Tip-off vs. the No. 12 Tar Heels coming up
CHAPEL HILL, NC - OK this is my third blog looking ahead to the Carolina game. Enough already?! Hey, this time there’s actually something coming. In about an hour. It’s called tip-off, and if you care to join me I’ll blog some during the game.
I’m in the innards of the Dean Dome as I type, wondering if the car I borrowed from an old friend of mine to drive over here will be in the same shape as I left it. The old friend of mine is a Duke grad, and I noticed as I was walking past the back end, that she’s got a “Duke Alumni” license plate holder thing. Let’s hope nobody gets any crazy ideas walking past it, or I’ll some explaining to do when I get back to her house tonight!
I did notice it’s a little different walking into a game here two hours early than at say Virginia. Fans were lined up out the door as I walked past into the media entrance. I’d expect it to be electric in here today as the fans try to rally their team from two losses in three games (Clemson and C of C). That is, unless Tech can establish the pace, take a lead, and quiet them down.
A tall order, considering Tech has lost its last two road games at Virginia and at Georgia, and had to withstand a serious late push at Charlotte. And Tech has lost its last 12 games at the Dean Dome, dating back to 1996.
I just spoke with a North Carolina writer who emphasized that the Tar Heels will come out in this game and look to pound, pound, pound it inside, after getting embarrassed by Clemson on Wednesday. In that game, post players Deon Thompson and Ed Davis combined for a total of eight points, each scoring 4 points on 2-of-4 shooting. And neither one attempted a free throw. Wow.
So I’d imagine Roy Williams has had a thing or two to say about that in practice the past few days, and that Tech should see a team today dedicated to getting it down low. That’s something Tech could take a lesson or two on as well. And something you’d expect Tech to try to do today too.
It is interesting, at least on paper, how many similarities these teams have, in terms of where their strengths and weaknesses lie.
Without Tyler Zellner coming off the bench today – Carolina’s top reserve in the post is out four to six weeks with a stress fracture in his foot, which was announced on Friday – Carolina will go to the Wear twins. That’s Travis Wear and David Wear, identical twins, who wear mirror-image numbers – Travis is 43, David is 34.
We’ll try to keep it all straight, and keep you informed as we go.
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5th in the SEC East
January 16th, 2010
1:19 pm
First?
chad
January 16th, 2010
1:56 pm
who cares what time the tip off is. carolina is going to treat tech like a red headed step child today. fire paul blewit.
Carroll Rogers
January 16th, 2010
2:04 pm
Chad, those of us who are red-headed and are actually step-children resemble that remark….
Carroll Rogers
January 16th, 2010
2:06 pm
the bleachers i’m sitting on are now shaking cause of all the students jumping behind me. pardon the wobbly typing
Carroll Rogers
January 16th, 2010
2:12 pm
Favors just picked up his second foul in three minutes.
Technophobia
January 16th, 2010
2:18 pm
Go back to the UGA page Chad.
Carroll Rogers
January 16th, 2010
2:21 pm
Tech is up by 13, surely somebody will come on and blog with me. Or do folks come out more if they were down 13?
Technophobia
January 16th, 2010
2:22 pm
Follow your shots guys
Somebody
January 16th, 2010
2:23 pm
Sorry I’m late, what’d I miss.
KSEE
January 16th, 2010
2:23 pm
Tech is playing smart! Lets go Tech!
Carroll Rogers
January 16th, 2010
2:24 pm
Roy is about to bring in a new five players.
Jim R.
January 16th, 2010
2:27 pm
Don’t see many Tech Fans there.
thrillerdome
January 16th, 2010
2:29 pm
great game so far by tech! what do you think is the difference today compared to the end of the 2nd half vs uva??
thrillerdome
January 16th, 2010
2:32 pm
this is what me and most of the supportive tech fans have thought that hewitt and the team are capable of doing when they play well. we’re actually getting the ball inside and kicking it out when necessary. we need to keep it up! go TECH!
Carroll Rogers
January 16th, 2010
2:34 pm
thriller, they’re going inside and back out. like they did on the first possession, when lawal and favors touched the ball before favors kicked back out to Udofia for a 3. And they’re playing stronger with the ball, not sweating it as much when the pressure comes. ….long way to go but a solid, solid start
James
January 16th, 2010
2:34 pm
I wish I could watch this game!! I am at work…
chris o bomb
January 16th, 2010
2:35 pm
the game was aired around 2:15 due to the syracuse game.
These commentators are not saying one good thing about Tech…
Carroll Rogers
January 16th, 2010
2:39 pm
they must be saying bad things about Carolina then? what else would they be talking about?
