. Playing in the more physical Big 12, those numbers were hard to match. 7. Jamille Reynolds You could argue UC missed the size of Reynolds (6-foot-11 and 275 pounds) and Viktor Lakhin (transferred to Clemson) when faced with the bulky behemoths of the Big 12 this season. But, Reynolds only averaged 5.4 points and four rebounds after scoring 10.1 points with 5.4 rebounds at Temple the year before. Neither cared to be role players as Reynolds joined Lakhin in the portal, eventually settling at USF in the AAC. He averaged 12.5 points and 7.7 rebounds this year, but the Bulls season is done at 13-19. 8. Ody Oguama The 6-foot-9 Oguama came from Clemson where he averaged 4.2 points and 4.2 rebounds. He became a starter in his first season averaging a reliable 5.5 points and 5.4 rebounds with six double-figure games. In his last season, he became more of a role player and averaged 2.2 points and 2.3 rebounds. 9. Arrinten Page Page came from USC where he averaged 3.1 points and 2.1 rebounds. In his first season at UC, the 6-foot-11, 240-pounder averaged 3.5 points and 2.3 rebounds and had two double-double games. Cincinnati Bearcats transfers whose tenures were incomplete Cincinnati Bearcats guard Connor Hickman (8) played in 13 games and started seven for UC this season before being injured. 10. Connor Hickman The 6-foot-3 guard gets an incomplete grade as he was injured with a boot cast on his foot after Jan. 7. He averaged 4.3 points and 2.5 rebounds after coming from Bradley where he was a 14.5 points per game scorer. His injury first came in December and Hickman is pursuing a medical redshirt. He started seven of his 13 games after Dan Skillings Jr. was injured in the season-opener against Arkansas-Pine Bluff. Hickman had 14 points at Georgia Tech. 11. C.J. Fredrick Fredrick is also an incomplete as his two seasons were riddled with injuries. He averaged 1.3 points this season while missing 14 games. Previously he averaged 6.1 points and was a 43% marksman from the arc in 2023-24 when he started 10 of the 15 games he played. Fredrick also averaged 6.1 points at Kentucky and 10.2 and 7.5, respectively in his first two seasons at Iowa. 12. Abdul Ado Ado started 130 games at Mississippi State and averaged in the range of six points and seven rebounds. As a grad player at UC he averaged 2.4 points and 4.5 rebounds. 13. Kalu Ezikpe Ezikpe brought the 6-foot-8, 235-pound frame that UC struggles with, but averaged just 3.3 points and 2.2 rebounds in his one season. Before coming, he averaged 11.7 points and 7.1 rebounds at Old Dominion. Again, there's a clear difference in jumping to a Power Four league. 14. Hayden Koval Koval was a tall target at 7-foot-1 but checked in at 3.1 points and three rebounds per game after averaging 7.1 points at UNC-Greensboro and 12.2 at Central Arkansas. 15. Rob Phinisee The guard goes into the incomplete category as he played just 12 games before being injured. He spent the 2018-2022 seasons at Indiana. 16. A.J. McGinnis After a season averaging 6.1 points at UNC-Greensboro, McGinnis was at 2.3 points and 0.5 rebounds in his one season. 17. Jarrett Hensley Hensley also came from UNC-Greensboro. At UC his freshman numbers were 1.5 points/1.3 rebounds which went to 2.0 points and 0.9 rebounds the following season. Jizzle James (2) topped the Cincinnati Bearcats in scoring this season at 12.8 points per game. 2024-25 Cincinnati Bearcats non-transfer ratings Jizzle James – Stock up. James upped his scoring from 8.5 to 12.8 points per game. His shooting was roughly the same and he added 29 steals, up nine from last year. Advertisement Dan Skillings Jr. – Stock down. After leading UC in scoring at 12.9 points per game and averaging 6.4 rebounds, he dropped out of the starting lineup and averaged 9.3 points and only 3.8 rebounds. He did improve his shooting but went from 25 double-digit games to 11. His stock goes as he chooses as there's no debating his potential. Josh Reed – Stock up. Though he averaged just 4.5 points and 2.5 rebounds, he started seven games and was a 43% shooter from the field and 85% from the line. All six of his double-digit scoring efforts came from Feb. 8 to now. Tyler Betsey, Rayvon Griffith, Halvine Dzellat – All incomplete as they are role players looking for their window to shine. Betsey can line up 3-pointers but will need to shoot better than 33%. Griffith is a great team guy waiting for his moment and the 6-foot-10 Dzellat is raw with much to learn. This article originally appeared on Cincinnati Enquirer: How has Cincinnati Bearcats basketball fared with transfer portal?
