(UPDATED at 2:41 p.m.)

Bowden gets three-year contract extension

Tommy Bowden, recently named ACC coach of the year for the second time in his five-year tenure (see below), has been given a three-year contract extension that will keep him at Clemson through 2010. The extension comes with a steep buyout clause.

That's great news. I'll post more on this tomorrow.

ACC COACH OF THE YEAR: Coach Tommy Bowden is the third Clemson coach to win the honor twice. (More here, here and here.) The voting was close.