Alan
January 16th, 2010
2:39 pm
How do you lose to uga and clemson and beat duke and right now manhandle unc at unc? this team is bipolar.
Technophobia
January 16th, 2010
2:40 pm
James, it’s on ESPN 360 too, I believe so you may be able to.
Brad
January 16th, 2010
2:41 pm
Nope they are talking about how great carolina is and how they will come back.
Technophobia
January 16th, 2010
2:41 pm
Alan, I agree and think a sports psychiatrist might help. It sure helped John Smotz.
Alan
January 16th, 2010
2:42 pm
Wow nice play by rice
Technophobia
January 16th, 2010
2:44 pm
2 minutes left and neither team has shot a free throw.
Technophobia
January 16th, 2010
2:45 pm
oops, my mistake, NC has shot 4 ft’s
Buzzeng
January 16th, 2010
2:45 pm
Hi Carol – enjoy the game. I’m in the Charlotte airport and watched for 12 seconds – long enough to watch UNC get the defensive rebound and drain a 3. Enough watching for me. I’ll follow the blog instead!
Carroll Rogers
January 16th, 2010
2:46 pm
Techno, Carolina has been to the line 4 times, Tech 0. But that’s amazing on Tech’s end…..Refs are letting them play, by and large.
Alan
January 16th, 2010
2:46 pm
Amazing we haven’t shot any free throws.
Jim R.
January 16th, 2010
2:47 pm
Do yourself a favor, turn the sound off and listen to the radio! TV is soooooooo NC biased.
Carroll…Haven’t heard from Chad lately. Go Tech!
Technophobia
January 16th, 2010
2:47 pm
Excellent job breaking the press, go jackets
Alan
January 16th, 2010
2:48 pm
Nice bailout timeout for unc.
Carroll Rogers
January 16th, 2010
2:48 pm
Good, Buzzeng. …safe travels.
Alan
January 16th, 2010
2:50 pm
I don’t care who it is, a team not shooting any free throws in a half says the refs are not being fair.
Alan
January 16th, 2010
2:51 pm
5 team fouls. what a joke
Alan
January 16th, 2010
2:52 pm
hey stupid announcers, the unc player was HOLDING the tech player morons
John
January 16th, 2010
2:53 pm
Boo hoo poor little carolina crybabies
Technophobia
January 16th, 2010
2:55 pm
These announcers are terrible, no mention of no free throws for Tech.
Carroll Rogers
January 16th, 2010
2:56 pm
That was easily the best half I’ve seen Tech play this season….Or would you guys say one of the Duke halves? I just thought they looked really, really active, and made some singularly excellent plays – Rice’s block on Davis, the move Shumpert just made to get to the basket at the buzzer. UNC is bringing out Tech’s athleticism. Tech is up 14 at the half with only 6 points in the first half from Lawal. Lawal has nine rebounds at the half tho.
Technophobia
January 16th, 2010
2:57 pm
Against UVA, Tech shot 11 FT’s, UVA shot 26. See a trend here folks?
Baba O'Riley
January 16th, 2010
3:02 pm
Commentators are talking about a lot of “fortunate” plays for GT.
Carroll Rogers
January 16th, 2010
3:03 pm
Tech is shooting 6-for-10 from 3-point range.
nebraska jacket
January 16th, 2010
3:03 pm
That last bucket from Shump was amazing. Looked kind of like Dr. J. If he keeps it up in the second half it will easily be the best game of his career. GO JACKETS
Mr. Phoenix
January 16th, 2010
3:04 pm
Have you noticed they aren’t standing around like they usually do. Great ball movement, just keep it going.
Baba O'Riley
January 16th, 2010
3:04 pm
The way we shot free throws Wednesday night, maybe not getting to the stripe is a good thing.
Carroll Rogers
January 16th, 2010
3:05 pm
only real lucky play I remember was when Bell bounced a ball off his foot and it went right to Shumpert, who nailed a 3. otherwise it looks like they are hustling to loose balls, which is what Hewitt has been pleading for
Technophobia
January 16th, 2010
3:06 pm
This may well be our best half so far this year. The 3 point shooting has really helped. Shumpert’s having a monster half, 19 points, 2 assists and 2 off reb.
Baba O'Riley
January 16th, 2010
3:07 pm
Patrick said, “I’m not saying Tech’s not good, but sometimes you just have one of those days.”
GTech
January 16th, 2010
3:07 pm
Watch out for UNC in the second half! It’s not a question of if Carolina makes a run, but when Carolina makes a run, how does Tech respond?
