Sunday, February 27, 2005

Hoops Notes

Turns out that Isma'il had a mild concussion and that's why his minutes were limited against Miami.


GT USES 2ND HALF RUN TO DOWN MIAMI


BOX SCORE


JACKETS BOLSTER NCAA HOPES

His team's deficit was 59-51 with eight minutes left when Hewitt appealed to Jack during a timeout.


"Coach just looked at me and was like, 'You got to do it,"' Jack said. "I just kind of took it upon myself to go out there and get us even."


The Yellow Jackets ran off 12 consecutive points, with Jack scoring the first eight. Jeremis Smith sank a follow to put them ahead 63-59.


TECH BRIGHTENS NCAA TOURNEY HOPES


JACKETS RALLY TO KEY WIN

The win is the Yellow Jackets' third straight on the road. While Jack and his teammates celebrated , Hewitt remained cautious when asked if his team is finally playing up to its capabilities.


"We'll see. I don't want to make any predictions," Hewitt said. "If you guard and rebound like we do and some outside shots fall, we're a very, very tough team to handle. That's how we've done it when we've been successful before. So we'll see."


MIAMI'S DEFEAT WEAKENS CASE FOR TOURNEY


TECH RULES AS MIAMI FALTERS LATE


A CRUSHING COMEBACK


LOVE MATCH AT MIAMI


MIAMI'S NCAA HOPES HINGE ON DUKE


MIAMI'S NCAA HOPES LIKELY OVER


NEW RPI FORMULA HURTING JACKETS
Another thread on the Hive here.


PERIMETER POWERS
Interesting article on strong guard play.


THE CASE AGAINST CHRIS PAUL


DUKE OFFENSE "POINTLESS"


HOKIES SUPPLY LITTLE WITH SO MUCH ON THE LINE


HAS ACC LIVED UP TO HYPE?


MORE ON GRADUATION RATES...
..and referencing the bogus 19% GT grad rate in hoops.