Tech 68, UGA 56: What they were saying afterward
What coaches and players were saying after Georgia Tech’s 68-56 victory over Georgia in Athens on Wednesday night:
Georgia Tech coach Brian Gregory:
“I was 10 years old when that [Tech's last win in Stegeman Coliseum] happened. I told our guys that on Monday. Now, there were some [years] in between we didn’t play down here. I didn’t tell them that, you know. I just wanted our guys to understand that one of the things that is unique and special about Georgia Tech is the great tradition we have. There’s a lot of great players who have worn that uniform and never won down here. Part of our process in getting it back on track is doing some special things, and tonight was special. Our guys will be able to say they broke the streak, and they will remember it forever. And I know the guys who wore the uniform before tonight, they’re proud of the way our guys played. Irregardless of whether we won or lost, we played the way Georgia Tech is supposed to play in terms of great toughness and a lot of care for each other out on the court. Much better in the second half, I thought that was the difference.”
“We struggle on offense sometimes, we really do. And Mark [Fox] has done a great job with them defensively as well, and they struggle on offense. But what ended up happening … our defense created some offense, which then made our offense a little easier. That’s what happened in the second half. But we are getting better defensively, do a good job on the glass. As long as we continue to become more efficient on offense, we’ve got a chance to continue to improve. This is a marker in the process. It is not the end by any stretch. It doesn’t mean we’ve arrived. We’ve got a long way to go. But it’s a pretty good marker to have.”
“Sometimes you need some tangible evidence that what you’re preaching every day and what you’re trying to drive home actually works. We had a good win versus VCU and some other good wins, but obviously this means more. We want to get to the point where every game is just as important as the other. But let’s face it, this game does have a little more meaning to it, a little more juice to it.”
Georgia Tech center Daniel Miller:
“Very special [win]. We made quite an accomplishment tonight that hasn’t been done in a very long time. Many great players have come in here and haven’t been able to do it.”
“We just played a little bit harder [in the second half] than in the first half, and it helped us a lot, defensively and offensively.”
Georgia coach Mark Fox:
“That was a very disappointing loss. We’re not a very good basketball team right now, and that’s my responsibility. Our defense collapsed on us in the second half, but you have to give Georgia Tech credit. Their defense in the second half was better than our offense. That was just a disappointing loss.”
“Our interior play is very poor right now. We’re not getting any interior scoring, and so we’re settling for outside shots, and that is an issue with our team right now.”
“We’re going to get better, but it’s going to take time. You can’t teach guys how to score over night, but our defense? I’m angry about that.”
Georgia guard Gerald Robinson:
“It’s our goal to come out with a sense of urgency in the second half. We didn’t do that tonight. We’re just not there yet, and we have to saddle up. We’re not doomed by any means. We can still have a good season. We’re just going to keep playing.”
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4.29 GPA
December 8th, 2011
6:08 pm
Nebraska ?
9-3 Nebraska when we are 10-3
# 21 Nebraska when we are # 16
# 60 Total Offense Nebraska when we are # 39 Total Offense
# 36 Total Defense Nebraska when we are # 3 Total Defense
Nebraska who LOST to 6-6 Northwestern when our worse loss is to 10-2
Nebraska Taylor Martinez with nine (9) total TD passes all season long
Good heavens Nebraska
I-A Wins 2001-2010 Mark Richt era 11 years
1. Boise State
2. Oklahoma
3. Texas
4. Southern California
5. Louisiana State
6. Virginia Tech
7. Florida
8. Texas Christian
9. Georgia 106 Wins
10.Ohio State
11.Auburn
12.Utah
13.Oregon
14.Boston College
15.Miami-Florida
16.West Virginia
17.Wisconsin
18.Hawaii
19.Texas Tech
20.Iowa
Wake me up when I get to Nebraska
21.Nebraska 93 wins
Outstanding Nebraska, just outstanding.
Boise Dawg
December 8th, 2011
6:40 pm
Not giving up on the guy yet… but I have serious concerns about Mark Fox. I realize we lost a lot over the year, but I don’t understand why he didn’t try and find some JC transfers to help us with our interior scoring. If he can’t recruit in a year when they made the NCAA Tourney, how is he going to recruit after the dismal year we are in store for now. I fear it is going to be more of the same in Athens with regard to basketball.
J W
December 8th, 2011
7:24 pm
Forget trying to pull this “35 years” stuff,over on people. If you can’t put it in proper terms with full disclosure regarding the number of years that a game was not played there, you don’t deserve to be discussing it at all.
Flo's Filet
December 8th, 2011
7:53 pm
“What they were saying afterward…”
1.) “Man, we really suck”
2.) “Launch the FireCoachFox.com site”
3.) “Ah heck, just put a peench between ya cheek and gum!”
4.) “Hunker down lower you big hairy dawgs”
5.) “We may not have a BB team, but we still have acedemicks”
6.) “Get on all the blogs and remind the nerds we still won the football game”
7.) “BB is a sissy sport anyway”
8.) “CHEATERS!”
9.) “Who the hell forgot to bring the checks for the officials”
10.) “We don’t care, this didn’t hurt, Tech who?, we run Clarke County, did anyone get the license plate number of that Mack Truck that just ran Bulldawg Nation over?”
