Georgia Tech-Miami live blog
Greetings-
Hope you’re ready for Georgia Tech-Miami in the late show here at Philips Arena. A couple quick thoughts.
1. Forward Kammeon Holsey and center Daniel Miller will be crucial for the Jackets against Miami and their inside duo of Kenny Kadji and Reggie Johnson. Holsey and Miller had a combined eight points and eight rebounds in the team’s only meeting this season, a 64-49 loss at Philips that was one of Tech’s weakest games of the season. (Miller was sick and Holsey got in foul trouble.)
2. I think Tech will have some advantage playing at Philips, having played 10 games here this season. Miami coach Jim Larranaga made mention of it Wednesday, saying that Tech obviously has a lot of familiarity with the surroundings. If Tech should happen to win, something tells me it won’t be the first thing out of Brian Gregory’s mouth at the press conference, but it at least doesn’t help.
3. The Jackets are coming into the game playing well, having won two of their last three. Point guard Mfon Udofia, Holsey and Miller are all coming on strong. The big question mark, at least to me, is how much that has to do with the schedule and how much of it is actual improvement. You may have read my story about that point, that the combined record of Tech’s first eight ACC opponents was a combined 80-48 (in ACC play) and the combined record of the teams in the second half was 43-85. I do think the Jackets are playing considerably better, particularly defensively, but the opponents are a factor.
Miami should provide a better litmus test.
4. I’m going to guess that, beyond Holsey and Miller, someone else is going to have to have an A-plus game, like a 22-point game from Jason Morris, and the rest will have to at least be solid.
5. Pin your hopes on this, Tech fans. In the seven years that the ACC has had 11 teams, the No. 11 seed has beaten the No. 6 seed four times. Pretty remarkable. The 12 seed is actually 4-3 against the No. 5 seed. Strange. The No. 10 seed, though, is 1-6 against the No. 6 seed (not counting the Clemson-Virginia Tech game).
That’s it. I will almost certainly be on the blog much, if at all, tonight, because of a tight deadline for the paper. So you’ll have to bear without my incisive commentary. Be brave!
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187 comments Add your comment
Dawg48
March 8th, 2012
10:56 pm
I joined Dawgs247, it has got to the point it is not worth even visiting the Georgia blogs. The AJC is about like playboy now, I don’t read the articles. Lol
Wreck-Ball
March 8th, 2012
10:56 pm
How many championships did PH take us to? HMMMm
Dawg48
March 8th, 2012
10:57 pm
Miller learned those lay up skills at UGA. Lol
FL Jacket
March 8th, 2012
10:57 pm
Dawg…
I agree, Tech fans should go to From the Rumble Seat
Supersize that order, mutt
March 8th, 2012
10:58 pm
Wreck-Ball, Cremins and Hewitt both took us to a Final Four, Hewitt to the championship game. How many ACC championships did Hewitt win or even take us to?
FL Jacket
March 8th, 2012
10:59 pm
Hewitt won the ACC in 2004…remember Jarrett Jack’s GW shot in the semis?
Supersize that order, mutt
March 8th, 2012
10:59 pm
uh oh, two straight 3’s for Miami and a damn steal for 2 more
FL Jacket
March 8th, 2012
11:00 pm
Tech literally went from a 6 seed to a 3 seed in 3 short days in 2004…
Supersize that order, mutt
March 8th, 2012
11:00 pm
FL Jacket, I forgot about that, but he never won an ACC regular season championship.
Wreck-Ball
March 8th, 2012
11:01 pm
Super, I know you love Tech and all, but PH is a heck of a coach and recruiter…gotta give it to him.
FL Jacket
March 8th, 2012
11:01 pm
Supersize…
I was a student in 1996 when GT won the reg season but lost in the ACC tourney to Tim Duncan and Tony Rutland
Supersize that order, mutt
March 8th, 2012
11:02 pm
Actually, what the announcers were talking about was the “excitement level” at Tech during the Cremins years. After 2004, that excitement level continually dwindled under Hewitt.
FL Jacket
March 8th, 2012
11:02 pm
Wreck…
He brought quality guys in here…but many were short term and it was tough to build any momentum or continuity…
Supersize that order, mutt
March 8th, 2012
11:03 pm
Definitely BAD D by Miller then
Boot Licking Toadie
March 8th, 2012
11:04 pm
Yes FLJ, I believe I remember that. The last ACC tournament Championship was 1993. Things don’t look good now…
Wreck-Ball
March 8th, 2012
11:06 pm
FL, I see you know what time it is…because as we speak PH is getting his guys ready for a what? NCAA Tournament.
IL Jacket
March 8th, 2012
11:06 pm
11 points is out of reach with 9 minutes remaining?
Wreck-Ball
March 8th, 2012
11:06 pm
Game, set, match!
FL Jacket
March 8th, 2012
11:06 pm
Speaking of that 1996 team…pressing the way-back button. Stephon Marbury, Matt Harpring, Drew Barry, Eddie Elisma, Michael Moore, Gary Saunders
Boot Licking Toadie
March 8th, 2012
11:07 pm
It actually appears crappy now.
