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Five Things to Watch For as Syracuse Travels to Face Georgia Tech (PS; Waters)
The Syracuse Orange will face a Georgia Tech team that underwent an almost complete overhaul since the two met last season as the two schools prepare for Wednesday's game here at McCamish Pavilion.
Georgia Tech's lineup features four transfers from four-year schools and two freshmen. The transfers come from Ole Miss (starting center Demarco Cox), Maryland (starting forward Charles Mitchell), South Florida (reserve guard Josh Heath) and East Carolina (reserve forward Robert Sampson).
The only returning starter from last year's team that went 16-17 is 6-5 guard Marcus Georges-Hunt. The junior leads the Yellow Jackets with 13.5 points per game.
This is an important game for both teams. Syracuse is 10-4 and riding a modest four-game win streak. This is Syracuse's second ACC road game. The Orange barely squeaked past Virginia Tech 68-66 in Blacksburg, Va., on Saturday.
Meanwhile, Georgia Tech is 9-4 after Saturday's heart-breaking loss at Notre Dame in double-overtime. The Yellow Jackets need a home win to avoid an 0-2 start in conference play.
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Yellow Jackets Ready to Squeeze the Syracuse Orange (yellowjackedup.com; Fitzgerald)
If anyone wondered why fans of Georgia Tech Basketball (9-4, 0-1 ACC) had concerns about how Brian Gregory’s team was performing against zone defenses, Wednesday’s game against the Syracuse Orange (10-4, 1-0 ACC ) is part of the reason why.
Syracuse head coach Jim Boeheim, has been running that same 2-3 zone at Syracuse since the Gerald Ford Administration — 39 years in the business, 958 wins, 324 loses.
Coach Boeheim could bump his head on a kitchen cabinet door, and that would only cost him one diagramed play from his 39 year old playbook.
In 2015, the Syracuse 2-3 zone has evolved into one that has size and length, especially along the baseline.
The Orange are holding opponents to 58.4 points per game and 37.3% shooting from the field.
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Georgia Tech Hosts Syracuse (ramblingwreck.com; Cooper)
Georgia Tech opens its ACC home schedule Wednesday night when it welcomes the Syracuse Orange to McCamish Pavilion. Tip-off is set for 7 p.m.
The Yellow Jackets are looking to get back in the win column dropping their ACC opener Saturday afternoon, an 83-76 double-overtime decision to No. 14 Notre Dame at Purcell Pavilion. Marcus Georges-Hunt scored a team-high 20 and Charles Mitchell grabbed a game-high 12 rebounds as part of a 14-point, 12-rebound double-double, his fourth of the season. Tech jumped out to a 13-2 lead and held led the first 31 minutes of the game, but the Irish came back, taking a six-point lead with 3:00 remaining. Then the Jackets fought back, re-taking the lead on a Chris Bolden three with 2:28 left and again, with 37 seconds left on a Georges-Hunt lay-up. The Irish tied the game on a free throw with 25 seconds left and Georges-Hunt's attempted game-winning lay-up was blocked. In the first overtime, Tech overcame an early six-point deficit, tying the game on a Demarco Cox tip-in with 11 seconds remaining. In the second five minutes, however, the Jackets were unable to come back from the Irish's 8-2 opening run. Tech dominated the boards (46-31) and the offensive boards (19-5), and limited Notre Dame, the ACC's top three-point-shooting team, to 1-for-12 in regulation and 4-for-19 for the game. They also forced a season-high 13 turnovers.
The Orange have posted five wins in its last six games, also winning a dramatic conference opener, surviving Virginia Tech, 68-66, at Cassell Coliseum in Blacksburg, Va. Trevor Cooney had a team-high 18, Tyler Roberson grabbed 17 rebounds in securing an 11-point, 17-rebound double-double and Rakeem Christmas chipped in 17 with nine rebounds for the Orange, who nearly squandered a 22-point lead. Syracuse went on a 21-4 run to build a 40-18 lead with 2:51 left in the half, and led 42-23 at the break. They led 47-30 following a Cooney three-pointer with 15:42 left, but the Hokies wouldn't go away. After trailing by 11 with 2:21 to play, they went on a 16-7 run to cut the lead to a bucket. After Ron Patterson missed a pair of free throws with 4.0 seconds left, Tech missed a potential game-winning three at the buzzer. Syracuse dominated in the paint (26-12), and points off turnovers (13-0 in the first half and 17-7 overall). The Orange nearly hurt themselves by shooting 57.1 percent from the line, missing 10 FTAs in the second half.
