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Saturday, January 24, 2009
Random Ramblings..January 24
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Men’s Hoops
Since my last blog, the men’s basketball team has played three games and lost them all.
Hosting Duke, the Jackets led by as much as eight points in the first half before fading and losing touch in the second half. The Dukies wound up winning by 14 points in a game where the Jackets missed 12 free throws (shooting 36.8% at the stripe). The Dukies missed 11 free throws themselves, but wound up taking 8 more charity shots.
One the road against the Wolfpack, the Jackets played hard and led by as much as ten points with 4:40 left in the game. But then the defense relaxed and State fought back to tie the game with 30 seconds left to play. The Wolfpack won overtime by five and the Jackets rang up another loss in a game where they shot 35% from the field…offsetting 55% behind the arc and 81% at the line.
Hosting Boston College, the Jackets fell down by as much as 14 points with 6:41 left but battled back and tied the game with 3:50 left…essentially a 14 point run in three minutes. The game then went back and forth before Shumpert hit a pair of free throws with 0:14 on the clock to send it into overtime. But again…the Jackets couldn’t close the deal and suffered their second overtime loss in three days.
So now the Jackets are 0-5 in the ACC and are set to face 16-2 and Top 10 Clemson…on the road…after Clemson got embarassed by UNC 94-70. That’s not a recipe for success.
All of your Tech “fans” who claim you wouldn’t complain about a bad season as long as we beat UGA. Do you still maintain that perspective? Would you consider 9-20 a successful season simply because we beat UGA? Would it be worth it?
Women’s Hoops
The ladies just upset #2 North Carolina 66-62 and are playing great basketball with a record of 14-4 overall. They travel to #4 Duke for a 1pm game on Sunday and look to end a streak of 28 straight losses to the Dukies.
I asked my daughter if she wanted me to buy more basketball tickets and got a very enthusiastic response. So I looked online and learned that GT alums can buy a season ticket for $30 and get a second one free. If they continue that promotion next year I’ll definitely buy a pair. Where else can you get AT point credit and two season tickets to a GT sport for $30?
For $50 you can get a “Women’s Sports Pass” which grants access to both women’s hoops and women’s volleyball. As the father of two young girls I think I’ll be looking at this very closely down the road…especially with the success MaChelle Joseph has been having lately.
Football Recruiting
Our current recruiting class of 20 commitments is rated #27 overall and #5 in the ACC by Scout.com.
The latest recruit, Lance Richardson, is a 6-2 safety out of South Carolina that made a splash in the recent South Carolina All Star game.
Does anyone else remember who the last “sleeper” recruit to sign with Georgia Tech out of South Carolina, after making a splash in an all star game?
Does the name Vance Walker ring a bell?
Go Jackets!
THWG!
45-42!
