March 31, 2004
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#14/15 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets (27-9) in the NCAA Final Four April 3 & 5, 2004 * Alamodome, San Antonio, Texas
TV: CBS (WGCL-TV in Atlanta);Jim Nantz, Billy Packer, Bonnie Bernstein
Radio: Georgia Tech/ISP Network (WQXI-AM 790, WTSH-FM 107.1); Wes Durham, pbp; Randy Waters, color
Tech Record Breakdown: 27-9 overall, 9-7 ACC (3rd place) Home: 12-3; Away: 7-5; Neutral: 8-1
Tech in the NCAA Tournament: Overall Record: 20-12 Sweet 16 appearances: 7 (1960, 1985, 1986, 1990, 1992, 1996, 2004) Elite Eight appearances: 3 (1985, 1990, 2004) Final Four appearances: 2 (1990, 2004)
2004 Record vs. NCAA Field: 14-6
Tech vs. Oklahoma State: OSU leads, 2-0 Last meeting: 11-29-91, OSU d. Tech, 78-71
Tech vs. Duke: Duke leads, 53-21 2004 meetings: 1-31-04, Duke d. Tech, 82-74 (Atlanta); 3-3-04, Tech d. Duke, 76-68 (Durham); 3-13-04, Duke d. Tech, 85-71 (ACC Tournament)
Tech vs. Connecticut: Tech leads, 1-0 Last meeting: 11-26-03, Tech d. UConn, 77-61
Georgia Tech coach Paul Hewitt: 141-80 (.636), 7th season overall 75-53 (.583), 4th season at Tech 4-2 in the NCAA Tournament 0-0 vs. OSU, 1-8 vs. Duke, 1-0 vs. UConn
Final Four Capsule
Regional Semifinals #3 Georgia Tech vs. #2 Oklahoma State, 6:07 p.m. EST #1 Duke vs. #2 Connecticut, 40 min. after
Monday National Championship Game, 9:18 p.m. EDT
THE TIP-OFF
> Georgia Tech is making its first trip to the NCAA Men’s Final Four since 1990 and only its second ever in the history of the program. Tech has reached this stage by defeating Northern Iowa (65-60) and Boston College (57-54) in the first and second rounds in Milwaukee, and Nevada (72-67) and Kansas (79-71 in overtime) in St. Louis last weekend. These are Tech’s first NCAA Tournament wins since 1996, and improved the NCAA Tournament record of head coach Paul Hewitt to 4-2.
> Tech’s last and only other trip to the Final Four occurred in Denver (McNichols Arena) in 1990, and the Yellow Jackets lost to UNLV, 90-81, in the national semifinals. The Runnin’ Rebels went on to defeat Duke for the national title.
> Tech has advanced this far after being picked to finish seventh in the Atlantic Coast Conference in a pre-season media poll. The Yellow Jackets finished the regular season tied for third place in the ACC with Wake Forest at 9-7. Tech was given a No. 3 seed in the NCAA Tournament, the second time the Jackets have been a No. 3 seed (first time in 1996).
> Tech has won eight of its last nine games dating back to a 79-60 victory at Clemson on Feb. 28. Tech is 15-9 since beginning the season 12-0, and has won 11 of its last 15 games going back to Feb. 7.
> At 27-9, Tech has tied the 1985 and 1986 teams for the second most victories in its history, and stands one win shy of the school record of 28 set by the 1990 Final Four squad. It is the 11th 20-win season in the history of Georgia Tech basketball, and it is the third time head coach Paul Hewitt has coached a team to 20 wins (he did it twice in three seasons at Siena).
> Tech’s third-place finish in the ACC regular-season was the highest finish in four seasons under head coach Paul Hewitt and the highest finish since 1996. Tech’s 9-7 mark also was the best of Hewitt’s tenure and the best since 1996.
> Tech has been in the Top 25 for 17 straight weeks, entering the NCAA Tournament at No. 14 in the Associated Press poll and No. 15 in the ESPN/USA Today poll. The Yellow Jackets debuted at No. 13 (AP) and No. 15 (coaches) on Dec. 1 following their Preseason NIT wins over No. 1 Connecticut and No. 25 Texas Tech.
> Tech is 10-1 on neutral courts this season. Six of the 11 games came against Top 25 opponents, including wins over No. 1 Connecticut on Nov. 26 and No. 25 Texas Tech on Nov. 28 in the Pre-Season NIT, ACC Tournament games against No. 16 North Carolina and No. 5 Duke, and NCAA Tournament wins over No. 25 Boston College and No. 16 Kansas.
