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Conflicting reports have this on ESPNU and/or WatchESPN. It may depend on where you are location wise as to which is the truth, just be prepared to search for the game. Another late game, with tipoff at 9 pm, but at least this time its a home game. Now onto the game.
What to expect? Battle of the Basement? Not exactly, only because Boston College is also at 1-9 in conference right now. Tech could climb as high as 13th in conference though with a win tonight.
Georgia Tech looked good early on even with three transfers starting for them this season. They opened with a win over Georgia to start their season and it looked like their team full of transfers would really work well together going 9-3 in their OOC slate. Then the ACC slate started and it all fell apart. Seven straight losses to start conference play, then a shocking 70-50 upset of Miami, followed by two more duds before they beat Wake Forest in their last game.
So who makes the Jackets Buzz? Only one player is scoring in double figures so far this season, but GT gets at least 3.9 ppg from nine guys on the rosterof which eight play about 20 mpg. It seems to rotate who will be the man of the night most games for the Jackets, much like the Hokies. Height is the dilemma for the Jackets this season, so much so that Tech will be the "tall team" tonight. The Jackets do have depth though at about the 6'7-6'8 range, unlike the Hokies. Expect to see 6'8, 276 lb senior Demarco Cox (#4) holding down the center spot for Georgia Tech tonight. He brings 8.8 ppg, 6.1 rpg, and 1.1 bpg to the lane. (Transferred from Ole Miss)
He is joined down low by 6'5, 214 lbs junior forward Marcus Georges-Hunt (#3), who is averaging 13.9 ppg and 5.7 rpg.
Also in the lane will be 6'8, 269 lbs junior forward Charles Mitchell (#0), scoring 9.9 ppg along with 7 rebounds. (Transfer from Maryland) Both Mitchell and Cox come into this game shooting better than 50% down low.
As for outside, our concern should be focused on 6'3, 233 lbs guard Chris Bolden (#2) and 6'9, 187 lbs forward Quinton Stephens (#12). Both of these gentlemen shoot better than 35% from beyond the arc and contribute about 6 points and 2 rebounds a piece.
Bolden
Stephens
The point guard duties appear to be shared by 6'2, 172 sophomore guard Josh Heath (#11) (Transfer from USF) and 6, 177 lbs freshmen Travis Jorgenson. They contribute little in the way of scoring at about 4 points a piece, but do combine for about six assists per game.
Heath
Jorgenson
On paper this team sounds like the perfect matchup for the way Buzz likes to play, a team without a ton of height that expects to score down low with their "big men" that dont really have any great outside shooters. Its almost the recipe for the perfect opponent for the Hokies this season. Another team that shoots 28% from outside, only about 40% from the field and doesnt reach 70% from the line. Its like check, check, check. Unfortunately this game isnt on paper. Georgia Tech may not have height but they do have size other than their point guards.
The one player that I think will likely be the X factor for the Yellow Jackets is Chris Bolden. He has been scoring more in the last few games, and has seemed to find his touch from outside. Ideally I would like to see a combination of Mueller and Hudson covering Bolden, but I expect Buzz will use Mueller down low again.
This game shouldnt be a blowout but unless the Hokies can find their defensive effort again their is no telling what might happen. These two teams appear to be on slightly different trajectories, with the Jackets figuring a few things out while the Hokies seem a bit run down.
This quote from Buzz seems to hit at the truth unfortunately, "Honestly, I think they're cooked, they're fried, so we may just show up when you guys show up, so I'll think about it," in what could be a very troubling evening coming two nights after these were his thoughts.
Tech tonight will need everyone to show up offensively, no 0-6, not even an 0-3. We cant allow double digit points off turnovers as well as off offensive rebounds like the 24 total points we gave to FSU in the last game. We cant have nine missed layups. We cant especially allow our opponents to shoot better than 50% from the field and 44% from beyond the arc. Those kind of numbers are crippling to any team. They must do better tonight.
I think tonight that Bibbs bounces back, Henry plays a big role on both ends, and that Hudson will use his speed to get to the rim often. Buzz wont let a repeat of Saturday happen defensively. The Hokies come out a bit pissed off to start this game and win by double figures. Didnt see that one coming, huh? The only wild factor left in this one is the refs and their whistles. If they let them play, it goes as called, if they muck it up with a ton of calls, all bets are off as the Hokies may not survive the sluggishness of it.
Georgia Tech 56 - Virginia Tech 70
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