Jeff Hart

Clemson's dubious basketball history has drawn chuckles for years, and the depth of its futility - try 0-53 at North Carolina - is difficult to comprehend. Well, this Clemson team is starting to shed the image that it's a football school in a basketball league. The Tigers stunned No. 7 Duke 78-74 Saturday to advance to their first Atlantic Coast Conference final in 46 years.

Pitcher Matt Fairel only allowed one run in eight innings to help lead Florida State to a 11-2 victory over Georgia Tech on Saturday.

The setting resembled a Pee Wee league game, with seats reserved for family and friends. Most everyone else headed for home while a Southeastern Conference tournament like no other ad-libbed its way through the weekend, trying to pick up the pieces from a devastating storm.

Georgia Southern set an NCAA record for all divisions Saturday by hitting 14 home runs in a 26-8 victory over Columbia. Chris Shehan and Griffin Benedict each homered twice for Georgia Southern, which had 12 players hit home runs.

The tradition-filled Atlantic Coast Conference tournament has taken an unfamiliar twist: Clemson is sticking around for the weekend. James Mays scored 15 points on Friday and Clemson overwhelmed Boston College with its full-court press, cruising to an 82-48 win to reach the semifinals for the first time in 10 years.

The SEC will take the unprecedented move and have a team play twice in one day in order to conclude the storm-delayed conference tournament in Atlanta before the NCAA tournament selection announcement Sunday at 6 p.m.

The Dawson golf teams swept a match against Buford Wednesday at Chateau Elan.

Habersham Central picked up a huge win over region foe Dacula Tuesday night knocking off the Falcons 2-1 on the road.

Apalachee beat Chestatee 2-1 in penalty kicks to take a 4-3 win over the Lady War Eagles Tuesday night to advance to the finals of the Northeast Georgia Mountains Tournament Cup.

North Georgia scored a pair of runs in the fifth and seventh before leaving the bases loaded in the ninth and falling 5-4 at the hands of Carson-Newman Wednesday afternoon in non-conference action.