Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Rumors & News
Tech survives Maryland, exacts revenge
Atlanta Journal-Constitution — GREENSBORO, N.C. -- Securing a place in the NCAA tournament was nice. Advancing to the semifinals in the ACC tournament was a bonus.
11 hours agoGeorgia Tech report
Atlanta Journal-Constitution — Thirteen of the 15 teams in the Southern Highlands Collegiate Masters golf tournament this weekend are ranked in the nation's top 30 and that's not the only reason Georgia Tech coach Bruce Heppler figures this trip to Las Vegas will tell him more about his team than the Yellow Jackets’ first two tournaments of the season.
15 hours agoReflecting on UNC, prepping for tip with Terps
Tech Blog | Atlanta Journal-Constitution — GREENSBORO, NC – Watching the Duke-Virginia game, thought I’d do some reflecting on Georgia Tech, as you guys who actually have to work today might be thinking about the Jackets and not watching the noon game. You’ve got a few more hours to bask in last night’s come-from-behind (gulp) win over North Carolina and what would seem at this point a likely berth into the NCAA tournament for the Yellow Jackets. Much better crowd today at the Coliseum, by the way. Duke in the noon game surely helps. Quite a bit of a blue in the arena. And pretty quiet too. The game is tied at halftim...
19 hours agoTech survives UNC, advances to ACC second round
Atlanta Journal-Constitution — GREENSBORO, N.C. -- Between having their NCAA tournament hopes come down to Thursday night's game against North Carolina and the speculation swirling around coach Paul Hewitt's future, the Yellow Jackets had a lot on their minds.
March 11, 2010One ACC tourney win might be enough for Tech, but two's better
Atlanta Journal-Constitution — GREENSBORO, N.C. – Expectation around the ACC tournament early Thursday was that Georgia Tech needed at least one win here to get a bid to the NCAA tournament.
March 11, 2010Radakovich’s message from Greensboro
Tech Blog | Atlanta Journal-Constitution — GREENSBORO, NC – For those who haven’t seen it posted on Tech’s website or received it by e-mail, I thought I’d share these comments from athletic director Dan Radakovich about Tech basketball today. To me, it’s similar to what he said in response to a query from two reporters on Tuesday, including my colleague Mark Bradley, that he wouldn’t evaluate the basketball program while there are still “signifiant games to be played and goals to be met” and encouraging fans to rally around the Yellow Jackets. Tech needs to beat North Carolina in the fir...
March 11, 2010You asked, I answered. Your Georgia Tech mailblog
Tech Blog | Atlanta Journal-Constitution — OK folks, y’all asked a lot of great questions. I hope the answers are as satisfying. Either way, it’s something to tide you over until 7 p.m. tonight when the basketball team takes on North Carolina in the first round of the ACC tournament. These are real questions from (I hope) real people. Let me preface by saying that some of these answers are my opinions, some is stuff I’ve been told by coach Paul Johnson, and some is just guesswork. Depth charts haven’t been released yet, so questions about specific positions, specifically on defense, are my guesswork. Here we go:...
March 10, 2010Tech aims for three-game sweep against UNC
Atlanta Journal-Constitution — GREENSBORO -- To keep its NCAA tournament hopes alive, Georgia Tech has to beat North Carolina for the third time this season Thursday night in the opening round of the ACC tournament.
March 10, 2010Tech’s gearing up for ACC tournament
Tech Blog | Atlanta Journal-Constitution — GREENSBORO, NC – Ah, the center of the universe…..That’s how I feel sitting here today at the Greensboro Coliseum, watching Georgia Tech practice and knowing that tomorrow begins the greatest conference tourney in all the land… Yes, I was raised in the great state of North Carolina. Yes, I went to a high school where somehow they found ways to get TVs around school on Friday’s quarterfinal day of the ACC, so we could sneak peeks at the action. That was back in the old eight-team format, of course. I miss those days, because I’m an old-timer. But if they had to have 12 t...
March 10, 2010D’Andre Bell named Bob Bradley courage award winner
Tech Blog | Atlanta Journal-Constitution — GREENSBORO, NC - Georgia Tech senior D’Andre Bell has been named this year’s winner of the Bob Bradley courage award, given annually to an ACC player, coach or administrator who has overcome significant illness, injury or adversity. Bell returned this season after missing all of last year following surgery for spinal stenosis. Bell, who is averaging 6.4 points and 2.6 rebounds as a starter for Tech, will be honored at the Greensboro Coliseum prior to the Yellow Jackets game against North Carolina on Thursday night. The award is named for the former Clemson sports information direct...