> Saturday will be Tech’s first-ever game in the Alamodome, and with its two wins in St. Louis, the Yellow Jackets are 12-5 in domed stadiums. The list also includes the Georgia Dome (7-4 record), the Louisiana Superdome (4-0) and the Carrier Dome (0-1).
TECH IN THE NCAA TOURNAMENT
Georgia Tech is playing in the NCAA Tournament for the 13th time in its history, and now has advanced to the Final Four for the second time. It is the second NCAA Tournament for Tech in four seasons under head coach Paul Hewitt. Tech last made the 65-team field in 2001, losing to St. Joseph’s (66-62) in the first round of the West Regional in San Diego, Calif.
Tech has advanced to the Final Four with victories over Northern Iowa, Boston College, Nevada and Kansas, winning those four games by a total of 21 points, including an eight-point overtime victory over Kansas in the St. Louis regional semifinals.
Tech has a 20-12 all-time record in the NCAA Tournament, has advanced to the Sweet 16 seven times (1960, 1985, 1986, 1990, 1992, 1996, 2004), the Elite Eight three times (1985, 1990, 2004) and the Final Four twice (1990, 2004).
Tech’s next most recent NCAA berth came in 1996, when the Yellow Jackets, then under head coach Bobby Cremins, defeated Austin Peay State and Boston College to advance to the Sweet 16 before being eliminated by Cincinnati. Cremins guided Tech to 10 NCAA appearances, including nine straight 1985 to 1993. Among those was the school’s only Final Four appearance in 1990, where Tech was eliminated by eventual national champion UNLV.
Tech’s only other NCAA invitation came in 1960, when the Roger Kaiser-led Yellow Jackets made the second round before losing to eventual champion Ohio State.
Tech head coach Paul Hewitt has taken three teams to the NCAA Tournament in his seven seasons as a head coach. He guided Siena to the Big Dance in 1999, and the Yellow Jackets to the West Regional in 2001. Both teams lost in the first round.
Tech has been a No. 3 seed one other time, in 1996, and the Jackets went 2-1 and advanced to the Sweet 16.
HOW TECH GOT TO SAN ANTONIO
1st round: Georgia Tech 65, Northern Iowa 60 — B.J. Elder hit a pivotal jumper with just 1:06 left on the clock to seal the win as Georgia Tech outlasted Northern Iowa in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. Tech started off strong, leading by as many as 17 before taking a 12-point lead into halftime. The Panthers started the second half with an impressive 15-2 run to lead by one. Elder answered with a jumper with 15:47 remaining to give Tech a lead it would hold for the remainder of the game. But Northern Iowa stayed within striking distance as Tech struggled to score in the second half, and a last-second three-point attempt by UNI’s Ben Jacobsen was off the mark. Jacobsen, the Panther’s leading scorer, scored just nine points and went 2-of-14 from the floor. Four Tech players reached double figures, led by Luke Schenscher with 13.
2nd round: Georgia Tech 57, Boston College 54 — Jarrett Jack made a key steal and dunk in the final six seconds of the game as Georgia Tech advanced to the Sweet 16. The Jackets jumped out to an 11-point lead in the second half before a Boston College run put the Eagles ahead by one with less than a minute remaining, capitalizing on a 5 1/2 minute Tech scoring drought. Jack made two free throws to put Tech ahead by with only 25 seconds remaining, then stole a BC pass and drove the length of the floor for the game-clinching dunk. Like Northern Iowa, however, BC had the last shot, but Jermaine Watson’s three-point try to tie the game bounced off as time expired. Tech held BC’s leading scorer, Craig Smith, to just three points on four field goal attempts and forced the Eagles into a season-high 22 turnovers. B.J. Elder led the Jackets with 18 points, and Anthony McHenry had his second straight double-figure game with 10.
Regional Semifinal: Georgia Tech 72, Nevada 67 — Senior Marvin Lewis almost single-handedly kept Georgia Tech’s season and his own career alive by scoring 23 points, making 7 of 13 shots (4 of 9 from three-point range). His performance mitigated the loss of leading scorer B.J. Elder, who played only three minutes after spraining his right ankle early in the first half and never returned. Lewis scored 13 of his points in the second half, when Tech outscored the Wolf Pack, 38-28, after trailing by five at the break. The Yellow Jackets limited Nevada to 21.2-percent shooting from the floor in the second half (7-of-33), and held the Wolf Pack’s leading scorer, Kirk Snyder, to just 2-of-12. Tech trailed by as many as seven points (43-36 with 17:53 to go in the game) before an 11-2 run gave the Jackets their first lead at 47-45 with 15:44 left. Six ties later, Will Bynum’s layup gave Tech the lead for good, 69-67, with 1:07 remaining. He finished with nine points.
