Wednesday, May 19, 2004

Daily Swarm

BEESBALL TEAM ROLLS OVER GASTATE
Well, they scored early and scored often, winning by a final of 13-3, for their 14th straight win. Ok, are we peaking at the wrong time? On the surface you say NO WAY. Winning 14 down the final season stretch. This is currenlty the longest winning streak in the nation (link here). Can they keep up this pace heading into the post-season and continue to Omaha? Time will tell.

SOFTBALL TEAM TO PLAY AT ATHENS REGIONAL
Well, we can beat the buttsniffers and win a softball regional. What could be finer?? Link here, with schedule and gametimes.

WHERE ARE THEY NOW - STEWART CINK
Short inteview with Cink as he heads into the Bank of America Colonial Tourney. Quote of playing at GT -

"You were a golfer, husband and father at Georgia Tech. How hard was that? ANSWER - I did things on a different schedule than most people. But it's been great for us. We had some tough times early and with having an early family and still trying to finish school, both of us [wife Lisa]. Financially, our families were strapped, but it taught us a good lesson. We'll never forget about those days."
HIGH SCHOOL PITCHER HOPES TO WALK-ON AT GT
... or UGAg - whoever seems interested. From this article -
"Dublin turned to senior Taylor Cox, who was the No. 2 pitcher behind Thomas, to take over as ace. It was a challenge Cox gladly accepted.

"I expected to be the No. 1 pitcher, and I expected a lot put on me," said Cox, who hopes to be a walk-on at either the University of Georgia or Georgia Tech. "Last year, I had problems when the game got down. I would give up, and this year I have improved a lot since then. I am mentally stronger."

Cox heads the list of 12 pitchers, 11 of whom saw time on the mound this season. Cox pitched 12 of the 26 games for a record of 10-2. In 65 innings, Cox - who is fifth in his senior class - has a 1.39 ERA with three shutouts and 117 strikeouts.

CJ GILES GOING TO KANSAS
Well, Kansas got their 3rd committment of the week, landing Miami transfer CJ Giles. They are not done, as they could land highly touted junior hs Mario Chalmers, who GT is after as well. Chalmer visited last weekend (with Giles I think), and might even commit this week.

Here are some players the NBA will have to wait on - from Andy Katz.

Here is a complete list of all 94 early entrants into the NBA draft.

Here is an interesting editorial from Michael Wilbon about black players skipping college altogether.

RIVALS RANKS GT HOOPS RECRUITS #21 IN THE NATION
Link here. They have our class #21. Guess who's #1 - UK. Of note is that there is not one ACC team in the top 15, even though the ACC landed more top 100 players than any other conference. FSU comes in at #16, NC ST #19, Clemson #22, VaTech #23. Notice NO Duke and NO UNC. Boo hoo.