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Five Things to Watch For as Syracuse Travels to Face Georgia Tech (PS; Waters)
The Syracuse Orange will face a Georgia Tech team that underwent an almost complete overhaul since the two met last season as the two schools prepare for Wednesday's game here at McCamish Pavilion.
Georgia Tech's lineup features four transfers from four-year schools and two freshmen. The transfers come from Ole Miss (starting center Demarco Cox), Maryland (starting forward Charles Mitchell), South Florida (reserve guard Josh Heath) and East Carolina (reserve forward Robert Sampson).
The only returning starter from last year's team that went 16-17 is 6-5 guard Marcus Georges-Hunt. The junior leads the Yellow Jackets with 13.5 points per game.
This is an important game for both teams. Syracuse is 10-4 and riding a modest four-game win streak. This is Syracuse's second ACC road game. The Orange barely squeaked past Virginia Tech 68-66 in Blacksburg, Va., on Saturday.
Meanwhile, Georgia Tech is 9-4 after Saturday's heart-breaking loss at Notre Dame in double-overtime. The Yellow Jackets need a home win to avoid an 0-2 start in conference play.
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Yellow Jackets Ready to Squeeze the Syracuse Orange (yellowjackedup.com; Fitzgerald)
If anyone wondered why fans of Georgia Tech Basketball (9-4, 0-1 ACC) had concerns about how Brian Gregory’s team was performing against zone defenses, Wednesday’s game against the Syracuse Orange (10-4, 1-0 ACC ) is part of the reason why.
Syracuse head coach Jim Boeheim, has been running that same 2-3 zone at Syracuse since the Gerald Ford Administration — 39 years in the business, 958 wins, 324 loses.
Coach Boeheim could bump his head on a kitchen cabinet door, and that would only cost him one diagramed play from his 39 year old playbook.
In 2015, the Syracuse 2-3 zone has evolved into one that has size and length, especially along the baseline.
The Orange are holding opponents to 58.4 points per game and 37.3% shooting from the field.
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Georgia Tech Hosts Syracuse (ramblingwreck.com; Cooper)
Georgia Tech opens its ACC home schedule Wednesday night when it welcomes the Syracuse Orange to McCamish Pavilion. Tip-off is set for 7 p.m.
The Yellow Jackets are looking to get back in the win column dropping their ACC opener Saturday afternoon, an 83-76 double-overtime decision to No. 14 Notre Dame at Purcell Pavilion. Marcus Georges-Hunt scored a team-high 20 and Charles Mitchell grabbed a game-high 12 rebounds as part of a 14-point, 12-rebound double-double, his fourth of the season. Tech jumped out to a 13-2 lead and held led the first 31 minutes of the game, but the Irish came back, taking a six-point lead with 3:00 remaining. Then the Jackets fought back, re-taking the lead on a Chris Bolden three with 2:28 left and again, with 37 seconds left on a Georges-Hunt lay-up. The Irish tied the game on a free throw with 25 seconds left and Georges-Hunt's attempted game-winning lay-up was blocked. In the first overtime, Tech overcame an early six-point deficit, tying the game on a Demarco Cox tip-in with 11 seconds remaining. In the second five minutes, however, the Jackets were unable to come back from the Irish's 8-2 opening run. Tech dominated the boards (46-31) and the offensive boards (19-5), and limited Notre Dame, the ACC's top three-point-shooting team, to 1-for-12 in regulation and 4-for-19 for the game. They also forced a season-high 13 turnovers.
The Orange have posted five wins in its last six games, also winning a dramatic conference opener, surviving Virginia Tech, 68-66, at Cassell Coliseum in Blacksburg, Va. Trevor Cooney had a team-high 18, Tyler Roberson grabbed 17 rebounds in securing an 11-point, 17-rebound double-double and Rakeem Christmas chipped in 17 with nine rebounds for the Orange, who nearly squandered a 22-point lead. Syracuse went on a 21-4 run to build a 40-18 lead with 2:51 left in the half, and led 42-23 at the break. They led 47-30 following a Cooney three-pointer with 15:42 left, but the Hokies wouldn't go away. After trailing by 11 with 2:21 to play, they went on a 16-7 run to cut the lead to a bucket. After Ron Patterson missed a pair of free throws with 4.0 seconds left, Tech missed a potential game-winning three at the buzzer. Syracuse dominated in the paint (26-12), and points off turnovers (13-0 in the first half and 17-7 overall). The Orange nearly hurt themselves by shooting 57.1 percent from the line, missing 10 FTAs in the second half.
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