![]() ![]() 9 in NCAA defensive efficiency), Virginia has never needed to light up a scoreboard to win. With its tortoise-like pace and bristling defense (No. (photo courtesy of Wake Forest athletics) ![]() Miles Kelly has hit 50 percent of his three-point tries in Tech’s ACC road games. Can the Jackets overcome those intangibles and deliver one more head-turning win to close out the regular season? Enjoy the top notes, quotes and anecdotes from my chart as Tech hits the road for the final time (8 p.m. But as they also surely know, Georgia Tech has beaten five of the top seven teams in the ACC. Motivation, desperation, home court advantage, the emotion of Senior Day – the Cavaliers have all the propulsive intangibles a team can want in March, not to mention the confidence of a 75-66 defeat of Tech in January. “We’re fighting for our lives right now,” Virginia forward Ryan Dunn said after a 73-48 rout at Duke last Saturday. Despite sitting in third place in the ACC, the Cavaliers have dropped three of their last four and find themselves teetering on the NCAA Tournament bubble. After defying the odds at Wake Forest, Georgia Tech (14-16, 7-12) now takes its late-season revenge tour to Charlottesville to face Virginia (21-9, 12-7 ACC) at John Paul Jones Arena. The Yellow Jackets can continue to be the ultimate chaos agent as the regular season winds down – while continuing to burnish themselves as a dangerous double-digit seed for the ACC Tournament. ![]() Georgia Tech’s next game: On the road, facing a team in ESPN’s “Last Four In” for the NCAA Tournament, that had beaten them once before this season – and has won 11 straight in the series, is coming off a midweek bye, will be playing on its Senior Day. Georgia Tech’s last game: On the road, facing a team in ESPN’s “Last Four In” for the NCAA Tournament, that had beaten them once before this season and had gone 15-0 at home. By Andy Demetra | Voice of the Yellow Jackets ![]()
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