A Daily Dose

BASKETBALL
After a solid week defeating Virginia and Maryland, the Jackets move up one spot to #13 in the ESPN/USAToday Coaches poll and one spot from #12 to #11 in the AP poll. Our RPI rankings have improved to #11 in the nation and our Sagarin Ranking is #7................ Looks like Paul Hewitt called the league office to complain about the calls against Luke S. Here is an excerpt from a Charleston Post and Courier article - "RAW DEAL - Complaining to the referees hasn't seemed to work, so Georgia Tech coach Paul Hewitt is pleading his case with the ACC office. Perhaps the league's most vocal critic of officiating, Hewitt doesn't believe junior center Luke Schenscher is getting any respect in the low post. "Luke is a very good player," Hewitt said of his 7-1, 255-pound junior. "He runs extremely well for a big guy. He gains position an awful lot, and when he gains that position sometimes it's taken away from him by being dislodged with a knee or shove in the back. When he does a similar tactic on the other end defensively, it's called. "Hewitt took his anger out on referee Ted Valentine during Saturday's win over Maryland and incurred his first technical of the season. Sunday, he called the ACC office to complain. "They understand exactly what I'm talking about," said Hewitt, whose Yellow Jackets (14-2, 2-1) play at Wake Forest tonight. "They're working at it." Statistically, Schenscher didn't seem affected against the Terps. He had 15 points and 11 rebounds, and shut down center Jamar Smith. "It's more frustrating to me," Hewitt said. "Believe me, (Schenscher) doesn't even worry about it.".................. Here is a story highlighting the strength of Wake Forest at home, where they have won 24 games in a row. GT will have their hands full................... A former GT hoops player has his state of Georgia high school scoring record broken................ This is a bit suspicious - are St.John's boosters "talking" with Paul Hewitt? Check out the bottom of this story....................... Here is more on the tough game the Jackets face tonight.............. Here is an article about Dwight Howard, the nation's #1 high school prospect. I saw him play last night and will make some comments in a future post................... Can the ACC/Big 10 challenge survive. This writer from NC State explores that question. Personally, I think it might be more interesting to have an ACC/SEC challenge. At least there would be more regional interest. Of course maybe their goal is to get more national exposure for all these teams.

FOOTBALL
Looks like Tony Hargrove will try his hand at the NFL draft, foregoing his senior year. If you remember, Tony was one of the 10 "flunkgate" football players and didn't play a down this past season. Not a big surprise....................... For more on why kicker Gary Cismesia de-committed from the Jackets and committed to FSU, click here................... George O'Leary's pay package has now become public - and he can earn up to $1.1million per year with incentives. Wow!! That's some big dough................... Here is an update on some highly sought after recruits, including Brandon Miller, from SI.com.............. Looks like the addition of Bobby Ross at Army has energized the school, fans and players............ Coach Gailey has picked up 2 more commitments - TE John Morrison, and Kieran Delaney, an offensive lineman. Morrison is listed as 6'5" 235 and is from Marietta and Delaney at 6'5" 310lb and is from Connecticut.

BASEBALL
Baseball America's website has profile the Jackets on their front page. While it is a subscriber site, "swarmee" over at the Hive provides this summary.