Furman pulled the first shocker of the 2023 NCAA Tournament, Thursday, stunning ACC power Virginia with a steal and a 3-pointer in the final seconds to pull off a 68-67 upset in Orlando. The 13th-seeded Paladins (28-7) trailed by a dozen points with 11 minutes to play before going on a 19-4 run to take […]
The NCAA men’s basketball tournament tips off Thursday, and both South Carolina entrants will be playing in the afternoon session. First up in Orlando, the 13-seed Furman Paladins will meet 4th-seeded Virginia at 12:40pm on TruTV. The Paladins enter the NCAA tournament on quite a roll, having won 14 of their last 15 games and
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The field was set for the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament Sunday night. The College of Charleston and Furman, champions of the CAA and the Southern Conference respectively, are headed to the land of the Mouse Ears, Orlando. Clemson, the third place finisher in the ACC standings, was the fourth team left out of the tournament
Furman opened the FCS Playoffs last weekend with an impressive victory over Elon at Paladin Stadium. It was the Paladins’ first playoff win since 2017 when they also beat Elon. Furman is ranked 11th at 10-2 and will play at Incarnate Word Saturday. The San Antonio school is ranked 5th with a 10-1 mark after
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The Furman Paladins are headed back to the FCS Playoffs. The Paladins wrapped up a 9-2 season, with losses to Clemson and SOCON champion Samford, by whipping Wofford Saturday afternoon. The Paladins earned an at-large bid to the tournament and will host Elon at Noon on Saturday. The winner will travel in Incarnate Word the
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2021 was a season of what-ifs for Furman. What if the Paladins had not lost in the final seconds at home against ETSU. What if they had not been upset at Western Carolina. And what if their offense had played better in a 10-point loss at UT-Chattanooga? A five-win season would have been an eight-win
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Furman head coach Clay Hendrix has a pretty simple way to attack spring football, he just wants to get a little better each day. And he’s hoping that philosophy will lift the Paladins from a 6-5 campaign into 2021 to a Southern Conference contender in 2022. There are several new faces on the Furman roster,
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The “Palmetto Pigskin Tour” stopped off in Greenville on Monday night to check out the Furman Paladins. Like many of its FCS brethren, Furman played a spring schedule in which the Paladins posted a 3-4 record with two of the losses coming by a total of three points. Clay Hendrix is entering his fifth season
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The Covid delayed football season for the Furman Paladins will commence February 20th against Western Carolina. The Paladins are the favorite of many to win the Southern Conference this season. Friday coach Clay Hendrix put his team thru their first pre-season drills. Shortly after practice, he joined us on SportsTalk to talk about that first
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Brett Harker has been a baseball lifer. From his high school days in Greenville, to his college playing days at the College of Charleston, and most recently as the head coach at Furman, the game has been a major part of his life. Tuesday he felt a pain like no other, like a Roger Clemen’s
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Furman University stunned sports fans in South Carolina Monday afternoon with the announcement that its baseball and men’s lacrosse programs were being eliminated due to the financial impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. The school also announced it will cut 45 additional scholarships over five years in a variety of sports. The school also announced it
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Clay Hendrix has come in and revitalized the football program at his alma mater. In three seasons at Furman, Hendrix has taken the Paladins to the FCS Playoffs twice, and he won a share of the Southern Conference championship in 2018. He’s gone 22-14 in his three seasons. Like everyone in college football, Hendrix has
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