Hoops Fix

ELDER, LUKE, JACK NAMED TO NAISMITH TROPHY LIST
These same 3 guys happen to be on the Wooden Award watch list also.

PLAYING CLUB TEAMS
Quote from Coach Hewitt:

"I had no problem playing the club teams," Georgia Tech coach Paul Hewitt said. "There were times we were playing very good club teams. There were other times they were pulling people out of the stands to put them on the court."

ACC READY FOR RETURN TO GLORY

RECRUITING - MATT SHAW HAS GT IN TOP 3
Quote:

We spoke to you at the ABCD camp and at that time you hadn't narrowed things down to a top five. Have you done that yet?

"I still have a long list of schools, but I guess you could say I have a top three Michigan,Connecticut, and Georgia Tech. Those three have been recruiting me the hardest."

EDDIE ELISMA TO PLAY AGAINST ARIZONA WILDCATS
Team Georgia plays AZ today in an exhibition. I will try to get the box score to see how Eddie fared.

JACKETS IN THE NBA

TIME WARP
Interesting article about today's reminders of the 1990's.
Quote:

The college basketball landscape is littered with so many reminders of the neon generation we will probably soon start seeing games on VH1. Syracuse again features the top inside-outside duo in the nation (Gerry MacNamara and Hakim Warrick), reminiscent of the Sherman Douglas and Derrick Coleman connection. Georgia Tech featured “Lethal Weapon 3” at the tail end of the 1980’s with Kenny Anderson, Brian Oliver, and Dennis Scott. The same could apply to their current three-headed backcourt of Will Bynum, Jarrett Jack, and B.J. Elder. Illinois went to the Final Four with Nick Anderson and Kendall Gill and now they may do the same with Deron Williams and Dee Brown.

ACC / BIG EAST STAY ON TOP OF POLLS
Quote:

Georgia Tech, last year's national runner-up, is not far behind in the ACC. The Yellow Jackets return a talented and balanced team, led by guards Jarrett Jack and B.J. Elder. Seven-footer Luke Schenscher looks like he might be ready to break out inside, and Isma'il Muhammad and Will Bynum are two of the most explosive players in the country. Tech is big, deep, athletic and very well coached by one of the rising stars of college basketball, Paul Hewitt

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