College Basketball

Clemson moved back up the rankings after another weekly sweep of ACC action.  The Tigers slotted up four spots to No. 20 in the AP Poll on Monday. Clemson (18-4, 10-1 ACC) improved to 10 wins in 11 conferences games for the first time in school history and maintained a 1.5-game lead on second-place Virginia.  Clemson trounced Georgia Tech to start the week in Littlejohn Coliseum, 72-51, and then came back from a seven-point halftime deficit to a 82-81 win at Florida State. The win was a first in Tallahassee in the last eight tries.  Brad Brownell’s bunch returns to action on Tuesday at Boston College (10-12, 4-7) for a 7 p.m. start (ACCN).  Clemson then hosts No. 23 Miami for a 3 p.m. game Saturday (ACCN).  Purdue is the men’s #1 ranked team this week and the Lady Gamecocks remain #1 in the women’s college basketball poll.