We need to get to the line and not rely so much on the outside jump shot. We shot pretty well from the field in the first half, but its very difficult to keep that up for entire game. I don’t care who you are. Get the ball inside to Lawal or dribble drive and get to the line.
Technophobia
January 16th, 2010
3:07 pm
Baba, you may be right. We may be better off just fighting for the off. rebound and putting it back up.
Technophobia
January 16th, 2010
3:09 pm
GTech, I’d agree we shouldn’t rely on outside shooting but the 3’s open up the middle. Ya gotta have an outside threat.
John
January 16th, 2010
3:09 pm
It’s not about making the free throws. It’s the fact they only called 5 or 6 fouls on unc the entire half. 2 were in the last 10 seconds that were intentional so they really had 4 fouls. That is a joke.
Carroll Rogers
January 16th, 2010
3:10 pm
Hey, a free throw
Alan
January 16th, 2010
3:10 pm
Hey free throws!! LOL
If lawal comes close to his scoring avg, we win this game easily
Alan
January 16th, 2010
3:10 pm
What a pathetic call
Technophobia
January 16th, 2010
3:10 pm
OMG we made em.
Baba O'Riley
January 16th, 2010
3:11 pm
still no comments about that being our first FT
Technophobia
January 16th, 2010
3:11 pm
Anyone else think that was a cheap foul on Favors?
Carroll Rogers
January 16th, 2010
3:12 pm
30 seconds in Favors’ third foul. wow, just not his day. thougth it was a fair call though. Officials have said from the start they were going to call swinging elbows after a rebound.
John
January 16th, 2010
3:12 pm
Let’s watch carolina swing those elbows and see if they call it…yeah right.
Baba O'Riley
January 16th, 2010
3:13 pm
When we will see a cheap fould called on Lawal for them not calling that one in the 1st half by the UNC bench?
Technophobia
January 16th, 2010
3:13 pm
As long as they call it the same way for both teams I’m ok with it. I’ll be watching for UNC elbows.
Technophobia
January 16th, 2010
3:14 pm
UVA in first place, lol, January madness?
chris o bomb
January 16th, 2010
3:14 pm
im ready for brian oliver to be on the court. He has an amazing shot, and shumpert has officially put himself on the map!
GT in Aug
January 16th, 2010
3:19 pm
I don’t know to much about b-ball (I watch a lot), but how in the H*ll is Favors a better NBA prospect than Lawal?
John
January 16th, 2010
3:20 pm
Those refs sure love blowing that whistle for unc
Technophobia
January 16th, 2010
3:20 pm
All ball and still got a call.
chris o bomb
January 16th, 2010
3:20 pm
are we 100% in ft’s?
haha
John
January 16th, 2010
3:22 pm
No over the back call on unc. What a surprise. Oh plenty of time left the announcer says for unc.
Baba O'Riley
January 16th, 2010
3:24 pm
Lawal is 2 years older. Some project Favors to have a higher ceiling.
John
January 16th, 2010
3:24 pm
4 free throws. 15 for carolina. i bet it’s 30 to 8 when it’s over. Unbelievable how they can be so one sided thinking no one will notice.
Baba O'Riley
January 16th, 2010
3:26 pm
Who is UNC playing today?
John
January 16th, 2010
3:27 pm
Nice no call refs. Can you be anymore obvious?
John
January 16th, 2010
3:27 pm
and they call that. good god. this is a joke
Baba O'Riley
January 16th, 2010
3:27 pm
John- THAT was the make-up no-call that they owe UNC from the 1st half
Technophobia
January 16th, 2010
3:28 pm
How could they miss that foul?
John
January 16th, 2010
3:28 pm
and he was swinging his elbows!! nice refs!! gotta help carolina win!! cant have them lose 2 in a row.
John
January 16th, 2010
3:28 pm
boy the fouls for unc just keep coming!!! come on refs. call some more.
John
January 16th, 2010
3:29 pm
so unc gets 5 make up calls for techs 1? what about their player swinging his elbows just now
Baba O'Riley
January 16th, 2010
3:29 pm
How many times are they gonna say, “this is the lagrest crowd GT has played in front of this season”?
GTech
January 16th, 2010
3:30 pm
GT in Aug I don’t get it either. Derrick Favors has done absolutely nothing at Tech. I always hear “Favors has all the tools” etc. Favors will be drafted for his potential.
John
January 16th, 2010
3:30 pm
wow his arm almost got yanked off. they had to call that one but didn’t want to
Technophobia
January 16th, 2010
3:31 pm
Slam!
chris o bomb
January 16th, 2010
3:32 pm
tv is on mute now. am 790
should have done this awhile ago.
