Fatmike91
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First game of the year that I didn’t feel like we were desperately missing Jose…
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GT vs. FSU, Wednesday Jan 26 at 9pm
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New Old Guy
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In response to several questions. No, the coaches were wearing black not maroon. Saba was dressed but obviously didn’t play (personally I thought he should have), and Maxwell had a wrap on his right thumb (obviously still hurt).
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Was at the game. The live view of Sturdivant's crossover was even better than the highlight videos. I'm gonna assume that the reason the board is quiet right now is because the hater half of GT is upset we won and the good fans fell asleep after eating at Piccadilly followed by an episode of Matlock.
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Usher was the best player on the court tonight, and it wasn’t even close. That Butler guy on FSU is impressive.
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He was warming up before the game taking half court shots and deep 3s. I'm assuming he was a healthy scratch.
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Yep he was on the bench
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The best part for me was Usher high-fiving fans after the game. The whole team used to do it after a win. I miss it. I guess the flu ruined that too.
I've always despised the Florida State chant. I can't stand to hear it at Braves games either. ''Why are they doing the Florida State chant? Deion has been gone almost 30 years!"
So the FSU fans started it up a few times loudly in the second half as the Seminoles closed the scoring gap.
THEN when we had the game clinched, the Tech band and students behind them gave the chant right back to them LOUDLY. That's the first time I've ever smiled when I heard it!
I've always despised the Florida State chant. I can't stand to hear it at Braves games either. ''Why are they doing the Florida State chant? Deion has been gone almost 30 years!"
So the FSU fans started it up a few times loudly in the second half as the Seminoles closed the scoring gap.
THEN when we had the game clinched, the Tech band and students behind them gave the chant right back to them LOUDLY. That's the first time I've ever smiled when I heard it!
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Loved watching that one! Got very frustrated a few times when our offense went anemic again, but the difference last night was how well we played on defense. It’s like it finally clicked with this group. I hope we can make a run and pick up some wins and then just see what happens in the ACCT. NCAAT is likely out of the picture unless we win that thing, but a (very strong - like only 3-4 more losses) run could land us in the NIT.
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Woke up this morning and IT WASN"T A DREAM!!!
Loved the energy and just as import contributions from all even if didn't show staggering numbers in the Box Score. Howard (7 boards and 2 for 3 shooting) and Moore (with 5, yes 5 steals) deserve KUDOS for sure with their over all play.
Loved the energy and just as import contributions from all even if didn't show staggering numbers in the Box Score. Howard (7 boards and 2 for 3 shooting) and Moore (with 5, yes 5 steals) deserve KUDOS for sure with their over all play.
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Howard was a bit shaky in the first half, but he played his best basketball late last night. He wasn't great, but looked like he belonged. And, we needed it.
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I was sleeping but recorded the game to watch today. Watched Dublin Murders and didn't need a later basketball game to keep me from sleeping.
Time to extend Pastner's contract? (duck) Seriously, we get better as the season goes on and Pastner wasn't able to do as much coaching and development with the flu and then COVID. I know I'm making an "excuse" and all teams had some type of trouble, but slow starting to work out our new players is Pastner's MO.
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With CJP we’ve usially come together as a team and played good basketball starting around late December. That didn’t happen this year.
Maybe one reason is Howard has been injured and hasn’t been on the floor for a month.
I don’t think it’s a coincidence that he’s playing, we finally commit the zone and suddenly we look good.
Although I do wish our bigs could finish from 3 feet like theirs.
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Yes it was... That jokers ankles broke badly. He was one of the main ones talking **** too!
Glad to see FSU get their asses whipped. Matt Cleveland had a terrible game. Basketball Gods were telling him something!
@HenryUsher - Nice meeting you last night. We were giving those FSU fans hell...LOL
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uhhhh..did I miss something here, or do you think that the Braves started doing the chop because of Deion?
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Nice meeting you as well. To hell with FSU
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Great win!!! I thought we played with the greatest defensive intensity of the year. We were extremely active all night. I would love to hear how many deflections we had. I know CBG use to keep that stat...not sure if CJP does. I think my favorite lineup right now is Sturdivant, Devoe, Coleman, Usher, and Howard. I love when those five are on the court together. It gives us pretty good size with several scoring options. In my opinion, Howard's size makes a huge difference on the defensive end. We really missed that the games he was hurt. Time to take down the new ACC leader...the U!
I was curious so I googled. There does seem to be some truth that the chant became popular with the Braves only after Deion became a team member.
https://www.sportingnews.com/us/amp...es-chant-explained/1gnqgfc79vser1mo60fr4xcba3