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Wednesday, November 30, 2005
First loss had Hewitt hiding
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Tech basketball coach Paul Hewitt did something Saturday he never does: He stayed home, all day.
Never saw the sunshine, never stepped foot out his front door. Sure, there was a pretty big football game going on at The Flats, but Hewitt caught only snippets of it in between brooding over the film from Tech’s loss to Illinois-Chicago.
The Yellow Jackets played only average defense and shot the ball poorly. Tech’s best players, Anthony Morrow and Jeremis Smith, sat sulking on the bench while in foul trouble. It wasn’t the type of demeanor the Jackets can take out on the road, particularly not to Michigan State, where it plays in the ACC-Big Ten Challenge tonight. Morrow said that his mental cave-in was not at all typical of his regular style of play, and it won’t be repeated.
Hewitt hopes not, or he may be hiding out even more often.
Do think Tech can or will eventually display the mental toughness Hewitt is looking for?
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