Take #664 Clemson over TCU
(NCAAB) TCU vs. Clemson,
Point Spread: 1.00 | -107.00 Clemson (Home)
Result: Loss
No. 24 Clemson, off to its best start in 15 years, looks to continue its impressive play on Saturday against TCU in a battle of unbeaten teams at the Hall of Fame Series in Toronto. The Tigers (8-0) last had a better opening to a campaign in 2008-09, when they started 16-0. That was two seasons before current coach Brad Brownell took over on the bench. Clemson began its Atlantic Coast Conference schedule on Sunday with a tough 79-70 road win over Pittsburgh. Graduate student Joseph Girard III, a Syracuse transfer, scored 25 points and hit 6 of 9 3-point attempts. PJ Hall added 22 points and 11 rebounds, and Ian Schieffelin pulled down a season-high 17 boards. The Tigers followed that with a 72-67 win against in-state rival South Carolina on Wednesday, when all five starters scored in double digits. Schieffelin produced a double-double of 12 points and 12 rebounds. Clemson, the only undefeated team in the ACC, has a scoring differential of plus-10.8 points per game, with the offense averaging 79.3 points. Hall puts up a team-high 20.5 points per game, with Girard (14.4 ppg) and Chase Hunter (11.8) also in double figures. We like Clemson to do well here again as they are getting all of their players involved, and we think they come away with the W in Canada.