CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Georgia Tech and Virginia have pieced collectively sufficient stretches at some stage in the season to offer doses of encouragement.
They’ll want to reveal the cappotential for sustained batches withinside the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament, starting with their assembly in a second-spherical sport on Wednesday. Both groups obtained byes withinside the first spherical.
“If we are going to make a run, it has to begin on Wednesday,” Georgia Tech teach Damon Stoudamire said.
Ninth-seeded Virginia (15-16) has misplaced 4 of its beyond six games.
Eighth-seeded Georgia Tech (16-15) had a three-sport prevailing streak stop with Saturday’s 69-forty three loss at Wake Forest. That changed into the season-low factor general for the Yellow Jackets.
“Last month we performed simply nicely besides for more than one games,” Stoudamire said. “We’re in an awesome space. You’ve were given to run off a few games.”
Virginia ended the normal season with a thud, falling 84-70 at Syracuse on Saturday night. The Cavaliers do not need their season to cease on this type of downer.
“That is simply unacceptable,” Virginia period in-between instruct Ron Sanchez said. “We are higher than that. … Now it is time for postseason play, so there is were given to be a degree of exhilaration from all of us.”
Freshman Jacob Cofie will play in his first ACC event for Virginia. He had a group-excessive thirteen factors withinside the Syracuse game, marking the 0.33 time this season he has been the Cavaliers’ pinnacle scorer, consisting of withinside the season opener.
“I assume he is actually essential for us creating a run,” Sanchez said.
That can be the case due to the fact Cofie has been scoreless in 3 of the beyond six games. He had 9 factors and 6 rebounds withinside the first assembly with Georgia Tech, a 75-sixty one domestic victory on Feb. 8. Isaac McKneely scored 20 factors for the Cavaliers.
Georgia Tech’s Baye Ndongo, an All-ACC 0.33 group choice, is the simplest participant from both group on any of the 3 All-ACC teams, together with 15 gamers in all.
Virginia ended the normal season with a thud, falling 84-70 at Syracuse on Saturday night. The Cavaliers do not need their season to cease on this type of downer.
“That is simply unacceptable,” Virginia period in-between instruct Ron Sanchez said. “We are higher than that. … Now it is time for postseason play, so there is were given to be a degree of exhilaration from all of us.”
Freshman Jacob Cofie will play in his first ACC event for Virginia. He had a group-excessive thirteen factors withinside the Syracuse game, marking the 0.33 time this season he has been the Cavaliers’ pinnacle scorer, consisting of withinside the season opener.
“I assume he is actually essential for us creating a run,” Sanchez said.
That can be the case due to the fact Cofie has been scoreless in 3 of the beyond six games. He had 9 factors and 6 rebounds withinside the first assembly with Georgia Tech, a 75-sixty one domestic victory on Feb. 8. Isaac McKneely scored 20 factors for the Cavaliers.
Georgia Tech’s Baye Ndongo, an All-ACC 0.33 group choice, is the simplest participant from both group on any of the 3 All-ACC teams, together with 15 gamers in all.
