No. 18 Clemson tops in-state rival Gamecocks

Published Dec. 7, 2009 10:29 a.m. ET

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Tanner Smith heard too much last week about Clemson's recent loss to South Carolina - and that was just in football.

Few Tiger athletes escape the grumbling around campus that follows a football loss to the archrival Gamecocks, and Smith's basketball team was no different since South Carolina's 34-17 victory on Nov. 28.