GT in Aug
January 16th, 2010
3:33 pm
Shump is the man!
John
January 16th, 2010
3:34 pm
Look at these stats. The refs are doing all they can to keep unc in the game
Tech has shot 55 shots and made 22 40%
unc has shot 37 and made 13 34%. yet they were just down 8. outrebounding them big time and look at turnovers. we should be up by 20 if not for the refs.
John
January 16th, 2010
3:34 pm
Calling everything they can on tech
Alan
January 16th, 2010
3:36 pm
The stats do say we should be up by 20 at least. The refs are keeping them in it. Unc isn’t hustling. Gt is but they are doing what they can to keep unc in it.
Baba O'Riley
January 16th, 2010
3:36 pm
“It’s just not going the way of the guys in the light blue”. Or Mike Patrick, they are just getting outplayed.
GTech
January 16th, 2010
3:38 pm
Tech is standing toe to toe with Carolina. Carolina is trying to make runs, but we’re responding well. Let’s keep it up.
GTech
January 16th, 2010
3:41 pm
3 bad possesions in a row for Tech
Technophobia
January 16th, 2010
3:45 pm
NO foul???
GTech
January 16th, 2010
3:45 pm
Here we go…
Buzzeng
January 16th, 2010
3:45 pm
The lead won’t last at this rate. Won’t help when UNC goes into the double bonus either…
Alan
January 16th, 2010
3:51 pm
Nope the refs made sure to allow them to get that bonus to take the lead and win
Alan
January 16th, 2010
3:56 pm
Hewitt calling his last to? one left with 5:10 left? Why?
Carroll Rogers
January 16th, 2010
3:56 pm
Tech has one timeout for the final 5:10.
Alan
January 16th, 2010
3:57 pm
and of course we committ a foul after the time out! way to go hewitt
Baba O'Riley
January 16th, 2010
3:58 pm
was there actually a plan for that timeout?
Alan
January 16th, 2010
3:59 pm
last time out with 4:24 left. OMG
Alan
January 16th, 2010
4:01 pm
hold the damn ball. run some clock
Technophobia
January 16th, 2010
4:02 pm
Alan, you’re blaming Hewitt for the foul?
Alan
January 16th, 2010
4:02 pm
that was a charge
Technophobia
January 16th, 2010
4:03 pm
this is a travesty of officiating.
Decatur Tech Fan
January 16th, 2010
4:04 pm
up by 20 to down by 2 with 1 30 to play….still say CPH knows what he is doin?
Baba O'Riley
January 16th, 2010
4:04 pm
If we lose this game, any confidence we have now is GONE.
Baba O'Riley
January 16th, 2010
4:05 pm
The timeout calls are questionable at best.
Jeff
January 16th, 2010
4:06 pm
Same story different day…
Decatur Tech Fan
January 16th, 2010
4:07 pm
Hey Pewitt……at least Cremins was MAN enuff to resign. Whats your excuse?
Technophobia
January 16th, 2010
4:08 pm
We’re down by 1 and you call yourselves fans?
Alan
January 16th, 2010
4:08 pm
No i blame hewitt for poor play calls out of timeouts and not running more clock when we had the big lead allowing unc and the refs to get them back in the game
Technophobia
January 16th, 2010
4:09 pm
On the road vs NC. What did you expect a cake walk?
Alan
January 16th, 2010
4:09 pm
we should never have lost the lead. up by what, 19? give me a break. this isn’t some awesome unc team like last year.
Baba O'Riley
January 16th, 2010
4:10 pm
set play out of the timeout?
Technophobia
January 16th, 2010
4:11 pm
Alan how long have you been watching ACC basketball?
Decatur Tech Fan
January 16th, 2010
4:11 pm
Hey Techno, how long u been watchin our POS coach? 9 yrs and 15 plus games under 500 in conference aint gettin it done. If not for that outrageous contract by the dead and gone Braine, the president of the BCCA wdnt have a job. enuff is enuff.
Alan
January 16th, 2010
4:11 pm
you take the shot with 3-4 secs left on the clock. if you miss, then you foul. let’s see what ph calls.
Alan
January 16th, 2010
4:11 pm
stupid shot even if it went in. now they win on the last shot
Technophobia
January 16th, 2010
4:12 pm
You guys are NO different than the UGA fans that stormed out during their fb game vs KY.
Flowery Branch Yellow Jacket
January 16th, 2010
4:12 pm
Wow! We might actually pull this thing out. Very frustrating game though
Alan
January 16th, 2010
4:12 pm
wow. well at least they were smart enough to not let them foul. make the free throws and worst is ot.
