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GT @ Syracuse 2/28/23 GAME THREAD
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lv20gt
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I mean, it could just be that it took time for things to click. Coleman, Kelly, and Moore are true sophs, while Terry and Franklin are new faces. Ideally we'd have had Sturdivant and Howard who are in year 3 lead us early while they adjusted but that didn't happen. Sucks that it took so long, but we return, or plan to return, everyone but Franklin so the last month of play bodes well for that, and the year beyond we'll still have Kelly, Coleman, Moore, and Smith. In some ways this kind of reminds me of 19-20 where we started bad, 8-11 (3-6) before going on a run of 9-3 (one was Morehouse) to close out the year which was a good sign for the following year where we returned everyone except Banks. Of course that year also had Jose being injured early and Usher joining midway, and the turn around started earlier, but that "core" was juniors of Jose, Moses and Ush along with one soph in Mike, while a big group of our core this year are sophs (Kelly, Coleman, Moore, Smith) so perhaps we're getting that momentum going earlier. Whether we build on it is still to be shown, but the last month at least should give us hope for the next couple years.
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Or they want to get better NIL offers this off-season. We'll find out.
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Good win tonight and nice to see several guys have really nice games. I would temper my enthusiasm a tad given that Syracuse is 3-7 over their last 10 and they've gotten blown out of their last four games in a row. I think in addition to Tech playing much better the Cuse kids have given up, packed it in and are looking to the portal.
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Unfortunately, this late season run may have saved his job. Final call should depend on his ability to convince guys to stay and get some solid transfers. Only HS commit I’ve heard of is Blue Cain - hopefully we get a few more.
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These players really like Pastner. They have not given up.
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Iman Shumpert, Bruce Dalrymple, Dennis Scott and Kenny Anderson. Pretty nice company.
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With only Franklin and Boyd on senior night, how many open scholarships do we have. blue takes Franklin’s ship and ?
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I may be hallucinating. I've never quite seen anything like this. If it was a division 2 team it might make sense. I feel sorry for Syracuse, my father's hometown. Praise to all of the Tech players who played way above their stats. Afraid to wake up tomorrow morning...all will be back to reality.
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We currently have one open spot.
I imagine that number will go to at least 3 and maybe 4. Ideally, we'd have a couple guys we've kept warm and once the openings come up we can make offers to fill the spots. But we need to keep at least one open to go look int the portal.
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Oh shiz!
jdcroft2001
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My son would like to officially claim credit for the win. He fancies himself lucky and exuded that onto the team.
What a fun night.
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Smith is out with an ankle injury so makes sense he’s not traveling. I’m not sure about the other guys but I have noticed our bench has looked awfully thin the last few games just from an optics standpoint.
Regardless, I think Smith and Moore are the only two outside of the starting five who may play again, barring a blow out. And I’m not even sure they’ll play much (if at all).
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A few thoughts about the game…
The game is much easier when you make shots and play decent defense.
Javon Franklin was the most athletic guy on the court.
Deebo is much bigger in person. Needs to learn how to showcase that and bully defenders down low. His 3 point percentage will go up if he does.
Miles and Deebo were kind enough to give the obligatory “what’s up” to the only Tech fans in attendance. And Miles with “thanks for coming” after his post game interview.
Josh Pastner is almost as fun to watch as the players.
Lastly, we will definitely be at the game in Syracuse next year.
The game is much easier when you make shots and play decent defense.
Javon Franklin was the most athletic guy on the court.
Deebo is much bigger in person. Needs to learn how to showcase that and bully defenders down low. His 3 point percentage will go up if he does.
Miles and Deebo were kind enough to give the obligatory “what’s up” to the only Tech fans in attendance. And Miles with “thanks for coming” after his post game interview.
Josh Pastner is almost as fun to watch as the players.
Lastly, we will definitely be at the game in Syracuse next year.
jdcroft2001
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jbix80
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I think that had a lot to do with Syracuse’s zone. Fortunately, we were hitting them tonight. Fun game to watch!