Saturday, February 19, 2005

Locking up a tourney bid

FEB IS THE MONTH

Which team will really have the committee scratching its head? Georgia Tech could be the team that falls off that cliff. The Yellow Jackets, 14-8 overall and 5-6 in the ACC, have only one win over a team that looks like it's going to the tournament (at home against Wake Forest). This is their schedule the rest of the way: at Florida State, home against Duke, at Miami (Fla.), at Wake Forest, home against Clemson. It could go either way.


PROPS AND CHOPS
This writer thinks GT is overrated:

Overrated


Georgia Tech was ranked third in the preseason writers' poll. Now, the defending national runner-up is 5-6 in the ACC and 14-8 overall, unranked and on the NCAA tournament bubble. Also, the Yellow Jackets are 2-4 on the road, 4-6 in their last 10 games, and 4-7 against top-100 RPI teams. They are 49th in the RPI, right behind Kent State, Buffalo and Miami.