USA Today
22-03-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Oregon basketball vs. Arizona: Who has the edge in the 2025 NCAA Tournament Second Round
Oregon basketball vs. Arizona: Who has the edge in the 2025 NCAA Tournament Second Round After dismantling the Liberty Flames, 81-52, in the first round on Friday night, the Oregon Ducks are advancing to the second round of the 2025 NCAA Tournament. Their matchup is the Arizona Wildcats — a 4-seed and a former Pac-12 foe — in a 6:40 p.m. PT game on Sunday night. Like Oregon, Arizona destroyed their first-round opponent, the Akron Zips, defeating the 13-seed 93-65. Oregon and Arizona have been on similar paths all year. The Ducks finished the Big Ten Tournament with a 24-9 season record, and after their conference tournament, the Wildcats were 22-12 on the year. This season, most of Arizona's opponents were in Quadrant 1, and the Wildcats went 10-11 in those games. The Ducks played fewer Quad 1 games than Arizona but went 8-7 in them. The Wildcats are led by Tommy Lloyd, one of the better young coaches in college basketball. This is Lloyd's fourth year at Arizona, and while he's taken his team to the tournament all four years, he's 5-3 once he gets there. Only two of those wins have come after the first round, and in 2023, Arizona lost as a 2-seed to 15-seeded Princeton in the first round. The last time the Ducks and Wildcats met was in the semifinal of last year's Pac-12 Championship. Arizona was a Top-10 team in the country and a shoo-in for March Madness while Oregon's only road to the NCAA Tournament was as an automatic qualifier. The Wildcats had destroyed the Ducks twice already that season, but in the conference tournament, Oregon came out on top and booked their ticket to the tournament the next day with a win over Colorado. Last time, this matchup was lopsided, but this time around, this pair of teams is of even caliber. Sunday's game will be the 61st meeting between these two teams, and that history should make for a great game. Below are our predictions for how things will shake out. Players To Know Oregon PG Jackson Shelstad: 13.4 Pts, 2.9 Reb, 2.7 Ast, 1.0 Stl, 37.5 3P% C Nate Bittle: 14.1 Pts, 7.5 Reb, 1.9 Ast, 2.2 Blk, 51.0 FG% G TJ Bamba: 10.3 Pts, 3.4 Reb, 3.0 Ast, 1.8 Stl, 38.5 FG% Arizona PG Caleb Love: 16.4 Pts, 4.3 Reb, 3.5 Ast, 1.2 Stl, 38.7 FG% G Jaden Bradley: 12.0 Pts, 3.4 Reb, 3.7 Ast, 18.8 Stl, 46.5 FG% F Henry Veesar: 9.4 Pts, 5.1 Reb, 1.3 Ast, 1.1 Blk, 60.4 FG% Keys to the Game Oregon Control the tempo, especially on defense. Arizona likes to play with pace which helps them score a lot of points. Force Caleb Love to take bad shots. Force Arizona to take threes. As a team, they shoot over 20 per game but make less than a third. Arizona Get Caleb Love hot early. Force Bittle into switches on pick-and-rolls to open up the paint. The Wildcats are one of the most efficient interior offenses in the country. Protect the defensive glass. Arizona has been bad at preventing offensive rebounds and second-chance points all year. Betting Odds Moneyline: Oregon: +146 | Arizona: -176 Spread: Arizona: -3.5 points Over/Under: 152.5 points My Picks
