John E. Sokolowski-USA TODAY Sports Clemson Tigers 9-0 1-0) at Memphis Tigers 7-2When: 3:00 pm, Saturday 12/16Where: FedEx Discussion Forum - Memphis, TNTV: ESPN+O dds: Memphis -2. 5, Memphis ranked 31 by KenPom with 56% opportunity to win, Clemson ranked 24th by KenPomThe blue suede shoes are on and the Clemson Tigers have boarded the aircraft. They have actually touched down in the land of the delta blues in the center of the pouring rain for their hardest examination to date. This previous week Clemson basketball relocated from 24th to 13th in one of the largest jumps in AP history complying with an additional major win in Toronto versus TCU. Yet this weekend is no neutral site game waiting for the purple and regalia clad Tigers. Rather they will certainly face their bizarro basketball double in the Memphis Tigers at the FedEx Forum additionally home of the NBA's Memphis Grizzlies). Allow's begin with the tale of the tape for the home-standing Memphis team. This team postures the most issues for Clemson up until now this season. From a power positions stand point, Clemson is available in with an RPI of # 1 in the country. It's an amazing feat that must be seen, however you do not also need to scroll to see that Memphis rolls in to Saturday's pair up with an RPI of 7th. Both Clemson and Memphis have some impressive success. Clemson undoubtedly has a streak of beating Alabama, Pitt, South Carolina and TCU in a row, 3 of which were far from Clemson. Memphis has a resume that matches up well with ranked success over Arkansas and Texas A&M, both far from home. Consider 2 more road wins against Michigan and Missouri and the resume looks nearly identical to Clemson's, despite having both the Wolverines' and Missouri) Tigers' has a hard time to start the year. Memphis is not without some incongruities. They were thumped by a pedestrian Villanova team in the Bahamas, shed a winnable video game when traveling to Ole Miss, and almost handed out a video game in overtime to VCU. Nonetheless, this Memphis group is dripping with NBA skill that starts and ends with Dale Jones, the 6'6" Senior forward from the D. R. He leads the Black and Blue Tigers in racking up 20 Johnny Davis Jersey. 1 PPG), rebounding 6. 6 RPG), and swipes 2. 4 PG). The only category he doesn't lead remains in assists, which is held by the various other NBA caliber guard on this team, previous Alabama transfer, Jahvon Quinerly. Along side of 4. 8 helps a game, he's 2nd on the team in racking up with 13. 3 ppg. The excellent information for Clemson is that their group maintains rounding in to develop. PJ Hall continues to be a dominant force on the low post, leading the group in racking up 20. 1 ppg) and blocks 2 Zyon Pullin Jersey. 3 bpg). Joe Girard continues to heat up, splitting the second place on the group in scoring at 15. 1 ppg. Girard and Chase Hunter are essentially 1A and 1B as team leaders for helps. Lastly, Ian Scheffelin remains to make every old school basketball fan pleased by leading the group in rebounding with a tremendous 9. 6 rebounds per video game. This is probably the stiffest examination Clemson has actually dealt with yet with all due regard to Alabama). A loss wouldn't derail anything, however, a win would certainly start to liven up much more nationwide interest. If the Clemson) Tigers are able to walk out of Memphis with a W" Saturday, the narrative becomes less of a good little story" and promptly moves to just how significant of a contender are we discussing here?. " Hold on to your hats, it's going to get fascinating.