Clemson Fans Flood Littlejohn Coliseum Court After Tigers Topple No. 2 Duke

Brad Brownell's team earned a feather in its cap.

Brad Brownell during Clemson's 89–86 triple-overtime loss to Georgia Tech on Feb. 4, 2025. / Ken Ruinard / staff / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

Clemson hasn't exactly been starving for hoops success in recent seasons—this is a team coming off an Elite Eight appearance, after all.

However, a home win over a No. 2 Duke team is a signature moment for any ACC school—and so it was for the Tigers Saturday afternoon.

Behind 22 points from center Viktor Lakhin, Clemson rallied from six down at the half Saturday to knock out the Blue Devils in a nationally televised contest that featured the return of ESPN's Dick Vitale. After the game, Tigers fans streamed onto the Littlejohn Coliseum court—as shown in this video taken by Grayson Mann of TigerNet.

The program, long overshadowed by its football counterpart, has come a long way under coach Brad Brownell.

#Clemson upsets No. 2 Duke in what will go down as the most significant win in Littlejohn in recent memory.

Here’s the scene on the home floor: @ClemsonTigerNet pic.twitter.com/9OFrJQtCc2

— Grayson Mann (@gray_mann21) February 9, 2025

Of Clemson's 14 NCAA men's tournament appearances, four have come since Brownell's 2011 arrival. The Tigers have won five straight games against top-five teams—a skein that dates back to 2020 and includes none of their tournament wins last year.

As March looms, it appears another tournament trip is in the offing.

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