March 10, 2010
- Late drought finishes Virginia's ACC tournament run - roanoke.com Roanoke Times GREENSBORO, N.C. -- Virginia didn't end the men's basketball season with 10 consecutive losses. That was the Cavaliers' primary objective going to the Greensboro Coliseum for the ACC Tournament. However, they did miss their last 10 shots.
- N.C. State eliminates Florida State in the ACC Tournament Florida Times-Union GREENSBORO, N.C. — Freshman Scott Wood scored 18 points on six 3-pointers to help North Carolina State beat Florida State 58-52 on Friday night in the quarterfinals of the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament.Tracy Smith added 13 points for the 11th-seeded Wolfpack (19-14), including a critical jumper to beat the shot clock with about a minute left that helped protect a slim lead. It was the second upset in as many nights for N.C. State, which has won five of six games and is back in the semifinals for the first time since its unexpected run to the finals three years ago.read more
- Clemson playing the waiting game Greenville News GREENSBORO, N.C. -- Clemson basketball coach Oliver Purnell summed up his team's latest Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament experience in four words late Thursday night.
- Clemson's Spiller ready to make transition to NFL Greenville News For well over an hour Friday morning C.J. Spiller signed autographs and posed for pictures at First Presbyterian Church in Greenville, where he spoke to a packed gym at the annual Turner Memorial Prayer Breakfast.
- HOKIES, CAVS BID ADIEU - roanoke.com Roanoke Times Miami holds Malcolm Delaney to seven points.GREENSBORO, N.C. -- For the first time in the college careers of any of its players, the Virginia Tech men's basketball team went one-and-done in the ACC Tournament. Now the Hokies must wait to learn if they will get a chance to redeem themselves in the NCAA tournament.
- In disappointing ACC Tournament defeat, Florida State again can’t stop N.C. State’s Wood Orlando Sentinel The good news for Florida State is that the Seminoles don't have to play against Scott Wood, the N.C. State freshman forward, for another nine or 10 months or so. The bad news is that FSU had to play against Wood and the Wolfpack here on Friday night in the quarterfinals of the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament.
- Playoffs in jeopardy as Thrashers drop fifth straight Atlanta Journal-Constitution The new-look Thrashers are looking an awful lot like the old-look Thrashers. The Thrashers added five new players in the past five weeks in an effort to make the playoffs for just the second time in franchise history.
- Anderson: Thrashers feeling pressure of playoff race Atlanta Journal-Constitution Anderson: Too much pressure?: Thrashers coach John Anderson said the pressure of a playoff race may be reason for his team’s now five-game losing streak after Friday night’s loss to the New York Rangers.
- Despite rain, Hanson gets his work in Atlanta Braves with David O'Brien | Atlanta Journal-Constitution Lake Buena Vista, Fla. – Tommy Hanson didn’t make a start Friday on his day to pitch. He didn’t even get to pitch in a game, in fact. But it wasn’t a lost day for the right-hander, who threw four simulated innings against young Braves hitters in the covered batting cages at Champion Stadium. “66 pitches, seven punchouts in four innings, one hit and one walk,” manager Bobby Cox reported. “He looked great. I watched him. I don’t know who they gave the hit to; I think they just made that one up.” Hanson was scheduled to start Friday against the Pira...
- Jurrjens sharp in delayed spring debut Atlanta Braves with David O'Brien | Atlanta Journal-Constitution Lake Buena Vista, Fla. – It had been a frustrating early spring for Jair Jurrjens, but his mood brightened on a soggy afternoon after he finally pitched, and pitched well. Jurrjens worked a sharp two innings in his first start of spring training Friday against Pittsburgh, retiring six of seven batters in a game rain-delayed three times and called after three innings . “I wanted to get out there to see how the shoulder feels, and just be in a live game,” said Jurrjens, who had been slowed for the first weeks of camp by inflammation in his pitching shoulder. “It feels awesome. ...
- Hawks, Smith to recognize Rajaan Bennett Atlanta Journal-Constitution The connection between Josh Smith and Rajaan Bennett was through McEachern High School, where both had been students and star athletes, and the two also met briefly last summer.
- Josh Smith a leader for the Hawks? It's true Atlanta Journal-Constitution If the image of Josh Smith as the immature, petulant player who couldn’t accept coaching or criticism endures, then his recent evolution might come as a shock.