Georgia Tech 73, NC State 71

by Akula Wolf on Feb 6, 2010 10:30 PM EST Comment 5 comments

Georgia Tech's Iman Shumpert (1) and North Carolina's Julius Mays scramble for the ball during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game in Atlanta on Saturday, Feb 6, 2010. Tech won 73-71. (AP Photo/Rich Addicks)

about 1 month ago: Georgia Tech's Iman Shumpert (1) and North Carolina's Julius Mays scramble for the ball during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game in Atlanta on Saturday, Feb 6, 2010. Tech won 73-71. (AP Photo/Rich Addicks)

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Four Factors	NC State	Ga Tech
eFG%	39.7	58.0
Turnover Rate	28.3	28.3
Off Reb Rate	46.7	33.3
FT Rate	32.4	58.0

	Pts	Poss	OFF_EFF	DEF_EFF
GT	73	77.6	94.1	91.5
NCSU	71	77.6	91.5	94.1

Box Score

Seven points in the first 10 minutes of the game, 10 points in the first 10 minutes of the second half. Twenty-three points in the last seven minutes of the first half, 21 points in the last seven minutes of the second. That...was strange. As things were unfolding in poor fashion at the start, I was thinking, hey, why not get the scoring drought out of the way right off the bat? Y'know, trying to stay glass-half-full. Naturally the second half began the exact same way.

I'd already filed the game away as another lackluster defeat and didn't think much of it when we cut the lead back to single digits. But the press kept working. I can't remember the last time an opposing team was so clearly flustered down the stretch. Tech's lead went from 14 to one in two minutes, and when we had the ball with a chance to take the lead, I pretended I didn't already know how it would end. This never happens; it would have to be different this time.

Scott Wood missed a wide open three, Javi grabbed the miss but turned it over. D'Andre Bell missed two free throws at the other end, Javi squandered another possession. More damned empty possessions leading to more what-ifs.

I don't doubt that Sid stormed off the court because he was upset with the no-call at the end. But he also looked like a man boiling over with frustration after another in long line of almost-but-not-quites. I'm not going to endure this for one more second than I have to. Yeah. I would've done the same thing.

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It was

a heartpunch, straight through the ribcage. Heart ripped out, still beating. Yeah. That.

All Wolfpack, all the time.

by YANCSSB on Feb 6, 2010 10:39 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

I wish I could say the same, but I really don’t expect to win any more.

by PeeDub on Feb 6, 2010 11:24 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

So many questions after this one

How can we score less than a point a minute for the first half of the halves (about 35-point pace), then 2.5-3 points per minute for the balance of the game (about 120-point pace)?

Why have we pressed so seldom this year, when it strangely appears that we have the athletes and ability to make it work? If we’re going to run odd lineups out there & get lots of guys minutes, let’s press the hell out of teams and make the most of those minutes. Leave the Macrowave back to guard the bucket, and press with the other 4. 40 minutes of hell, baby!!!

Why doesn’t Sid just start getting T’d up midway through games like this? Between the fact that travelling was selectively called throughout the game (and by selectively, I mean at one end of the court), the fact that Tracy was hammered about 4 times more often than he went to the line, and the fact that there was a blatant offensive interference on Tech that went as a no-call (in a 2-point loss), he REALLY needs to go all Crazewski on the refs sometime, make a statement, say he ain’t taking this shit anymore, and see if it changes.

If you’re gonna play Horner so much, why even leave him out of the lineup? Despite his FT’s, he shot us out of this game again.

How can 2 point guards fail to execute a simple 10-foot pass up top? (Javi to Julius)

And why does every player on this team – every single one – appear terrified of hitting the shot that would give us a win? Every offensive possession where we’ve had a chance to tie or take the lead lately has generated a good look, but either the pass has been catastrophically errant, or we’ve pulled a string on the shot. Simply afraid to succeed…

by wolfonthehill on Feb 7, 2010 8:19 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

My glass half full look at this

We forced TOs, and we won the rebouding battle handily against a team with a massive front line. Ultimately I want to see us become a team that does those two things on a consistent basis, because then you aren’t nearly as subject to the vagaries of shooting from game to game – which was my big beef with HWSNBN’s offense.

I normally detest the “coaches can’t make shots for the players!” excuse, but for yesterday’s game it really is hard to point to anything else. Open shot after open shot after wide fucking open shot did not fall. This goes to WOTH’s last point above, and really this is the biggest problem with this team. Not sure if that can be fixed this year.

oh, and we really can’t complain too much about the refs in this one. Yes, they blew the last call, but we got a bunch of calls throughout the game.

by TVP on Feb 7, 2010 10:29 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

We forced TOs, and we won the rebouding battle handily against a team with a massive front line. Ultimately I want to see us become a team that does those two things on a consistent basis, because then you aren’t nearly as subject to the vagaries of shooting from game to game – which was my big beef with HWSNBN’s offense.

Bingo.

Backing The Pack

by Akula Wolf on Feb 7, 2010 1:43 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs