For the first time since the 2008-2009 season, Clemson is ranked in the final Associated Press Top 25.
The Tigers (23-9, 11-7 ACC) are ranked 20th in the poll which was released Monday.
Clemson has been ranked for 10 straight weeks with a peak ranking of 11th this season.
Combined with Clemson’s No. 4 final ranking by the AP in football, this marks the first time since the 2007-08 academic year that Clemson has been ranked in the final AP poll in both men’s basketball and football. Clemson was 22nd in men’s basketball and 21st in football that year.
It is the first time Clemson has been in the top 20 in both since the 1989-90 academic year when Clemson finished 17th in men’s basketball and 12th in football. This is just the fourth time Clemson has finished in the top 25 of the AP men’s basketball and football polls in the same academic year.
Clemson opens the NCAA Tournament Friday in San Diego against New Mexico State.
