GT vs Wake, Friday 3/5, 8 PM, ACCN

[LibertyTurns]

This is one of those games that feels like a worse performance than it actually was.

12 point road win, where we shot 56% from the field and the game was never in doubt after half time.

This is one of those games good teams win- they gut it out on not their best night

 

[slugboy]

Alvarado had 4 steals in the box score. I think he hit that streak he was aiming for tonight.

 

[orientalnc]

My view of this is not that different than what has been said. We had a lot less emotion tonight than Wake. Our guys hung on when they had to. Now we are all one-off UVA fans. Go Hoos!

 

[lv20gt]

6 game conference winning streak is the longest since 95-96 when we closed out on 7 straight games, then won 2 more in the tournament. If we win the whole damn thing we can tie (or surpass it).

 

[YlJacket]

did what we needed to do. wish we could have rested some people a lot longer but I'll take the win and move on

 

[GaTech4ever]

This is one of those games that feels like a worse performance than it actually was.
12 point road win, where we shot 56% from the field and the game was never in doubt after half time.

It feels worse when you turn the ball over in the first half, keep a bad team within striking distance in the second half, get nearly doubled up on offensive rebounds the whole game, coming off a rough ending to your previous game, and your most important player hasn’t shown much in terms of being back to his full health. Granted, none of these things may matter going forward, but that’s why this game in a vacuum left much to be desired — not the final margin of victory or FG%.

If anything, I’m really excited about where Devoe is at right now and Howard gave us some big minutes.

 

[ibeattetris]

Glad to see the jackets finish the season strong! Does this solidify us for the tourney? Would getting a double bye help or hurt us if we are still on the bubble?

 

[lv20gt]

It feels worse when you turn the ball over in the first half, keep a bad team within striking distance in the second half, get nearly doubled up on offensive rebounds the whole game, coming off a rough ending to your previous game, and your most important player hasn’t shown much in terms of being back to his full health.

You're reaching on some of these.

First half was bad with the TOs I'll give you that. But wake wasn't in striking distance pretty much at all the second half. The one time they did get into it we hit them with an 8-0 run almost immediately.

Also, the orebs weren't a factor for nearly the entire game. They were even most of the game until one possession where they got a couple of long bounces to go their way. I believe we had more second chance points 7-4 as well.

Jose looked off for sure, but 11 points, 4 rebs, 5 assists, and 4 steals on 57% shooting is still a good game and a pretty classic Jose statline except a little lite on the points. As far as being back to full health. He was healthy enough to go 37 minutes, so whatever is bothering him is more of an annoyance than anything more serious.

And the duke game doesn't make this performance actually any worse.

 

[Fatmike91]

Glad to see the jackets finish the season strong! Does this solidify us for the tourney? Would getting a double bye help or hurt us if we are still on the bubble?

We were solid before this win.

Double bye only helps that would mean 4th place in the standings.

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[GaTech4ever]

You're reaching on some of these.

First half was bad with the TOs I'll give you that. But wake wasn't in striking distance pretty much at all the second half. The one time they did get into it we hit them with an 8-0 run almost immediately.

Also, the orebs weren't a factor for nearly the entire game. They were even most of the game until one possession where they got a couple of long bounces to go their way. I believe we had more second chance points 7-4 as well.

Jose looked off for sure, but 11 points, 4 rebs, 5 assists, and 4 steals on 57% shooting is still a good game and a pretty classic Jose statline except a little lite on the points. As far as being back to full health. He was healthy enough to go 37 minutes, so whatever is bothering him is more of an annoyance than anything more serious.

And the duke game doesn't make this performance actually any worse.

You’re right about the offensive rebounds. Probably didn’t matter, but stood out that we only had 5 all game.

Jose is definitely not himself right now in terms of offensive aggression, which is what I said. Not talking about steals/rebounds. I’m talking pure explosion/seeking contact. He took 2 FTs. Of course Jose Alvarado is healthy enough to play 37 minutes when his career/season is on the line.

And your initial post that I responding to was about why this game “felt” worse (your words).

 

[AUFC]

Good win guys. We're in. Go win the entire damn thing.

 

[GaTech4ever]

Regardless of how we’ve looked the last 3 halves, this stretch is obviously the peak of Paster’s tenure and I’m chalking up the recent sub-optimal basketball to exhaustion rather than who we are. Go Hoos

 

[Buzztheirazz]

Good win guys. We're in. Go win the entire damn thing.

I’m hoping we take the ACC championship. Anything in the NCAA will be a bonus. Don’t think we can beat Gonzaga or Baylor and maybe Michigan. We can take ANYONE in the ACC.

I’m not asking a lot, but by GeOrDge P. Burrell please let us win the ACC title!!

 

[Northeast Stinger]

I’ve agreed with many of the comments posted about the game. Here is my view from 30,000 feet. Do you want to know how good we are? We are so good ...that Tech fans feel like we can get picky about our wins.

 

[Southpawmac]

To me you could definitely tell that WF got a boost from actually having a crowd for the first time. They played much better than they have pretty much all year.

 

[The Doddfather]

This game felt closer than it actually was. We as fans all took into consideration the road game, senior night, people in the stands etc. But I think the team got over being tight after about 15 minutes and then settled in. Even when wake cut it to 5 in the 2nd half, it still felt like we were in control. We quickly stretched it back out to 13 after that. Good to know that we are in the field regardless of the acc tourney now.

 

[MiracleWhips]

I want to drop a special shout-out to Rodney Howard! The guy came in and gave us great play to get us some separation when it was tight early on. If this is what we can expect from him throughout March this team just got even deeper!

 

[dtm1997]

Really happy we took care of business tonight to keep our tourney chances solid.

 

[Deleted member 2897]

Gotta love Ken Seguira and his back handed compliments. From his game summary article: “As hard as it may be for Tech fans to believe, the Jackets very much look like they’re going to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2010. Only three power-conference teams have had longer droughts.”

LOL

 

[dtm1997]

Gotta love Ken Seguira and his back handed compliments. From his game summary article: “As hard as it may be for Tech fans to believe, the Jackets very much look like they’re going to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2010. Only three power-conference teams have had longer droughts.”

LOL

Ken is an idiot.