Clemson legend Greg Buckner knows a thing or two about playing in the NCAA Tournament. A four-year starter for the Tigers from 1994-98, Buckner started all 122 games of his career while helping the team to three straight NCAA Tournament appearances. He led the team in scoring all four years of his career and guided […]
Ace Buckner certainly enjoyed his experience of playing in the ACC Tournament for the first time. The Clemson redshirt freshman guard relished that opportunity Wednesday night, while scoring eight points and adding five rebounds with three assists to help the fifth-seeded Tigers to a 71-62 victory over 13th-seeded Wake Forest in the second round of […]
CLEMSON – Through 12 games this season, the Clemson Tigers have already had seven different leading scorers. For context, the Tigers had only five different scoring leaders across 34 games last year. So far, veterans Dillon Hunter and R.J. Godfrey have predictably taken turns atop the scoring chart. Hunter led with 15 points against the […]
A second freshman on the Clemson men’s basketball team is set to redshirt. Head coach Brad Brownell announced Wednesday that Ace Buckner will redshirt this season. The freshman guard hasn’t appeared in any games this season due to an upper body injury. Brownell said Wednesday that Buckner had shoulder surgery and just recently got back […]
The future Tigers are showing out on the field and the court. Brad Brownell’s soon-to-be guard turned heads at a high-profile tournament over the weekend. Three-star guard Ace Buckner, son of Clemson Athletics Hall of Famer Greg Buckner, committed to Clemson in November and is making a bigger name for himself at the Hoophall Classic. […]
CLEMSON, S.C. – Head Coach Brad Brownell and his staff added Dallas Thomas (Little Rock, Ark./Parkview Magnet), Del Jones (Largo, Md./AZ Compass Prep) and Ace Buckner (Cleveland, Ohio/La Lumiere School) to the Clemson University men’s basketball program on Wednesday. All three signed letters of intent to play for the Tigers beginning in 2024-25. The Clemson recruiting class ranks 16th nationally, according to 247Sports, […]
CLEMSON – The Clemson Tigers secured their first commitment of the 2024 class with three-star forward Dallas Thomas, and three months later, they’ve paired him with a guard. Brad Brownell and the Tigers staff made a heavy push for 2024 three-star guard Ace Buckner. The Indiana native made his official visit to Clemson Sep. 22 […]