Flo's Filet
December 8th, 2011
7:56 pm
11.) “It was 68 to what?”
12.) “Tech has a high school offence and defence”
13.) “Subtraction is addition’s tricky friend”
the buzz
December 8th, 2011
7:59 pm
Jackets i was waiting after that beat down to see the (WE OWN THIS STATE) sign maybe we can remember that at next years beating! GO JACKETS
the buzz
December 8th, 2011
8:09 pm
DONT FORGET MUTTS WE OWN THIS STATE IN B BALL ! And dont forget we kicked your asses at omni FOREVER so dont get to caught up in bullpup media just face the facts leave b ball to acc you can pound your lil pud sec for kentucky im sure they will carry sec as far as they can
Return to Glory
December 8th, 2011
8:14 pm
YAAAWN, how long to the bowl games start, football is king and we know the Dawgs rule the state of Gerogia with an iron fist. Basketball is just a way to pass some time in the winter.
snatejacket
December 8th, 2011
8:40 pm
we run this state 68-56
BIGDAWG1980
December 8th, 2011
10:10 pm
How soon before Jay Rome from Valdosta and Nick Marshall from Wilcox county can join the basketball team? We need Rome and his inside scoring presence immediately!!! We are too soft inside and are going to get manhandled in the SEC. Jay Rome can give us some instant scoring inside and he rebounds well. It can’t get any worse.
Buzz2011
December 8th, 2011
10:41 pm
Dawgs don’t play hoop.. LSU says they play very little football with their ” high school” offense..
St Simons Uncle
December 8th, 2011
10:48 pm
68-56
Hmmmmm?
December 8th, 2011
11:24 pm
Hey buzzzzzz, all those yards and yet you still lost both games, hahaahahahahahahah
RaleighDawg
December 8th, 2011
11:36 pm
@BIGDAWG1980 – Jay Rome has been practicing with the team and has dressed out for several games but so far his only playing time has been mop-up minutes. I suspect Nick Marshall won’t be cleared for basketball until after the Outback, but he may get some practice minutes after classes end next week.
sports
December 8th, 2011
11:47 pm
Hey Tucker, aren’t you elated your team won!!!
Chuck UGA
December 9th, 2011
12:11 am
“We’re not doomed by any means.” No, you’re not doomed, but based on what we have seen so far from the team, you are not going to win more than ten games, maybe three conference games. That was a totall collapse last night against one very mediocre Tech team.
Chuck UGA
December 9th, 2011
12:16 am
If this game were to be moved, I’d suggest Gwinnett Arena. Jacket and Dawg fans would sell it out. Downtown at Philips will NOT draw a sellout. No one enjoys dealing with the traffic. Proof? Check out the Hawks games. No one outside the Perimeter shows up for NBA anyway. Not interested.
SteveW
December 9th, 2011
12:33 am
I had predicted Coach Fox would win only 2 SEC games this year. I think I’ll be on track for that.
But he’s still a solid coach. 2 things are hindering us right now:
1) Nobody can lose two draft players early, + 2 very solid bigs to graduation, and not have a major downturn – See Billy Donovan’s Gators a few years ago for an example. That coupled with…
2) His first year recruiting was shot. We lost Daniel Miller to Yech when Felton was fired. UGA gave him his release, and he bolted. I say if Miller was on our team last nite, the game would have been about equal. Mayfield left. All we have is Vincent Williams from that class, who’s playing well.
Fox is recruiting well for his system. He’s getting a bunch of 4-5 year guys, except for Pope, who’s probably gone after his So. year. So he’s realistically only had 2 years to recruit the guys on the team. And he has hit the JUCO ranks with Brantley and Floveus.
We’ll be fine. Solid class this year. Great class really last year. Hunt, Williams are going to be very good SEC players, but they are true Sophmores right now. Nemanja, Pope, Dixon are all going to be solid to great SEC players. Fox is building a program. I hope we give him enough time to do it. We beat Notre Dame, who’s pretty good every year, but even they have down years. Should’ve beat Colorado on the road also.
And about Tech, they are going to be very good for a few years. No Srs. contributing much, so Mfon, Rice, Morris, Julian (who should be at UGA), Miller (same), are just Sophmores and Juniors. I think Tech gets to the NIT or low level NCAA this season
Then next season, with everybody of importance back, and a great recruiting class, they are going to have a great team. Watch and see. Hewitt just couldn’t coach.
Back to Fox – He’s building a program. Give him some space.
SteveW
December 9th, 2011
12:45 am
Next season we have Dixon, Williams, Cannon, Floveus, Nemanja all returning at the 4 and 5 spot.
Hunt can go to his natural position at the 3, and we have a very good Fr. SF coming in.
Pope, Senior Vincent Williams, who’s been playing lights out lately, pleasant surprise, and Senior Brantley all return, along with 2 very highly regarded G’s.
We’ll be some better next season, probably 15-15 or something like that. But Fox will still be building. We lose Robinson, Nolte, and Ware, but we’ll be alot stronger, alot more experienced, and you’ll begin to see the program really take shape. Fox is building a perennial powerhouse here. But give him time. Felton was going backwards after what, 7 years? That’s the reason he was released.
