Georgia Tech defeats Hokies with inspired home effort, 72-57
by BirdGT on Jan 26, 2011 8:21 AM EST
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PrintIman produced Tech's third ever triple-double as he racked up 11 assists, 12 rebounds, and 22 points against a streaking Hokie squad. Brian Oliver was the primary beneficiary of Seth Greenberg's zone. Tech's wings would draw the defense away and Oliver piled up 28 points with mid to long range jumpers.
The Hokies seemed content to run a transition offense against one of the best transition teams in the ACC. This was all in despite of their effectiveness in the half court offense. Tech struggled all night against the Hokie big men as Victor Davila and Jeff Allen accounted for 31 of the Hokies' 57 points and 18 of the Hokie boards.
Paul Hewitt's philosophy of harassing an opposing star guard with constant pressure paid off. Malcolm Delaney was effectively taken out of the game and this was a noticeable bane for the Hokie second half effort. Delaney had a 5:8 assist:turnover ratio and only scored 8 points despite averaging a 5:2.2 ratio in his five previous ACC contests.
I'll admit I was impressed with the Jackets efforts and CPH's coaching. Hewitt found a weakness in the Hokies and Greenberg never reacted or just didn't have the personnel to react. Tech's victory of the Hokies will hopefully give us a little momentum going into Sunday's game against a tough Maryland Terp squad. And I personally think when we reflect on Hewitt's best all-time players, Iman will be considered Hewitt's third or fourth best player ever. What do you all think about last night's effort? Did you watch the whole game or fall asleep at the half like most of the East Coast?
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I laughed every time Allen got the ball.
Boy does he love a spin move. String two or three together and he is really happy.
It was a great effort and I agree that Hewitt outcoached Greenberg
After going up 8-2 we looked terrible against the zone. Then Hewitt called a timeout. We started looking for Oliver at the free throw line and we never looked back.
yeah
This is why Tim Legler hates college hoops. Coaches are very slow to react and Greenberg just never felt the need to adjust. It was like he was content on giving up Oliver’s scoring.
I write stuff From the Rumble Seat.
That's one way to look at it
And you may be right. However my impression of the game was that the zone was an equalizer for most of the game before Tech blew it open. Had Virginia Tech been able to score at all they could have won. As it was Tech’s low percentage from the field did not hurt them. Now I am thinking I would hate to see Tech play against the zone being run by a good team.
by Atlanta's original team on Jan 26, 2011 3:37 PM EST up reply actions
Color me imperssed
I recoreded it and watched it in full last night and I have to admit, I was impressed by the adjustments and overall coaching of Hewitt in this one game. I actually felt like we had a plan offensively for once and that we executed it. One can only hope that it will continue. I am glad that he is now starting Miller over Udofia. Miller got hit with two quick fouls, Udofia comes in and immediately turns it over twice in back-to-back possessions.
Also, Sumpert completely shut down Delaney. The offensive performance was clearly a great one, having damn near a triple-double in the first half, but that defensive performance was one for the ages.
"You could spend the next fifteen seconds of your life watching a man and a tiger scream together, or you could be an idiot."
Fact.
It was a good game but . . .
this was only Virginia Tech and the game was close for most of the game. I’m not trying to be negative; I was glad for the win. I just want to see if they can keep this up against stiffer competition.
by Atlanta's original team on Jan 27, 2011 8:38 AM EST up reply actions
I am definitely concerned with MD
they just destroyed UVA at UVA and we got handled at UVA…
I write stuff From the Rumble Seat.
Exactly
and as many of the color analysts have pointed out, even a modest winning streak right now by the Jackets will not get them into the NCAA tournament -too many bad loses and not enough quality wins plus barely a winning record, unless of course they were to go undefeated for the rest of the season.
What is wrong with me? I go to a dark place way too fast.
by Atlanta's original team on Jan 29, 2011 11:12 AM EST up reply actions
While that is true
Delaney is still one of the best players in the league and we are talking about GT basketball here. We are in the bottom half of the ACC and that means that wins over other bottom half teams should be commended. Beating UNC is a blip of extreme sucess, beating Wake, VT, etc should be expected and what this team should be shooting for.
Outside of that, the fact that there was a clear and evident gameplan offensively is something that we all should be glad about.
"You could spend the next fifteen seconds of your life watching a man and a tiger scream together, or you could be an idiot."
Fact.
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