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The Op's data is good and very well presented. But to interpret properly, we need to control for attendance figures for college basketball in general, because I don't think GT is the only program taking an attendance hit. Attending live action events is down overall.

I would like, just to satisfy my curiosity, to see the following line-up for 10 minutes: Smith-Kelly-Moore-Franklin-Howard The team might have trouble scoring because defenses will pack it in down low. But we are not shooting great anyway. But I would like to see that line-up because I think...

Smith had established a plane parallel to the ball handler and he never broke that plane. The UGA guard tried to round the corner but Smith never let him. The ballhandler broke Smith's plane. If the ball handler managed to get a shoulder past Smith when he tried to turn the corner, then it...

I was in Veterinary school. I was at Penn's large-animal facility in Kennett Square, PA in a crappy, gray, empty dormitory room. I had hauled a small TV from my Philadelphia apartment so I could watch that game. I was jumping off the walls of that empty room when Dennis made that three.

Currently, the team is ranked #275 in offensive efficiency and #14 in defensive efficiency. Of course, with only three games, those numbers will be highly susceptible to bias created by the playing styles of the competition. But, it is interesting that our early 3-0 start is on the heels of...

I loved those years. But change is inevitable and just because the game is different does not mean that every aspect of the game has changed for the worse. If you don't embrace the fact that change is inevitable, it poisons one's ability to enjoy the good aspects about what is different.

I think it is too early to make any kind of accurate assessment on the value of rotation players over the course of a season. I'm not sure why so critical on Smith. He didn't have a great game but his stat line wasn't so bad for 22:40 played. 3-7 from the floor isn't great but Deebo Coleman...

That is undeniably true. But I wonder, who would you have rather been last season, The ACC or Big10? The BIG got off to the hot start, got a ton of teams in the NCAAT and almost all of them were gone in the first weekend of the NCAAT. The ACC was meh in the early games, didn't get as many...

This. Some fans trumpet that the conference is bad every year. I guess the expectation that in a 15 team conference that there will be no rough starts or bad losses. Last year it was the same thing. The BIG10 was awesome and the ACC was bad... until the NCAAT. The season is a dynamic...

Grinding thru adversity and coming from behind to win a close game is the best way to develop a team. Fans tend to want to extrapolate too much in early season games. Extrapolating on few data points is never a good idea. Be happy with the W. Other teams present different match-ups and the...

I've embraced deep parity as part of the game today and the college basketball world makes much more sense to me because of it. The old talent hierarchies are far more tenuous these days. Lots of smaller schools are investing in good programs and there is enough talent to make them a...

I thought I would share some general observations about the changes in college ball and see if it will generate some discussion. Like many GT MBB fans, I was imprinted on the exciting rise under Cremins 1982-1990. In my mind, this is how basketball, especially GT basketball, is "supposed" to...

Panther reports that Deebo is down to 207 lbs.

My only "take" on Coleman is that he is coming off a rather pedestrian Freshman campaign and that he needs to make major changes in his game from last season to be an above average ACC starter. You disagree with this take? As a freshman, Coleman was a poor defender, had major difficulties...

Maybe the most exciting aspect of this season will be seeing who steps into the key roles. Lots of wide-open opportunities for guys to step-up. If Howard was a better defender / rebounder, then I think the 4 spot would be wide open for a player like Jalon Moore or even Deebo Coleman (at 6'6"...

This is not meant to be a prediction, but in my experience high achieving teams that return everyone tend to disappoint. For one thing, expectations are very high. Second, veteran players tend not to improve as much as young players, so other teams tend to catch up with these teams. Third...

Great place to watch constipated horses race.

Freds & Pauls! I love all those guys!

Thanks for sharing. If those traits turn out to be representative, then all we fans need to track are the hustle board stats. If we have a sweet shooting team then the only thing we need to see for the the team to make a major turn around is the willingness to dig-in on the defensive end and...

Only if you evaluate recruiting based on rankings without regard to record, which to me is absurd. No one called Cremins lucky when Mark Price turned into an All-ACC player or that John Sally grew 4 inches after signing with GT. No one pooped on Cremins because Matt Harpring had to beg his...