Jeff
January 16th, 2010
4:13 pm
So glad we are going to win this…but very, very, very surprised.
Technophobia
January 16th, 2010
4:13 pm
you negative fans and hewitt haters need to stfu
Jeff
January 16th, 2010
4:13 pm
HA! Maybe I spoke too soon…
Alan
January 16th, 2010
4:13 pm
nope tech. uga has a winning tradition. we don’t.
Flowery Branch Yellow Jacket
January 16th, 2010
4:13 pm
What do you think? Can the Heels hit the 3?
Alan
January 16th, 2010
4:13 pm
3 wins it.
Jeff
January 16th, 2010
4:13 pm
Negative fans? LOL! Realists man…realists..
Technophobia
January 16th, 2010
4:14 pm
c’mon jackets, one more sstop
Innocent Bystander
January 16th, 2010
4:14 pm
Alright. If ever we needed to play good D…
Technophobia
January 16th, 2010
4:14 pm
We havn’t beaten NC at their house since Marbury was here.
Flowery Branch Yellow Jacket
January 16th, 2010
4:15 pm
It’s so hard to figure this team … the most schizophrenic bunch I’ve seen in years.
Alan
January 16th, 2010
4:15 pm
tech hewitt is one of the worst coaches in the ncaa. that has been proven with his crap record. he has 3 nba players on his team and loses to uga and uva. that should never happen.
Decatur Tech Fan
January 16th, 2010
4:15 pm
Blind squirrel….nut. good job PLAYERS! You won in SPITE of coaching……ugh. Im happy for the team and the players. Good job Jackets.
Innocent Bystander
January 16th, 2010
4:15 pm
BALLGAME!!!
Alan
January 16th, 2010
4:16 pm
should be at least 3-1 in conf. lose to fsu and clemson and uga and beat duke and unc. too funny.
Technophobia
January 16th, 2010
4:16 pm
We win.
Flowery Branch Yellow Jacket
January 16th, 2010
4:16 pm
Congrats to the Jackets. I wish they could bottle up their first half performance and bring it back out again at a moment’s notice.
thrillerdome
January 16th, 2010
4:16 pm
great win! now we gotta keep the momentum going in the next few games!! GO TECH!! and support hewitt and the players….
Joe Schmoe
January 16th, 2010
4:16 pm
GT takes down the Heels. Never should have been this close, but it is the Tar Heels.
Technophobia
January 16th, 2010
4:18 pm
Alan, UVA is undefeated in the conference. Go back to the UGA page.
dandydawg
January 16th, 2010
4:18 pm
Way to go Jackets!!!
Alan
January 16th, 2010
4:18 pm
nice win guys. now play this hard when you play crap opponents. or hewitt coach them to play like this all season and you will be more respected.
Technophobia
January 16th, 2010
4:19 pm
This is a great win. Anybody who knows ANYTHING about BB knows NC would make a run.
Decatur Tech Fan
January 16th, 2010
4:19 pm
FB yellow jacket…its actually easy. Pewitt coaching leaves it entirely up to the players. How many offensive playes di u see run? I cdnt find one…In and out, turn and jump….please. Sit abck and watch while Fox builds a poerhouse while we settle for 7/9 8/8 every yr in conference except for 2-14 yrs every 4 or 5. Someoen please win the lottery and buy out Pew’s contract.
Brad
January 16th, 2010
4:19 pm
This team is an enigma.
jonnycash
January 16th, 2010
4:20 pm
Williams you should have thrown out the whole GT team. Loss couldn’t happen to a nicer guy.
csquared
January 16th, 2010
4:20 pm
need to check the DNA of that red-haired stepchild CHAD mentioned earlier.
GTech
January 16th, 2010
4:23 pm
Good win for Tech. Not trying to take away from today’s victory, but these are not UNC’s and Duke’s best teams. It’s tough to win on the road in the ACC. It’s just going to be an up and down year.
Joe Schmoe
January 16th, 2010
4:23 pm
Decatur Tech Fan, Fox builds a power house???
Really?
Im not even touching that.
Alan
January 16th, 2010
4:24 pm
make a run. lol. good coached teams don’t allow teams to take the lead with a 19 point lead in the second half. this won’t be the last time that happens this season.
Tyler
January 16th, 2010
4:28 pm
You do expect a run. What you don’t expect is for it to be 20 points. Poor coaching nearly lost a great game by Tech today.
bigstack19
January 16th, 2010
4:28 pm
Lose to Georgia, Dayton, FSU, and U Va. Beat Duke and UNC. WTF? I don’t get this team. If they had a better coach then maybe they would be more consistent.