Regional Final: Georgia Tech 79, Kansas 71 (ot) — Will Bynum hit a three-pointer to break a 71-71 tie in overtime and spark an 8-0 Tech run to finish the game after the Yellow Jackets watched a seven-point lead vanish in the final minutes of regulation. Jarrett Jack went 4-for-4 from the line in the final 47 seconds to finish with a career-high 29 points and lead Georgia Tech to its first appearance in the Final Four since the 1990 season. Luke Schenscher scored 15 points and Clarence Moore tied a season high with 14 of his own in the contest. Jack was named the regional’s Most Outstanding Player, and Moore made the all-tournament team. Tech held Kansas forward Wayne Simien to 11 points on 4-of-14 shooting from the floor.
SERIES VS. OKLAHOMA STATE
Georgia Tech has faced Oklahoma State twice before, dropping a 78-71 decision in the finals of the 1991 Preseason NIT at Madison Square Garden in the teams’ last meeting. The teams also met in the 1981 Sun Bowl Tournament in El Paso, Texas, where the Cowboys took a 59-57 victory.
OSU will be the third Big XII team the Yellow Jackets will face this season. Tech defeated Texas Tech back on Nov. 28 in the finals of the Preseason NIT, and downed Kansas, 79-71 in overtime, in the NCAA St. Louis Regional final.
SERIES VS. CONNECTICUT
Georgia Tech and Connecticut have met just once, but it was the game that launched the Yellow Jackets into national prominence earlier this season. Tech defeated the Huskies, then ranked No. 1 in the nation, 77-61, in the semifinals of the Preseason NIT at Madison Square Garden.
Tech has faced two other Big East teams this year, defeating St. John’s, 79-66, at home on Dec. 21, and Boston College, 57-54, in the second round of the NCAA St. Louis Regional.
SERIES VS. DUKE
> Duke leads the all-time series with Georgia Tech, 53-21, and has won the last 16 of the last 17 games in the series, the lone Tech win coming on March 3 of this year in a 76-68 victory at Cameron Indoor Stadium. That triumph snapped a 15-game Duke winning streak in the series and a 41-game homecourt winning streak for the Blue Devils.
> Only five of the last 17 games in the series have been decided by 10 points or fewer; the Blue Devils had won the 15 straight games prior to Mar. 3 by an average of 21.6 points a game.
> Earlier this season: Duke overcame an early 11-point deficit in the teams’ first meeting on Jan. 31, and scored 14 of the game’s final 20 points to secure the win. The game was tied 68-68 on Luke Schenscher’s layup at the 3:27 mark, but the Yellow Jackets missed seven of their last eight shots and did not make another field goal until 25 seconds remained. Schenscher finished the game with 18 points and eight rebounds, and Jarrett Jack led Tech with 19.
> In the return meeting in Durham, Tech went on a 14-2 run to take a 28-18 lead and never trailed again. Jack led Tech with 15 points, seven in the final minute and a half, and Schenscher had 14 points, nine rebounds and four blocks.
> In the ACC Tournament semifinals, Tech led by two at halftime, but scored the first seven points of the second half and led by as many as 20 points before settling for an 85-71 win. Shelden Williams had 20 points and 18 rebounds to lead the Blue Devils, while B.J. Elder led Tech with 25 points.
> Tech has won just five of 30 games played at Cameron Indoor Stadium, the first four coming in 1996, 1987, 1984 and 1959.
> Prior to the 15-game Duke winning streak, Tech had won three of four from the Blue Devils. Tech’s best stretch during the series occurred between 1982 and 1989, when the Yellow Jackets won 10 of 17 meetings. The Jackets have never won more than two in a row in the series.
> Tech is 17-39 against Duke teams coached by Mike Krzyzewski, 10-14 in such games played in Atlanta. The Mar. 3 win is Tech’s only win in nine tries under Paul Hewitt.
TOURNAMENT NOTES
> Tech has won its four NCAA tournament games by a total of 21 points, the smallest winning margin of the four remaining teams. Connecticut has won its four games by 70 points (closest was 16), Duke by a total of 76 points (closest was three) and Oklahoma State by a total of 50 (closest was two).
> Tech is 17-1 this season against teams not in the Atlantic Coast Conference. That includes a 7-0 mark on neutral floors. The Yellow Jackets’ only loss to a team outside its conference was an 83-80 double-overtime defeat at Georgia on Jan. 3.
