Brad Brownell

Look at the coach.

Who's the, you know, Brad Brownell has been around forever in the ACC.

Who else in the ACC, you know, Jeff Capels, the second longest tenured guy in the ACC.

That's true.

We are just, I believe, four days away, or I'm sorry, five days away from Clemson's opener against Stetson.

So, yeah, Another big year for Brad Brownell and co.

Liked the things that I've heard from this team, even with the news of Zach Foster tearing his ACL, which is a blow.

I do think this is a group that has a lot of talented playmakers.

Like, obviously, you know, I don't think they're going to go win the ACC or, you know, be in the Final Four.

But, you know, I expect them to compete within the ACC and hopefully be a tournament team by season's end.

Yeah, I mean, it would be fourth straight season for Brad Brownell in the NCAA

tournament.

Also a man who has sent Clemson to three straight NCAA tournaments will drop by.

That is Brad Brownell.

But enough talk about future guests and future games that we'll see next week.

Let's talk ball and specifically the winners and losers of exhibition season this month.

Let's stay with the theme of the ACC for now.

because we welcomed Ryan Odom earlier.

Now let's get to Brad Brownell.

Brad Brownell's story is this.

That's pretty much a brand new team with a transfer guy getting that done.

Head coach Brad Brownell was pumped about that, pumped about the crowd.

Clemson back hosting Presbyterian on Wednesday.

Then we got the season opener, guys, right around the corner on November 2nd.

He won at Wright State.

He's a Brad Brownell guy.

They've been together a lot of different stops.

So I think that's a pretty damn good hire for the most part with Donlon over there at EMU.

I was out a couple of years ago.

Billy Donlan was a interesting hire.

He wasn't on my radar, but he's been a pretty good defensive coordinator under Brad Brownell at Clemson the last few years where the Tigers defense finished top 40 nationally in three straight years.

Um, so somehow had him on the back for this.

How Nebraska, Wisconsin, Clemson make do.

Nebraska's Fred Hoiberg, Wisconsin's Greg Gard, and Clemson's Brad Brownell have all embraced being different from a style of play perspective, which gives them a chance to succeed with lower budgets.

Clemson always seems to find under-the-radar bigs to execute its high-low scheme.

Nebraska likes those high-feel, high-skill guys who can fit into Hoiberg's beautiful offense, and a unique twist on the no-middle defensive scheme can help cover up some of the lack of real rim protection.