Georgia Tech Preview and Game Thread -- 03-19-2021

[goramblers2011]

Becoming clear that the ACC and Big 12 tourneys should have been canceled upon the first positive test. Positives for Duke, Virginia and Georgia Tech (ACC) and Kansas and Oklahoma (Big 12). Money grab by the conferences.

[jmiller2794]

Becoming clear that the ACC and Big 12 tourneys should have been canceled upon the first positive test. Positives for Duke, Virginia and Georgia Tech (ACC) and Kansas and Oklahoma (Big 12). Money grab by the conferences.

Or hubris. Regardless, the ACC will be punished for it by having it's conference POY out for the first game of the tournament.

[didea]

It also seems that Georgia Tech really should have dropped out - they knew by Sunday something was not right; confirmed by Monday. If you follow contract tracing rules - all of the team has been exposed. That potentially exposes every single opponent in the first weekend at least.

[ToledoRambler]

It is what it is... I don’t blame Georgia Tech for any of this. You’re given a set of guidelines, and you obviously wanna play in games…. But it does really bother me the Duke, Virginia, and Georgia Tech were all in the same place, and COVID positives came up for every team. It makes me fearful that if our team plays Georgia Tech, wins, and ends up having a positive test, we’re gonna pretty much know how that happened and it’s going to be devastating.

If Moses Wright tested positive on Sunday, it seems overwhelmingly obvious that he contracted it sometime on or before Saturday… And we know he was out there with the team all Saturday night. I feel for GT, and it certainly a crap situation .... I just don’t want that crap situation to spill over to us if we are able to win tomorrow.

On a side note - I really like Josh Pastner. He’s got the positive attitude and charisma that Porter has, which is nice to see.

[goramblers2011]

It is what it is... I don’t blame Georgia Tech for any of this. You’re given a set of guidelines, and you obviously wanna play in games…. But it does really bother me the Duke, Virginia, and Georgia Tech were all in the same place, and COVID positives came up for every team. It makes me fearful that if our team plays Georgia Tech, wins, and ends up having a positive test, we’re gonna pretty much know how that happened and it’s going to be devastating.

If Moses Wright tested positive on Sunday, it seems overwhelmingly obvious that he contracted it sometime on or before Saturday… And we know he was out there with the team all Saturday night. I feel for GT, and it certainly a crap situation .... I just don’t want that crap situation to spill over to us if we are able to win tomorrow.

On a side note - I really like Josh Pastner. He’s got the positive attitude and charisma that Porter has, which is nice to see.

Didn't basically our entire team already contract the virus at the beginning of the season? Now, I know there have been cases of people getting it again, but I think the odds would be in our favor that most of the team has antibodies and should be OK.

Either way, again, this was avoidable. Feel like so many people saw it coming and pushed for conference tourneys to be canceled or moved forward a week (same week as Arch Madness), but they ignored it all and went ahead. Now these conferences reap what they sow as some of the best players from Big 12 and ACC will be out. I'd be livid if I was a GT, OU, UVA or Kansas fan.

[01grad]

It is what it is... I don’t blame Georgia Tech for any of this. You’re given a set of guidelines, and you obviously wanna play in games…. But it does really bother me the Duke, Virginia, and Georgia Tech were all in the same place, and COVID positives came up for every team. It makes me fearful that if our team plays Georgia Tech, wins, and ends up having a positive test, we’re gonna pretty much know how that happened and it’s going to be devastating.

If Moses Wright tested positive on Sunday, it seems overwhelmingly obvious that he contracted it sometime on or before Saturday… And we know he was out there with the team all Saturday night. I feel for GT, and it certainly a crap situation .... I just don’t want that crap situation to spill over to us if we are able to win tomorrow.

On a side note - I really like Josh Pastner. He’s got the positive attitude and charisma that Porter has, which is nice to see.

Didn't basically our entire team already contract the virus at the beginning of the season? Now, I know there have been cases of people getting it again, but I think the odds would be in our favor that most of the team has antibodies and should be OK.

Either way, again, this was avoidable. Feel like so many people saw it coming and pushed for conference tourneys to be canceled or moved forward a week (same week as Arch Madness), but they ignored it all and went ahead. Now these conferences reap what they sow as some of the best players from Big 12 and ACC will be out. I'd be livid if I was a GT, OU, UVA or Kansas fan.

Friends of mine who are FSU grads weren’t exactly thrilled either to have to sweat out the last few days, fearing the worst.

[Dansen]

Fun little article, Porter recruited Pastner to Texas A&M back in the day

https://www.ajc.com/sports/georgia-tech ... YM4XXLH5M/

[Rambler88]

From my understanding, most schools don't require a Covid test for 5 months after the student contracted the virus.

[ahunte1]

From my understanding, most schools don't require a Covid test for 5 months after the student contracted the virus.

There was talk about a 150 day window during the controversy at the MVC tournament. Sounded like the league rule was that a positive would be considered false within that timeframe.

[swellafelon]

Look who Porter Moser retweeted yesterday:

https://mobile.twitter.com/PorterMoser

FYI, ahunte, the traditional third anniversary present is leather, which seems especially appropriate between bros...