But Fox is recruiting solid guys. 4-5 year guys primarily. That’s how Xavier, Butler and those guys do it. Smart on our level.
BUCCADAWG
December 9th, 2011
1:25 am
at least it wasnt football.we will get better and they will still be the insects from the instute.
BUCCADAWG
December 9th, 2011
1:34 am
The DAWGS are headed in the right direction in bball. Good post Steve W we need to remember that it takes time to build a good strong program and i think Coach Fox is the right man to take us to the top.
neutral
December 9th, 2011
2:20 am
i don’t follow college football much, but all the uga fans talking about how tech has only one once in a decade or so look in the mirror, doesn’t florida own you guys in football?
ATLER (RAMBLIN WRECK)
December 9th, 2011
7:25 am
You mutts want to downplay GT’s win because you lost to ( like your suppose to ) to Atlanta’s beloved Yellow Jackets. If you mutts would have won, we’d be hearing all about it. So don’t act like you don’t care now that you got ran out of your own house.
DawginLex
December 9th, 2011
8:31 am
Neither one of these teams will be in the NCAA, NIT or anything else.
Good win for Tech
SteveW
December 9th, 2011
9:00 am
I meant Marcus Thorton, not Hunt in my above posts – Ooops
SteveW
December 9th, 2011
9:09 am
It really is our inside game killing us right now. Too young and inexperienced.
Williams a skinny true Sophmore, who’s a natural PF, playing C. 220 lbs
Marcus Thornton, a chiseled true Soph., a natural SF having to play PF.
Floveus – JUCO transfer who’s decent, but still only 6-10 230
And then Dixon, who looks like he’s going to be really good – a true Fr. a skinny 6-9, and Cannon, who also should be good in time, 6-10. He really should be redshirted. UNC wanted him.
Then Nemanja, who has surprised me – he’s a F 6-8 235, but plays more outside – very good shooter – and of course he’s only a true Fr. as well.
Just saw on DraftExpress Pope is the 14th best Fr. in the country so far this year. Next year, maybe even later on this season, the young man is going to be a beast. He looks like a mid-level pro prospect type to me. He can be good, way better than Travis Leslie good. Not quite as athletic, but a natural BB player.
SteveW
December 9th, 2011
9:11 am
Too weak inside – better next season, much better the season after that. All these guys except Floveus are So and Fr. And all of them are back next season.
GT Girl
December 9th, 2011
9:31 am
Did y’all see when the TV cameras showed Fox hanging his head and shaking it after some dawg player screwed up again? I almost felt sorry for him. Almost. It was great beating dawgs, especially on their court!
jarvis
December 9th, 2011
10:12 am
I consider myself a pretty die hard Georgia fan, and it took me two days to check the score.
That might put it in perspective for you.
Sonny Jackson
December 9th, 2011
10:46 am
I love the Hoop Girls!
builderdawg
December 9th, 2011
10:46 am
DO NOT LOSE TO GIT EVER< IN ANYTHING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
GTBob
December 9th, 2011
11:03 am
Neither one of these teams will be in the NCAA, NIT or anything else.
Sadly, this is probably true. I like where our team is headed though. Next year could be exciting in a new arena.
SteveW
December 9th, 2011
11:26 am
I don’t know. I think Tech will be beasting it by years end. They’re stacked. Miller, Holsey, Royal, up front, Morris and Rice on the wing, and Udofia at the PG – that’s pretty solid now that you have a Coach. Those 94 rated recruits really are good.
And most of the Tech team is Sophmores, with a couple of Jrs. and a Fr. mixed in.
Willie from Woodbury
December 9th, 2011
11:40 am
We watched Caldwell Pope play in Greenville, Ga. which only 10 minutes from us…I think he is really going to be something special at Georgia..Keep it up Kentavious…We’re all pulling for you!
Any help with my mom?
December 10th, 2011
9:00 am
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tell me again
December 10th, 2011
9:19 am
Why is it that when Tech wins a game in ANYTHING every blue moon they come on our blog and talk about the sudden demise of whatever Georgia sport in which they took a rare win. Tech fans need to stay on their own boards and talk about their wins and losses – losses being the MUCH more frequent. UGA has competitive and national championship programs in MANY sports. Some of you UGA “fans” are crazy if you think the only sport we care about is football – we have won national championships in golf, equestrian, women’s gymnastics, etc MANY times since we last won a NC in football. Our athletics department is well rounded and SUCCESSFUL. We own one of the top brands in college football as well and are one of the top football programs in the country in terms of consistently operating in the black. We have NOTHING – NADA – to apologize for. You Tech fans are just pathetic to come over here and brag about anything – I still do not approve of this cross board trash talking – but, there are times I see WHY some of the UGA fans migrate to the Tech boards to talk trash on their boards – if you are going to come over here and do it you may expect the same. You can talk this crap on your own boards as easily as here – what’s that? There isn’t anybody on your board talking about your programs? Oh well – sad state of affairs for you guys. GO DAWGS! BEAT MICHIGAN STATE!