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Where Clemson basketball, Brad Brownell rank in first in-season USA TODAY coaches poll
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CLEMSON — After Week 1 of college basketball, Clemson is still unranked in the USA TODAY Sports Men's Basketball Coaches Poll released on Monday.
The Tigers (2-0) received nine points to miss the Top 25, ranking 13th in the receiving votes category. They are the fourth-highest ACC team, finishing behind No. 6 Duke , No. 11 North Carolina and Wake Forest (12 points).
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Clemson defeated Charleston Southern 91-64 on Nov. 4 and Saint Francis 88-62 on Friday to start the season. It faces Eastern Kentucky on Tuesday (7 p.m. ET, ACC Network) at home, then goes on the road to face Boise State on Sunday (1:30 p.m. ET, CBS Sports Network). It looks to make back-to-back NCAA tournaments under Tigers coach Brad Brownell.
Kansas is the No. 1 team in the poll, earning 759 points and 21 first-place votes. Alabama , which defeated Clemson in the Elite Eight last season, is No. 2 with 724 points and four first-place votes. The defending national champion, UConn , is No. 3 and received three first-place votes; No. 4 Auburn earned two first-place votes.
The USA TODAY Sports Board of Coaches is made up of 31 head coaches at Division I institutions. All are members of the National Association of Basketball Coaches.
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2024-25 USA TODAY Sports men's basketball coaches poll
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Kansas (759 points)
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Alabama (724)
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UConn (702)
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Auburn (660)
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Gonzaga (651)
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Duke (608)
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Iowa State (576)
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Arizona (516)
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Tennessee (502)
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Houston (488)
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North Carolina (456)
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Purdue (437)
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Creighton (385)
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Baylor (328)
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Marquette (308)
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Indiana (234)
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Cincinnati (230)
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Kentucky (182)
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Florida (179)
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Illinois (151)
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Arkansas (150)
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Ohio State (148)
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Texas A&M (99)
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Rutgers (84)
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St. John's (79)
Derrian Carter covers Clemson athletics for The Greenville News and the USA TODAY Network. Email him at dcarter@gannett.com and follow him on X, formerly known as Twitter, @DerrianCarter00
This article originally appeared on Greenville News: Where Clemson basketball ranked in USA TODAY coaches poll after Week 1
