Dissa and data, NCAA Tournament edition

Transfers, S.C. natives well-represented

* Furman's baseball legacy lives into the 2023 season years after the program was dumped by University leaders. Former pitcher Rob Hughes is on the Clemson roster as the Tigers play a home regional and Mason Kenney is on the roster for Troy, which plays in the Tuscaloosa Regional. The Trojans' coach is Skylar Meade, a former assistant coach under Mark Kingston at South Carolina.

* Former Clemson standout player and assistant coach Randy Mazey has his West Virginia team in the Lexington Regional. Ex-Tiger P.J. Labriola is on the roster for N.C. State, which is playing in the Columbia Regional.

* Elijah Lambros, a transfer from South Carolina, is a regular from the Big Ten champion Maryland Terrapins. He hit .294 with14 homers and 54 RBI for Maryland, which in the Wake Forest Regional. David Mendham, another former Gamecock, hit .310 with 14 homers and .310 for Oklahoma State, which is hosting a regional. Former Gamecocks assistant Trip Couch is on staff at Arizona, which is playing  in the Fayetteville Regional.

* Nick Parker, a transfer from Coastal Carolina, has a 7-0 record and 4.06 ERA as a starter at Virginia, which is playing host to a regional. Army is at the Charlottesville Regional. Greenville product Braden Golinski is hitting 329 the Black Knights.

* Nolen Hester was a four-year standout at Wofford. He went to Texas Tech and leads the Red Raiders in batting with a .374 average, Texas Tech plays in the Gainesville Regional. Former Terrier Brennen Dorighi is batting .340 with 13 homers for Iowa, which is in the Terre Haute regional. Ryan Guardino, who played at Wofford in 2021, is a reserve at Alabama.

* Former Winthrop player Willie Lumpkin works out of the bullpen for East Carolina, which is in the Charlottesville Regional. Fort Mill High's Connor Rasmussen is a reserve for the Pirates. Former Winthrop player Robbie Taul is a reserve at Eastern Illinois, which is in the Nashville Regional.

* Tomas Frick out of Greenville's Mann High has had a solid year at North Carolina, batting a team-leading .329 with 21 doubles and 12 homers. The Tar Heels are in the Terre Haute Regional.  Alberto Osuna, from Mauldin by Walters State, hit 10 homers and Reece Holbrook, son of College of Charleston coach Chad Holbrook, had seven starts among 26 games played. Kyle Percival from Andrew Jackson High had a 3.32 ERA in 10 appearances.

* Former Greenville Braves infielder Rich Maloney is the coach at Ball State, which is in the Lexington Regional. Mike Morrison, one of the stars of Coastal Carolina's 2016 College World Series title team, is pitching coach at Maryland.

Bourret comes through with Tigers tidbits

Tim Bourret, AKA "Clemson Google" for his vast knowledge of Tigers athletics, shares these items:

* Clemson takes a 16-game winning streak into Friday's regional opener with Lipscomb. It's the longest streak entering the tournament in school history, topping the nine-win streaks in 1991 and 2016.

* The Tigers won four ACC championships in an academic year (football, women's golf, men's track, baseball) for the first time since 1998-99.

* Will Taylor (football and baseball) is the first Clemson athlete to play on two ACC championship sports teams in the same academic year since James Trapp (football, track) in 1991-92. The last football-baseball combo was by Rusty Charpia in 1988-89.

* Every Clemson baseball coach in the ACC era has won a league championship (regular-season or tournament) in his first season: Bob Smith (1954), Bill Wilhelm (1958), Jack Leggett (1994), Monte Lee (2016) and Erik Bakich (2023).

* Caden Grice leads Clemson in homers (16) and wins (8). No Tiger has completed a season leading the team in both.
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(Bourret came to Clemson as a sports information assistant in the mid-1970s - I'm old enough to have dealt with the guy he replaced - and has done of magnificent job, even though he officially "retired" a few years back. It's guys like Tim who made it easy for sports writers like me - Rudy) 

State teams busy against tournament teams

All 10 NCAA Division I baseball team in South Carolina played at least nine games against teams in the NCAA Tournament this season, and Charleston Southern (0-9) was the only state team not to win at least one game. Conference tournament games are included

South Carolina had the most games played against tournament teams (31) and the most losses (17).

Clemson had the most wins (16) and best winning percentage (.667). Coastal Carolina (10-10). was the only other team to finish with a non-losing record.

* Charleston Southern (0-9) - Florida 0-3; Campbell 0-3; South Carolina 0-1; Tennessee 0-2.

* Clemson (16-8) - Boston College 3-1; Charlotte 1-0; Coastal Carolina 2-0; Duke 1-2; Miami 1-0; N.C. State 3-0;  North Carolina 4-0; South Carolina 1-2; Wake Forest 0-3.

* Coastal Carolina (10-10) - Campbell 2-1; Charlotte 0-1; Clemson 0-2; Louisiana 3-3; N.C. State 0-1;  North Carolina 2-0; Southern Mississippi 2-1; Wake Forest 1-1.

* College of Charleston (4-6) - Clemson 0-2; Coastal Carolina 1-1; Northeastern 1-2; UNCW 2-1.

* Presbyterian (1-8) - Campbell 1-2; Clemson 0-1; Duke 0-1; Miami 0-3; South Carolina 0-1.

* South Carolina (14-17) - Arkansas 1-2; Auburn 1-2; Charlotte 0-2; Clemson 2-1; Florida 3-0; Kentucky 0-3;  LSU 1-2; North Carolina 1-0; Pennsylvania 3-0;  Tennessee 1-2; Texas A&M 0-1; Vanderbilt 1-2. 

* The Citadel (2-9) - Ball State 1-2; N.C. State 1-2; South Carolina 0-2; Samford 0-3. 

* USC Upstate (2-10) - Campbell 2-3; Clemson 0-2; South Carolina 0-2; Troy 0-3.

* Winthrop (3-8) - Campbell 0-3; Charlotte 1-1; Clemson 0-1; Maine 2-1; South Carolina 0-2.

* Wofford (4-8) - Samford 3-3; Tennessee 0-1; Wake Forest 0-1; Xavier 0-3.