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Friday, November 30, 2007
A win at Vandy would be bigger than big
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
So Randy Edsall was in town to interview for the Georgia Tech job, and nobody’s really established whether Rick Neuheisel is a candidate for the job, but his name keeps popping up.
I saw Tech’s next coach on TV last night, though. Steve Mariucci is looking good.
Now, on to basketball, which is what I’ve been tasked with covering.
Tech had better win Saturday at Vanderbilt (6-0) if the Yellow Jackets are going to have a shot at making the NCAA tournament.
The Jackets are 3-3, still have to play No. 4 Kansas, No. 1 North Carolina, No. 7 Duke, No. 18 Clemson (twice), No. 24 N.C. State and at Georgia and at UConn.
Even if the Jackets were to go 8-8 in the ACC, as they did last season, it would take a 10-4 record in non-conference games to reach the 20-win mark before the ACC Tournament. Tech’s one loss away from that mark.
And if the Jackets are going to the NCAAs with less than 20 wins, they’re going to have to have some substantial success on the road to cancel out a pair of losses to mid-major teams, at home to UNC-Greensboro, and in the Paradise Jam to Winthrop.
Better get busy Saturday.
Matt
