By Will Vandervort.

With nearly 100 former players, coaches and managers in attendance today as a part of Alumni Reunion Weekend, Clemson’s current players, coaches and managers hope they can keep its recent success on the basketball court going when they host Boston College at noon in Littlejohn Coliseum.

Clemson has won back-to-back games for the first time since December and has won three of its last four, including Wednesday’s stunning double digit victory at NC State.

“We did great the other night at NC State. Our guys played extremely well and we got a lot of confidence off that performance, but as we know in this league every game is difficult,” Clemson head coach Brad Brownell said. “Boston College presents unique challenges with their scoring on the perimeter with (Oliver) Hanlan and (Aaron) Brown.

“We would just like to keep positive momentum going. Momentum is important in sports. We have won three out of four and we would like to play well and keep this thing rolling a little bit.”

The Tigers (12-8, 4-4 ACC) has been here before this season. In fact, it happened 12 days ago. Following a momentous victory over Syracuse in which it shot 45.1 percent from the field and made eight three-pointers in a 13-point victory, Clemson followed that up with a dud two days later.

Against Florida State the Tigers had one of their worst performances of the year in a four-point loss at home as they shot just 30 percent from the floor, made just 26.3 percent of their three-point attempts and were 16 of 31 from the foul line.

“We have to come prepared to play and be ready to play,” Clemson guard Jordan Roper said. “We have to bring the same intensity to the game that we had at NC State. Coach Brownell has been talking about validating the win.

“We beat Syracuse and then we turn right around and lose to Florida State. We want to validate our win at NC State by turning around and beating Boston College.”

To do that the Tigers will need another big performance from Roper, who scored 18 points at NC State, but more importantly they will need it on the defensive end of the court. Like a lot of teams in the ACC, Boston College (9-10, 1-6 ACC) gets outstanding guard play out of Hanlan and Brown.

Hanlan is one of the league’s best shooters and scorers, averaging 16.5 points per game, while Brown (6-5, 215) can score from anywhere on the floor and is averaging 14.7 points a game.

“They run a pretty intriguing offense. I mean they run a lot of good things,” Roper said. “They run a lot of back cuts and a lot of post entry with guys cutting off the ball and a lot of ball screening for Olivier Hanlan, who is one of the better guards in our league.

“They are a dangerous team and we look forward to playing them.”

And the Tigers look forward to playing them with former players like Elden Campbell, Dale Davis, Larry Nance and Sharone Wright in attendance. Clemson will honor two of its greatest teams at halftime, the 1979-’80 squad and the 1989-’90 team.

The 1980 team advance to the Elite 8 Round of the NCAA Tournament, still the furthest any Clemson team has gone in the big dance, while the 1990 squad won the program’s only ACC Regular Season Championship.

“They are still a part of our basketball family here and we want them to feel like they are a part of it. We want them to feel welcomed,” Brownell said. “With me, that is something I view as important. I want the basketball alumni at Clemson to feel good about themselves, their school and their basketball program and be proud of it.

“I want them to come back and be a part of it as often as they can. I think that in one thing that we have to continue to work on. I have been working on it since I got here and they worked on it some before as well, but it is important to me that former players feel good about their school and their program. We want them to be a part of it and be a part of the family and environment that we want to have here.”