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Round 1: Georgia Tech vs. OKSU

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Let's smoke the Cowpokes. Post your thoughts, comments, tirades, and celebrations here. Join the Liveblog to talk GT.

 

 

Let's go Jackets!

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OK State Preview

Iman wants to go head to head with the Big 12 POTY.  (AP Photo/Morry Gash)

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Iman wants to go head to head with the Big 12 POTY. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)

In case you live under a rock, Tech is playing 7 seed Oklahoma State today at 7:15PM. Tech finished with an overall record of 10-10 in conference games while the Cowpokes finished with an overall record of 10-8 in Big 12 games. Let's breakdown some interesting stats about the game tonight.

Size
The average OK State starter is 6'3" and about 200 pounds. The average Georgia Tech starter is 6'7" and 220 pounds. Four inches per player is a huge advantage for Tech against a guard heavy team like OK State. Look for a lot of blocked shots in the paint. I wouldn't be surprised to see Hewitt increase the offense's focus on getting the ball to Favors and Lawal.

Experience
The OK State squad boasts tournament and collegiate experience advantage over Tech. The average player Tech will face tonight has about 2.5 years of experience playing D-I ball. For comparison's sake, Tech will be fielding a team with about 2.2 years of D-I experience. Tech's roster only has two guys who went to our first round knockout in 2007 as freshmen while the Pokes are fielding a roster that returned 62.2% of their 2009 tournament minutes.

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Day 2, Sessions 1 and 2 Open Thread/ Live Blog of Excitement!

Yesterday was awesome! How many of your brackets are busted yet? Raise your glass to the tournament and here's to an even better and more exciting day.Let's go ACC!

Join us in the Live Blog of Excitement NOW.

 

Also, get ready for some GEORGIA TECH ACTION AT 7:15 PM EST!

 

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Conference Survival Chart

Eyes on the prize. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)

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Eyes on the prize. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)

The ACC and Big 10 were relatively inactive while the Big 12 showed us what we all knew at From the Rumble Seat - the Big 12 is tough. The Big East, as expected, fell on its face. To Hell with the Big East. They should've been 0-4 if not for some ridiculously cheap fouls called against Robert Morris. My personal wish list for the tournament now (not necessarily good for my bracket) is to see the entire SEC and Big East out by the 3rd round. Here's the conference win percentages thus far:

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I didn't count Tennessee as an SEC team yesterday so I fixed that. I blame ESPN because they had multiple sources reporting only 3 SEC teams in the tournament. After hearing the "Jon Dwyer has zero career fumbles" stat several times on ESPN, I should've known to double check all of their stats.

Interesting stat o' the day. Midmajors beat eachother up in my chart above. So if you actually just counted the games midmajors played against Major conferences, the midmajors racked up a 4-6 record. Booyah. That's not too bad. Here's the updated conference survival percentages. Midmajors took a hit. The SEC and Big East took bigger hits.

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Maryland Baseball Preview...or lack thereof

New MD head coach, Erik Bakich... Last time Tech saw him, Vanderbilt was complaining about Kappa Sig's speaker volume over the center field wall... It was awkward.

New MD head coach, Erik Bakich... Last time Tech saw him, Vanderbilt was complaining about Kappa Sig's speaker volume over the center field wall... It was awkward.

Testudo Times mastermind, Ben Broman, had this to say about Maryland baseball:
...I’m not sure there’s anyone not on the team that’s familiar with Terps baseball. We’ve been monumentally bad for as long as I can remember, and with the two bigger sports finding success recently, no one cared about last-place-in-the-ACC baseball. The most anyone will probably be able to tell you is that Bakich is the new coach, he has a ton of energy and will start to turn things around eventually, but we’re still pretty bad this year.

And bad they are... The Terps are 7-8 (1-2) on the season. They got beat in their first ACC series by the Hokies. They've got a team ERA of 5.59 and a team batting average of 0.244. I didn't realize there were college baseball teams with sub-0.300 batting averages especially in the ACC.

The Terps' weekend starters are Sander Beck (4.05 ERA), Brett Harman (5.81 ERA), and Eric Potter (8.40 ERA). Expect Harman to take the mound Friday. He actually had a great showing against the Hokies last weekend, pitching 8.0 innings and not allowing a run in the 10-0 win. Harman, however, is streaky and if Tech gets some hits, I expect Harman to fall apart.

Tech needs the sweep. First pitch is 6:00PM in College Park. Radio is WREK 91.1 as usual.

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NCAA Tournament Day 1: Live Blog of Glory!!!

The day has finally arrived. The NCAA Tournament is here! Yours truly, along with GobblerCountry and CollegeGameBalls will be liveblogging together through our own sites. It starts at noon so be ready.

Come join us!

 

 

Also, here is your opportunity to watch more than just the CBS decided regional game in your area. March Madness on Demand. Click here!

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Conference Survival Chart

I bet the Whiz has predicted Tech in the Final 4. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)

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I bet the Whiz has predicted Tech in the Final 4. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)

Last College Hoops Tournament and College World Series, I kept up with conference records and the conference survival percentage throughout the whole tournament. I'm gonna do the same for hoops this season. Basically, I'll just keep a running tally of the game results for each conference like below:

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And I'll also keep a Risk or Civilization-esque histograph of who's making up the field in the tournament by date:

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Obviously, the midmajors screw themselves because they beat eachother as well as major conference teams but I'm not really too concerned with the midmajors (hence the lumping of them all into one big group). This is about conference pride not individual versus individual.

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How to Fill Out a Bracket: Be a Homer or Use Your Head?

How to make the right pick Paul?  (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

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How to make the right pick Paul? (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

I just finished filling out my bracket in the FTRS Bracket Challenge.  This was probably one of the toughest things I've had to do all year!  As ridiculous as that sounds I think some of you can see where I'm coming from.  

When your team (in this case, Tech, obviously) is in the tournament it makes filling out a bracket a very bittersweet task in my opinion.  On the one hand, I want to pick Tech to make a deep run in the tournament this year because I feel like we have favorable matchups for our team in the first and second rounds.  But on the other hand, we all know Tech has been wildly inconsistent, so trying to predict how we'll play is nearly impossible.

Tech is really great at breaking my heart too... especially in basketball.  In 2007 I picked Tech to go to the Sweet 16 (think back: Thad Young, Javaris, and some nice role players around them).  That team could have gone a long way.  That year was the first of 2 consecutive years where I got every pick correct on the first day of the tournament.  And I believe Tech played late afternoon on Friday against UNLV.  And up until the Tech game, I was still perfect with all my picks.  What happened?  Yup.  Tech spoiled everything.

What are your thoughts about picking your team in the tournament?  How far did you pick Tech to go this year?

Edit: DON'T FORGET TO JOIN FROM THE RUMBLE SEAT'S BRACKET CHALLENGE! YAHOO ID#: 72926 PASSWORD: gojackets

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