Colorado @ Clemson preview

After rallying to defeat TCU in overtime in the semifinals, Clemson will now try and take down 24th-ranked Colorado in the championship game of the MGM Main Event on Tuesday night at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. The Tigers, who have won five in a row since a season opening loss to Virginia Tech, used a 15-0 run over a seven-plus minute span at the end of regulation to send their game with the Horned Frogs into OT before pulling out a 62-60 victory.

The 15-point second-half rally marked Clemson's biggest comeback victory since 2011. "That was a remarkable win," Tigers coach Brad Brownell said. "I was really proud of how our players defended. I told them throughout the game to just keep defending. This is one of those wins where you keep grinding and hanging in there and hope for something good to happen." Unbeaten Colorado can relate after overcoming a ugly offensive first half (6-of-26 shooting, eight turnovers) in its 56-41 semifinal victory over Wyoming that was tied 15-15 at halftime. "There's going to be some nights when the ball's not going in," Colorado coach Tad Boyle told cubuffs.com. "That's why defense and rebounding travels. You can always be good and solid on that end of the floor and you have to do that to stay in games."

TV: 11:30 p.m. ET, ESPN2

ABOUT COLORADO (4-0): Junior swingman Tyler Bey, a Las Vegas native who spent his senior year at Middlebrooks Academy in Los Angeles, scored 11 points while also grabbing a career-high 19 rebounds and dishing off a career-high six assists against Wyoming. He leads the Buffaloes in scoring (14.0), rebounding (12.0) and steals (3.2). Junior point guard McKinley Wright IV is second in scoring (12.8) and leads the team in assists (3.6). Junior guard D'Shawn Schwartz (12.5) also is averaging in double figures and scored a team-high 12 points against the Cowboys, including seven during a 13-0 run to start the second half.

ABOUT CLEMSON (5-1): Senior forward Tevin Mack, a grad transfer from Alabama, scored 22 points, including 5-of-10 3-pointers, and grabbed nine rebounds in the win over TCU and leads the team in scoring (16.2) while also shooting 44.7 percent (17-of-38) from 3-point range. Sophomore guard John Newman III and freshman point guard Al-Amir Dawes are tied for second in scoring (10.8) and have combined for 32 assists and 14 steals. Junior forward Aamir Simms, the lone returning starter for the Tigers, led Sunday night's comeback, scoring all 13 of his points in the second half, to go with 12 rebounds and is averaging 10 points and a team best 9.2 rebounds.

TIP-INS

1. Bey's 19 rebounds were the most by a Colorado player since Andre Roberson grabbed 20 against Stanford in 2013.

2. Colorado ranks 26th nationally in turnovers forced per game (19.0) while Clemson is 36th (18.17).

3. Clemson, which had a 15-0 run to end regulation in Sunday's win over TCU, also had a 23-0 run in its 87-51 victory over Alabama A&M on Thursday.

PREDICTION: Clemson 59, Colorado 57