Jackets Rule
January 16th, 2010
4:31 pm
The headline in the AJC should read, “Jackets overcome Hewitt’s ineptitude to prevail against UNC.”
Buzzed Driving
January 16th, 2010
4:34 pm
Iman was smart enough to not even attempt to block the last 3-pointer. He actually dropped his hands and put them by his waist so the Duke/UNC… uh, i mean ACC refs could call a foul on him. Good win for the team. I had them blowing it especially when UNC got within one shot. I’ll never forget Tech’s final shot in the ACC championship game when Redick was yanking Jack’s shirt off and the refs called a foul on J. Jack. I still want Tech to leave this conference b/c of that kind of ACC favoritism for NC teams.
Was this Iman’s coming out party?
the real OLD GOLD
January 16th, 2010
4:34 pm
What an absolutely embarrising second half of “basketball.” Miserable, just miserable. It’s time to bring the Cremins back to Cremins Court!
the real OLD GOLD
January 16th, 2010
4:34 pm
*embarrassing
Fan of Good Coaches
January 16th, 2010
4:36 pm
Not pretty, but a win….Need to start playing consistently….Need to take care of business against Clemson….. Who would have thought Tech would be 2-2 in conference and the 2 wins would be vs. Duke and UNC?
Gordon
January 16th, 2010
4:36 pm
I do my share of criticizing Hewitt when we lose, so I offer my congratulations today. I don’t think it should have been that close, but the bottom line is we won. So keep it going Tuesday against Clemson.
DGTech
January 16th, 2010
4:38 pm
How can a coach allow a team to almost lose a game after they were up by 20+ at one spot in the game. It was a thriller but there was no excuse in CPH calling defensive plays that allowed NC to come within two at the end. POOR coaching!!! It was also obvious and seen with true eyeballs that the ref’s did everything they could to help NC win and everything they could do to cause Tech to lose. Shame on ref’s who are intimidated by coaches such as Williams and Coack K. Treat each team and each player the same but somehow it does not work out that way.
UGAissolastyear
January 16th, 2010
4:41 pm
Come within 2? They were winning a few times near the end!
Technophobia
January 16th, 2010
4:45 pm
North Carolina has MORE talent than Tech and we beat them on the road. I can’t believe the haters on here can’t give Hewitt some credit no matter what happens. I guess Roy Williams must REALLY be a bad coach after losing to Clemson and Tech back to back. Oh wait, that wouldn’t be fair would it.
Technophobia
January 16th, 2010
4:46 pm
Oh yeah, I forgot, Cremins’ teams NEVER blew a lead. (eyes rolling)
GTech
January 16th, 2010
4:50 pm
I generally would jump on the blame “Paul Blewitt” bandwagon with everyone else on losing the big lead, but I don’t think you can hang it on him this time. UNC cut into lead after about 6 straight possessions where Tech turned the ball over and where Graves hit bunch of 3’s.We also basically didn’t hit some shots. That’s basketball, you will not score every time. We were hot in the 1st half shooting and things eventually evened out. Poof, the lead was gone. That’s on the players and the law of averages, not Hewitt.
GTech
January 16th, 2010
4:54 pm
I agree technophobia. Carolina may not be the Carolina of old, but they are still very talented, perhaps even more talented than Tech. You have to give UNC some credit.
What’s not forgiveable is losing to UGA and both UVA and FSU. I’d say its excusable to drop 1 of 3 of those games, but not all three.
Stinger
January 16th, 2010
5:00 pm
I see we are ranked in basketball but can’t find the dawgs. Are the dawgs ranked in anything except crime?
Stinger Envy
January 16th, 2010
5:02 pm
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Stinger Envy
January 16th, 2010
5:03 pm
((((30-24))))
((((73-66))))
When does Baseball season start?
Not Disappointed
January 16th, 2010
5:18 pm
Good win Jackets! Keep it going!
Brunswick-Tech
January 16th, 2010
5:20 pm
nice win…go jackets
chad
January 16th, 2010
5:26 pm
technophobia or should technodumbass has not watched much tech basketball the last TEN YEARS. If he had he would slow down with Blewit praise. UNC is not that good this year and today showed everyone that. It took Shump having the game of his life and few no calls going tech’s way today for them to win. Tech still has no direction and no leadership and Paula Blewit is the reason. Techno take the rose colored glasses and come back to earth. One win today doesn’t erase anything Blewit has done in the past and do probably next week. UVA or Ugay ring a bell?
