The common and natural reaction in watching Friday's game unfold was to say Clemson hasn't looked this good since November and December.

Some truth in that, unquestionably.

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We'd push back a tad on that, because this team played some pretty darned good basketball in spots during the ACC season too even if it was more up and down than most folks envisioned, and even though they entered the NCAA Tournament having lost three times in their last four games.

The win at North Carolina did happen. And a win at Duke probably should've happened.

They had some other big wins, too.