Jackets vs. Mocs Postgame: 95-64 Victory

by Winfield Featherston on Dec 15, 2009 1:00 PM EST Comment 5 comments

Wade Payne - AP

I talked to Bird last night while watching the game on TV in Warner Robins: "We're finally beating the crappy teams. Last year was difficult. We couldn't put them away you know?" I think we finally know.

Chattanooga is nothing special this year. They were a tournament team last year but lost all 5 of their starters so don't let anything fool you. But it's not the winning that is impressive (right now) it's how we're winning. The Jackets shot 60% from the field, FIVE players put up double figures led by Gani Lawal who had 29 points in just 17 minutes followed by Favors (14) Rice (11) Miller (10) and Udofia (10). Hell, even the FREE THROWS were up.

Even Chattanooga players knew they were outmanned and outmatched. From: We hung in there but they're just too good. To:"They were getting easy buckets all night," Chattanooga forward Ridge McKeither said. "They're NBA guys. They got moves no matter how much pressure we put on them."

Early season basketball usually doesn't mean much but it does give you indicators. In the 2008-2009 season, the Yellow Jackets averaged 74.6 ppg while allowing 63.2 with in their first 8 games (6-2). This year, the 2009-2010 season is giving us a 80.8 ppg while allowing 62.8. The increase in the offensive production can easily be linked to the talent brought in by this year's freshman class.

So ok we won, we beat Chattanooga. Good job everybody, we took care of business. When's the first real test? Florida State comes to town Sunday for our first ACC matchup of the year. The first road ACC game is January 13th in Charlottesville.

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I missed the game but loved this quote:

from the UTC coach:

“We knew we weren’t going to score that ball inside,” Chattanooga coach John Shulman said. "That’s two lottery picks down there in Lawal and Favors and I’m not talking about the Tennessee Lottery

Its going to be a fun season for GT bball fans!

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by Jaxon on Dec 15, 2009 2:36 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

I can't help but feel like we are a museum with borrowed paintings

After this 1 year, we gotta give everything back (as Gani & Favors go to the NBA) and then where do we stand? CYNICISM!

The college football season is so fragile. It's like a glass ball being pushed around from stadium to stadium by a rhinoceros.

by Winfield Featherston on Dec 15, 2009 3:47 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

I don't hear Syracuse crying

about Carmelo…

This new learning amazes me, Sir Bedevere. Explain again how sheep's bladders may be employed to prevent earthquakes.

by BirdGT on Dec 15, 2009 4:24 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Remember what happened the year after Chris Bosh's one-and-done?

Think positively!

by CraigT on Dec 16, 2009 1:22 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

True

But last I checked I didn’t see two other awesome big men for us on the roster behind Lawal and Favors. At least then we had Big Bird down low to help fill that void when Bosh left.

"Big Ten can have this challenge. Duke loses, we all win..."
-Marcus Ginyard, G - UNC

by Jesse28 on Dec 16, 2009 7:53 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs