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RIVALS PUTS JACK ON 3RD TEAM ALL-AMERICAN

CBSSPORTSLINE HAS GT IN DECLINE
Well, what they mean is that our stock is sinking because it will be hard to top a trip to the NC game. Here's what they said:

Georgia Tech
Top three: SG B.J. Elder, PG Jarrett Jack, C Luke Schenscher.

On the decline: It's going to be hard to top last season's magical run, if only because the Yellow Jackets will be the hunted in 2004, no longer the surprise of the nation as they were a year ago.

Paul Hewitt has a terrific backcourt in place with Jack and Elder back, as well as freakishly athletic wings in Will Bynum and Isma'il Muhammad. The question marks lie up front. Can Schenscher continue to dominate the way he did in March? He had a bone spur removed from his foot in the offseason. What can freshmen Ra'Sean Dickey and Jeremis Smith add? Who replaces Marvin Lewis as a frontcourt perimeter threat?

With five seniors back surrounding Jack, who often plays like one, expect Hewitt's team to thrive despite the target on their back. Notching another national championship appearance? That's a different story.