Supersize that order, mutt
March 8th, 2012
11:07 pm
Wreck-Ball, PH is doing that with somebody else’s players. If he continues to go after obvious one-and-doners like he did at Tech, that success will end quickly
FL Jacket
March 8th, 2012
11:07 pm
Wreck…
Larranaga left him a full cupboard…I’ll pass judgment on CPH at George Mason in 2 years just like I will with CBG here
Wreck-Ball
March 8th, 2012
11:08 pm
Check out this link…. http://www.gomason.com/fls/25200/PDF/Paul%20Hewitt%20and%20the%20NBA.pdf
IL Jacket
March 8th, 2012
11:08 pm
FL Jacket, I think you are right and UM beat us to 40.
Boot Licking Toadie
March 8th, 2012
11:09 pm
It was 1993
Wreck-Ball
March 8th, 2012
11:09 pm
Super…ever coach goes after one and doners…some coaches just cant get them!
FL Jacket
March 8th, 2012
11:10 pm
BLT…what about 1993?
Wreck-Ball
March 8th, 2012
11:10 pm
Super, with the exception of Duke, you would be hard pressed to find a NCAA Champ that had its superstar stay 4 years
Wreck-Ball
March 8th, 2012
11:11 pm
Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!
Supersize that order, mutt
March 8th, 2012
11:11 pm
OMG !!!!!
FL Jacket
March 8th, 2012
11:12 pm
Wreck…
The 2004 team wasn’t full of one-and-doners. Chris Bosh left the year before, but Jack, Bynum, Elder, etc. were all older players
Wreck-Ball
March 8th, 2012
11:12 pm
…and these are Hewitt’s players, right! LOL
Supersize that order, mutt
March 8th, 2012
11:12 pm
Just totally sloppy play now. Sad
IL Jacket
March 8th, 2012
11:13 pm
The question now is do we get to 37, season low?
Supersize that order, mutt
March 8th, 2012
11:13 pm
Wreck-Ball, yes, these ARE Hewitt’s players. But regarding Duke, if they can do it, why can’t others? Why can’t Tech?
FL Jacket
March 8th, 2012
11:15 pm
I’d rather not get started on CPH right now. Anybody who manages a sports team by stating “I can live with the turnovers if I can get this type of effort” needs to take a serious pay cut…
Supersize that order, mutt
March 8th, 2012
11:15 pm
Miami getting greedy now on that long pass
FL Jacket
March 8th, 2012
11:16 pm
IL…we getting to 30?
Wreck-Ball
March 8th, 2012
11:17 pm
I hear you FL…but Jack was 3 years, Bynum was not really a superstar, although good. It just kills me when those who dont know the game of college ball blame Hewitt…It is hilarious…and then they say that he gets one doners….but while he was bringing them in and making various NCAA appearances, all was good. I guess our worst season in history is not Brian Gregory’s fault. It is PH’s for not getting those one and doners in here for BG to screw them up with this wacky defense, and no outside shooting.
Boot Licking Toadie
March 8th, 2012
11:17 pm
1993 was the year Tech won their last ACC tournament. They were not favored. Those series of games propelled them to the NCAA tournament.They beat some good teams during that tournament.
Boot Licking Toadie
March 8th, 2012
11:19 pm
It’s not going to happen in 2012.
FL Jacket
March 8th, 2012
11:20 pm
Wreck…
I really think you can’t be serious about this current group objectively and not agree the talent on the floor right now is not ACC quality…
Supersize that order, mutt
March 8th, 2012
11:20 pm
Wreck-Ball, IF Hewitt had gotten any one-and-doners before he left, they would not be on this team now. So what’s your point?
Wreck-Ball
March 8th, 2012
11:21 pm
Super, because young kids grow up wanting to play bball for Kentucky, Duke, UCLA, Georgetown, depending on where they are raised. It is simple as that. Here the recruiting is so heavy that Tech needs a special coach to reach out to these good players. It is not easy coaching on this level, as BRIAN GREGORY WILL FIND OUT FAST. He can get Coach Dollar and Rahim, and Mickey Mouse over there if he wants to…he will be a one and doner himself…
FL Jacket
March 8th, 2012
11:22 pm
Wreck…are Robert Carter, Marcus Hunt, and Stacey Poole not good players?
Supersize that order, mutt
March 8th, 2012
11:23 pm
Wreck-Ball, for all his faults, kids wanted to play at Tech when Cremins was here.
IL Jacket
March 8th, 2012
11:24 pm
Time to fire up the headline machine, “Valiant Jackets end season at halftime, forget it’s a 40 game.”
Wreck-Ball
March 8th, 2012
11:25 pm
Because they want to play for him! That is the whole point. Do you know that Coach Richardson at Arkansas had gone through a similar situation after winning a NATIONAL Title…heard all of this crazy criticism from the fans, etc. But, little did they know he had landed Emeka Okafor before they let him go…we all know what happened…he transferred, and won a national title himself.
FL Jacket
March 8th, 2012
11:25 pm
And why isn’t CPH at fault for the complete lack of development and performance after all the hype this 2009 class got? While GRJ filled it up every now and then, Mfon Udofia and Brian Oliver were complete duds.
Wreck-Ball
March 8th, 2012
11:25 pm
@IL…too funny!