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<blockquote data-quote="brandon_cox" data-source="post: 786335" data-attributes="member: 3408"><p><strong>Georgia Tech (15-8, 11-6; NET: 37, SOS: 46):</strong> Count ’em. Seven, as in that’s Georgia Tech’s seventh win in a row. No, Thursday’s ACC tourney victory over Miami wasn’t particularly inspiring. The Hurricanes have been really bad (and really injured) all season, and their NET of 150 makes them a Quadrant 3 opponent even on a neutral court. The Yellow Jackets had to scrape by too, dealing with a Jose Alvarado injury in the first half that could have been especially damaging had it a) been worse or b) led to Georgia Tech losing. But Alvarado returned, and Tech hung on. The upshot? It’s not like Georgia Tech improved its résumé or leapfrogged a bunch of teams by beating Miami; what it did do is avoid a truly bad loss (which would have been its third, alongside Mercer and Georgia State) and simultaneously set itself up to play Virginia on Friday, a game in which a defeat wouldn’t really hurt. Considering its solid position relative to much of the remaining teams on the bubble — Tech is as high as a 10-seed in many brackets — it’s getting more and more difficult to see how this team will miss the NCAA Tournament</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="brandon_cox, post: 786335, member: 3408"] [B]Georgia Tech (15-8, 11-6; NET: 37, SOS: 46):[/B] Count ’em. Seven, as in that’s Georgia Tech’s seventh win in a row. No, Thursday’s ACC tourney victory over Miami wasn’t particularly inspiring. The Hurricanes have been really bad (and really injured) all season, and their NET of 150 makes them a Quadrant 3 opponent even on a neutral court. The Yellow Jackets had to scrape by too, dealing with a Jose Alvarado injury in the first half that could have been especially damaging had it a) been worse or b) led to Georgia Tech losing. But Alvarado returned, and Tech hung on. The upshot? It’s not like Georgia Tech improved its résumé or leapfrogged a bunch of teams by beating Miami; what it did do is avoid a truly bad loss (which would have been its third, alongside Mercer and Georgia State) and simultaneously set itself up to play Virginia on Friday, a game in which a defeat wouldn’t really hurt. Considering its solid position relative to much of the remaining teams on the bubble — Tech is as high as a 10-seed in many brackets — it’s getting more and more difficult to see how this team will miss the NCAA Tournament [/QUOTE]
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