> Tech is now 22-0 this season when holding its opponent under 70 points, and has held three of its four NCAA opponents under that figure. Kansas scored 66 in regulation Sunday, 71 for the game.
> Tech is 21-1 when holding its opponent under 40 percent shooting this season. Tech has held its four NCAA Tournament foes to 43.7 percent combined (Northern Iowa 38.9, Boston College 45.5, Nevada 31.9 and Kansas 40.0).
> Tech has only one player averaging in double figures for the tournament (Jarrett Jack 12.8 ppg), but eight players are averaging 6.3 points or more over the four games.
> Tech outrebounded both of its opponents in the regional in St. Louis, outboarding Nevada, 49-45, and Kansas, 41-38. It was only the third time since conference play began in January that Tech has outrebounded opponents in consecutive games. Tech’s 49 rebounds against Nevada in the regional semifinal has been exceeded only by its 52 against Tennessee State on Dec. 6, and came on the heels of a season-low 24 boards against Boston College. The Jackets have a plus-2.5 rebound edge in its four tournament games.
> Tech’s last seven wins have all been decided by less than 10 points, and the Jackets are 10-4 in such games this season. Tech is 5-4 this season when the games are decided by five points or less, including a 4-0 mark in the ACC and NCAA Tournaments.
> Tech has shot 44.4 percent from the floor in its four NCAA Tournament games, and 45.4 percent in the post-season (including ACC Tournament). Luke Schenscher tops the list in the post-season at 60.0 percent, followed by Anthony McHenry at 55.2.
> Tech has shot 70.3 percent from the free throw line in the NCAA Tournament, including 26 of 34 (76.5 percent) Sunday against Kansas. The Jackets have shot just 30 percent from three-point range in the tournament, including 3-of-19 Sunday against Kansas.
> Tech has been able to win eight of its last nine games despite giving up 129 offensive rebounds (14.3 per game) and a minus-15 turnover margin.
> Tech has won seven of eight games in the month of March this season, and is 13-7 during the month in Paul Hewitt’s four seasons.
> B.J. Elder, who had been Tech’s top scorer averaging 15.0 points in the Yellow Jackets’ first two tournament games, played only 15 minutes in the two games in St. Louis after spraining his right ankle early in the Nevada game. He did not score for the first time in his college career (96 games), and snapped a 13-game streak of double-figure efforts.
TECH ON THRESHOLD OF SCHOOL WIN RECORD
Georgia Tech stands one victory away from tying the school record for victories in a season. Tech enters the Final Four with a 27-9 overall mark, tying the 1985 and 1986 teams for the second most in school history. Tech won 28 games, the school record, during its Final Four season of 1990, and 27 each in 1985 and 1986.
Here is a quick look at Tech’s 20-win campaigns, listed in order of highest win total first: 28 (1990), 27 (1985, 1986, 2004), 24 (1996), 23 (1971, 1992), 22 (1960, 1988), 21 (1963), 20 (1989).
JACKETS WIN DESPITE SCORING STRUGGLES
Georgia Tech has survived on its defense and its ability to contest last-second shots in its victories in the NCAA Tournament. The Yellow Jackets, who averaged better than 77 points a game entering the tournament, have averaged just 68.2 points in the three tourney games yet are still alive.
> Tech’s 42.9 field goal percentage against Nevada was its lowest since the regular season finale against Florida State (42.6). Tech has managed at least 45 percent from the floor in 13 of 15 games since the beginning of February.
> Tech led by as many as 17 points against Northern Iowa and by as many as 11 against Boston College, but had to endure long scoring droughts in each game. The Jackets held both teams’ leading scorers in check, limiting UNI’s Ben Jacobsen to just nine points (2-of-14 FG) and BC’s Craig Smith to only two points (1-of-4 FG, fouled out).
> The story was far different against Nevada, whose leading scorer (Kirk Snyder) tallied 21 against Tech Friday night, including 11 straight for the Wolf Pack during the second half. But the Jackets held Nevada to 7-of-33 from the floor (21.2 percent) after intermission, and held the Wolf Pack scoreless over the last 2:08 of the game.
> Tech led most of the game against Kansas, but scored just one point in the final 3:54 of regulation and lost a seven-point lead. In overtime, however, Tech scored the last eight points and held Kansas scoreless over the last 2:16.
> Tech’s 57 points against BC were the fewest Tech has scored in a winning effort in four years under head coach Paul Hewitt, and were the fewest scored by the Jackets this season. The 273 points in the four NCAA Tournament games are the fewest in any four-game stretch this season.