Football Fan
January 16th, 2010
5:28 pm
ZZZZZZzzzzzz wake me up when football season starts back up
Technophobia
January 16th, 2010
5:29 pm
GTech, agreed, although both UGA and UVA may be a little better than expected. The # of turnovers has been better and Shumpert had a great game, 30 points. I just hope we can keep it going. None of these conference games will be easy though, but at least we’ve already won as many conference games as all of last year combined.
Technophobia
January 16th, 2010
5:37 pm
Chad, you are a no class jerk. Feel free to cheer for another team.
Jackets Keep Rollin'
January 16th, 2010
5:48 pm
If we can only play like the first half every game!
AWESOME win though…GO JACKETS!
Carroll Rogers
January 16th, 2010
6:28 pm
Figured I’d share Iman Shumpert’s take on the how Tech could lose a 20-point lead issue:
“I knew they’d make a run. I didn’t know they’d get up on us. It’s really, really hard to bury an ACC team. That’s one thing about this conference I learned last year. Even when we were down early in game we always made a run.”
LOST to UGA 66-73.
January 16th, 2010
6:31 pm
73-66. And, your APR of your men’s basketball team 914 NCAA PROBATION.
56-50. And, your Academic Progress Rate way worse than UGA again.
30-24. Worse APR again and you hire an old coot 66 years old who had graduated from college before our $ 750,000 Defensive Coordinator was EVEN BORN.
You guys are doing real well, especially still trying to replace JON TENUTA whom the nerds on the football team could IDENTIFY with, 66-year old ? Washed up. Put him out to pasture. No wonder we pay our DC 3 times what Tech can afford.
2 hot dogs, 4 Coca-Colas, 2 bags of boiled peanuts, and a parking pass, and no one goes to your games.
Carroll Rogers
January 16th, 2010
6:32 pm
Also, Peacock’s take on the game-winning play….He convinced Hewitt to change the play call from 3-out to 3-up.
“The play that he was calling three-out, I didn’t feel like it was working,” Peacock said. “And it was three-up, I feel like it works every time because our guard, if it’s Iman or Mfon is coming off that screen, normally the defending bigs go with them and that leaves me coming up for the trail three or a shot fake two dribbles and getting to the lane as I did tonight. I felt like that could have worked the whole game, but it worked when it needed to.”
Hewitt: “Zach kept saying the whole game, ‘I can take that guy’ (it was Travis Wear on him) and at the end, he got his opportunity and he did it.”
Not Disappointed
January 16th, 2010
6:35 pm
Thanks Carroll!
Ozzy
January 16th, 2010
6:45 pm
Lost to UGA used to call himself Bulldawg.
You’re still a no class A hole no matter what you call yourself bud. But congratulations on holding today’s diatribe to less than two pages.
We get it, you hate Tech. Now back to the poodle blog with you.
Technophobia is a Moron
January 16th, 2010
7:15 pm
TechnoDork, give me a break with the defending of Paul Hewitt. He is terrible and our talented team has to overcome his coaching if they want to win any game. Great win today but it makes the losses to FSU, VA, and UGA more difficult to swallow. There is no coaching on this team. It just doesn’t exist. PH has always been obsessive-compulsive with his substitutions and there is no offensive or defensive scheme. Its all about letting his athletes go make plays. Well, they made them today when it counted. Great win Jackets but Paul Hewitt still sucks.
nebraska jacket
January 16th, 2010
8:30 pm
Technophobia has no idea what he’s talking about. Have you ever watched a game of basketball in your life? Free throws help win games, but shots from the field count too buddy
chad
January 16th, 2010
8:43 pm
Like I said before Technofag hasn’t watched a lot of Tech basketball. You must be ten or eleven years old because watching this team is very painful and you obviously do not know what good basketball is. Tech basketball USED to be fun to watch. Gone are the days when Tech was considered point guard U. Gone are the days when a less talented team could come into Alexander and have NO hope of winning. Gone are the days when any ACC home game was sold out with very few spectators being from the other team. These are the days when a Duke, NC State, any ACC team’s fan can come to Atl and buy a ticket to the game and cheer for their team. Blewit has lost the confidence of everyone in the tech nation. No I will not find another team I will pull for Tech until I die, but I’m done with Blewit. I have been watching Tech basketball since Mark Price and John Salley were freshmen. He brings in too much talent to get the reslults he gets. He makes Bobby Cremins look like a coaching genius. Everyone knows that Cremins was not a great x’s and o’s coach. Call me what you want, but watching Tech basketball has become painful and no one that has any sense can argue that. Fans like you technodick are the reason Blewit is the coach and will be for a long time. He has the lottery contaract.
