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<blockquote data-quote="RamblinRed" data-source="post: 296238" data-attributes="member: 1776"><p>Good article by Ken and what happened in the second half of the ACC season.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.myajc.com/sports/college/reasons-why-georgia-tech-couldn-maintain-its-magic-season-end/4BlNtYyY2UO7W41dDLk6xJ/" target="_blank">http://www.myajc.com/sports/college/reasons-why-georgia-tech-couldn-maintain-its-magic-season-end/4BlNtYyY2UO7W41dDLk6xJ/</a></p><p></p><p>Largely boils down to 2 large items</p><p>1. Teams adjusted to what GT was doing</p><p>2. GT had injury/fatigue issues.</p><p>He had 5 reasons</p><p></p><p>1 and 2. rematches and form holds - GT went 0-5 in rematches. To be fair 4 of the 5 were on the road and those teams won 70% of their home games but GT's effective FG% went down and the opponents went up in all 5 games.</p><p></p><p>3. Unable to adjust - teams started sagging more against GT later in the season. </p><p></p><p>“I probably have never seen it this packed in on teams, whether I’ve coached or even seen,” Pastner said. “It’s just not normal to pack it in as much as they do.”</p><p></p><p>GT took 23.4% of its shot from 3-pt range first 9 ACC games, 28.1% in the second 9 games. GT shot 37.1% its first 9, 29.7% its second nine. That's the difference between cherry picking your 3-pt shots and being forced to take them.</p><p></p><p>4 and 5. Injury and Fatigue -</p><p>Losing Gueye was bigger than it looked. He was giving Lammers and Stephens 5-6 mpg of rest each. When he went down that changed. Lammers avg 36 mpg through Clemson, but after that he avg 38.6 mpg (excluding the foul plagued game at Wake) the rest of the way. </p><p></p><p>“They look so tired,” Pastner said. “I just think we maybe ran out of gas as we were coming down the homestretch.”</p><p></p><p>Injuries mounted the last half of the season. All teams have them, they just struck at once for GT, with a team that really didn't have the depth to overcome them. Heath and Ogbonda had the flu, Stephens, Lammers and Jackson all had ankle injuries, Okogie had a knee injury and Moore had a hernia.</p><p></p><p>“It’s not having 13 guys,” Pastner said. “It’s just being able to get into a seven-, eight-man rotation so you can rest some guys.”</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RamblinRed, post: 296238, member: 1776"] Good article by Ken and what happened in the second half of the ACC season. [URL]http://www.myajc.com/sports/college/reasons-why-georgia-tech-couldn-maintain-its-magic-season-end/4BlNtYyY2UO7W41dDLk6xJ/[/URL] Largely boils down to 2 large items 1. Teams adjusted to what GT was doing 2. GT had injury/fatigue issues. He had 5 reasons 1 and 2. rematches and form holds - GT went 0-5 in rematches. To be fair 4 of the 5 were on the road and those teams won 70% of their home games but GT's effective FG% went down and the opponents went up in all 5 games. 3. Unable to adjust - teams started sagging more against GT later in the season. “I probably have never seen it this packed in on teams, whether I’ve coached or even seen,” Pastner said. “It’s just not normal to pack it in as much as they do.” GT took 23.4% of its shot from 3-pt range first 9 ACC games, 28.1% in the second 9 games. GT shot 37.1% its first 9, 29.7% its second nine. That's the difference between cherry picking your 3-pt shots and being forced to take them. 4 and 5. Injury and Fatigue - Losing Gueye was bigger than it looked. He was giving Lammers and Stephens 5-6 mpg of rest each. When he went down that changed. Lammers avg 36 mpg through Clemson, but after that he avg 38.6 mpg (excluding the foul plagued game at Wake) the rest of the way. “They look so tired,” Pastner said. “I just think we maybe ran out of gas as we were coming down the homestretch.” Injuries mounted the last half of the season. All teams have them, they just struck at once for GT, with a team that really didn't have the depth to overcome them. Heath and Ogbonda had the flu, Stephens, Lammers and Jackson all had ankle injuries, Okogie had a knee injury and Moore had a hernia. “It’s not having 13 guys,” Pastner said. “It’s just being able to get into a seven-, eight-man rotation so you can rest some guys.” [/QUOTE]
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