Saint Simon
January 16th, 2010
8:50 pm
Wow! You beat UNC. Doesn’t matter.
You still lost to UGA 73 – gt 66!!!! HAHAHAAHAHAHAHHAHAAHAHAHA!!!!!
By the way….UGA 30 – gt 24!!!!!!
Ha Ha Ha
January 17th, 2010
12:22 am
blew a 20 point lead and still won. WTF Paul Hewitt? Can’t you coach the game to not allow this kind of thing? I’m whining over a win but there are no excuses. I would not feel good about this win. Let’s hope the lack of scoring doesn’t carry over into the next game. Of course, we couldn’t win 2 in a row! Not w/ CPJ at the helm. Good grief!
Ben
January 17th, 2010
1:32 am
Seriously. This was a prayer win. UNC is loaded with young talent and Tech is at their best. Does any Tech fan really think they have any hope of making to the Sweet Sixteen??? GEORGIA BEAT YOU………….. Paul Hewitt is not the answer…………..you will NEVER be an elite program………..just like your football team.
STOP FAILING!
LOST to UGA 66-73.
January 17th, 2010
1:46 am
UGA 30 Georgia tek 24.
How can students identify with a 66-year old defensive coordinator old coot
Baba O'Riley
January 17th, 2010
6:12 am
The same way the Vols defense identified with a 70 year old defensive coordinator this past year. How’d he do against UGA????????
Baba O'Riley
January 17th, 2010
6:13 am
Ben, maybe Wofford is making the same statement to UGA basketball. Is UGA a better team than Wofford?
How to tell when someone has NO LIFE...
January 17th, 2010
11:42 am
…they come on the Tech basketball blog to remined people for the 10,000th time that UGA beat Tech..,30-24…in football…last year. And for the 10,000th time, I’m thankful I’m not you. Geez…don’t you idiots have something better to do? Talk about living in the past.
Good win for the Jackets…any road win in the ACC is big. However, I think it’s still obvious that Hewitt is simply not a good game coach, and the more success this team has, the harder it’s going to be to rid ourselves of him. It’s a catch 22…lose, and we suck…win, and Hewitt’s here for a long time. Having said that, come on, Hewitt…prove me wrong. I dare you.
George
January 17th, 2010
12:37 pm
Bought season Tech tickets for the first time in 3 years. Tech has a solid team with a lot of talent. Biggest news of the ACC so far is the officiating. Looks like Duke and UNC won’t shoot 2x more free throws than opponents. Redick player of the year??? How does an above average player become player of they year- 18 free throws a game. Who, other than his mom, has heard of Anthony Marrow. No NBA team would take Redick over Marrow. Hansbrough- we shall see.
NoCoach Hewitt
January 17th, 2010
1:18 pm
After yesterday you can go ahead and get ready for another year under BLEWITT. Next years team will be lucky to win 15 games total. Maybe 4 ACC wins. Watching the game, in the back of my mind I know I should be rooting against Tech to get rid of this no talent @$# clown, but I still root for the team.
We are .500 with, in my opinion, the most talented team in the conference. With the most talented of the bunch leaving I can only imagine how terrible they will be next year cuz as we all know they won’t be coached UP if anything coached DOWN. I still contend having an elephant on the sideline would be more beneficial because at least it couldnt screw with the talent.
Baba O'Riley
January 17th, 2010
1:48 pm
NOCoach Hewitt- Our only returning frontcourt player next year is….Brad Sheehan. It will be a loooong year, but it may be the year we lose Hewitt. the coach of the Washington Generals is a better coach than Hewitt.
truth
January 17th, 2010
4:13 pm
Oh my gosh! Keith Brookings. What an embarrassment. Where did he go to college?
Stinger
January 17th, 2010
4:28 pm
Granthams will fit in perfect at UGA. His defensive front had no discipline whatsoever. There was too many penalties and players were out of position the entire game. How embarrassing to allow a 40 year old man to stand all day in the pocket and have him pick your secondary apart. I can’t wait for Paul Johnson to disect that defense. It will be hilarious.
BravesFan79
January 17th, 2010
6:35 pm
Stinger: that 40 year old man is a LEGEND! Go Falcons, go Vikings!!
truth
January 17th, 2010
7:33 pm
Brookings looked like the most undisciplined player for the Cowpokes. Where again did he go to college?
Stinger
January 17th, 2010
7:54 pm
I understand Favre is a legend, but he’s still 40 yrs. old. My point is he would have had 8 TD passes if he was only 30 yrs. old. Brooking was the only player on that defense that played well and he is almost 40.