> Conversely, the 252 points that Tech has surrendered are the fewest in any four-game stretch since the Jackets last four games of December.
DEFENSE REMAINS TECH’S FOUNDATION
Defensive pressure, both half-court and full-court, continues to be the catalyst for Tech and creates the offensive opportunities that have the Yellow Jackets averaging 77.0 points a game (fifth in the ACC, best in Paul Hewitt’s four years at Tech) and shooting 46.7 percent from the floor (third in the ACC, also Tech’s best under Hewitt).
> Tech has found ways to neutralize the leading scorers for each of the opponents it has faced in the NCAA Tournament. Ben Jacobsen of Northern Iowa scored nine points (2-14 FG), Craig Smith of Boston College scored two (1-4 FG), Kirk Snyder of Nevada scored 21 (but took 20 shots to get there and was 1-of-6 from three-point range), and Wayne Simien of Kansas scored 11 (4-14 FG).
> Tech ranks first in the ACC in field goal percentage defense in all games — was first in league games only (40.8 pct.) — and is the seventh-best in NCAA Division I basketball. Tech also leads the ACC in both three-point percentage defense in all games and also was first league games only (32.2 pct.).
> Tech’s FG percentage allowance of 38.6 percent would be the fifth lowest in school history if the season ended today, and the three-point yield (29.8 pct.) would be a school record.
> The Jackets have allowed only 14 teams to shoot 40 percent or better this season, and only four to shoot 50 percent.
> Tech is 26-2 this season when it holds its opponent to less than 80 points (22-0 when they stay under 70), and 1-7 when the opponent scores 80 or more (Tech defeated North Carolina, 83-82, in the ACC Tournament). NC State is the only team to beat Tech (both meetings this season) without scoring 80 points.
> Tech also ranks third in the ACC and 30th nationally in blocked shots (4.64 per game), and ranked second in the conference in league games only (5.5 per game).
TECH BUILDS MOMENTUM
Despite Georgia Tech’s loss to Duke in the ACC Tournament semifinals, the Yellow Jackets built post-season momentum by winning four straight games prior to the Duke loss and forging a third-place tie in the ACC regular season. It was Tech’s best ACC finish in four seasons under head coach Paul Hewitt and its best since 1996.
Tech was 6-7 on Feb. 25 following two straight home losses to Wake Forest and NC State. But the Jackets earned a pair of road wins at Clemson and No. 3 Duke before finishing out the regular season with a homecourt win against Florida State and then defeating No. 16 North Carolina in the quarterfinals of the ACC Tournament.
> Over Tech’s last nine games, the Yellow Jackets have shot 45.9 percent from the floor while holding their opponents to 38.4 percent from the floor and 29.6 percent from three-point range. Tech has also shot 73.5 percent from the free throw line, including a 70.3-percent mark in the NCAA Tournament.
SEASON FULL OF HIGHLIGHTS
Georgia Tech is enjoying its finest season since 1990, the only other Yellow Jacket team to reach the Final Four. That team finished the year 28-7 and lost in the national semifinals.
Tech burst on the national scene and debuted in both Top 25 polls after sweeping through the Preseason NIT, knocking off No. 1 Connecticut and No. 25 Texas Tech in Madison Square Garden to earn the title. That springboard launched the Yellow Jackets to the best start in school history at 12-0.
Since then, Tech has forged a 9-7 record in the ACC, the strongest conference in the nation this year according to the RPI Report. That run included Tech’s first win at Wake Forest (then ranked No. 10) since 1998, its first win at Maryland (the ACC Tournament Champion) since 1994 and its first season-sweep over the Terrapins since 1993, its first win over Duke (then ranked No. 3) in 15 games (a 76-68 win in Durham on Mar. 3), and two wins over North Carolina (Feb. 10 at home and Mar. 12 in the ACC Tournament). Tech defeated every ACC team this season except NC State.
Tech also snapped two long home-court winning streaks by ACC foes, a 24-game string by Wake Forest with a 73-66 win on Jan. 20, and a 41-game streak by Duke with a 76-68 win on Mar. 3.
Tech has defeated four non-conference teams which won their respective conference championships, including Connecticut (Big East), Louisiana-Lafayette (Sun Belt), Northern Iowa (Missouri Valley) and Virginia Commonwealth (Colonial Athletic Association).
QUICK LOOK AT TECH
Three Tech players are averaging in double figures this season, led by 6-4 junior B.J. Elder at 15.3 points a game, 6-3 sophomore Jarrett Jack (12.7 ppg), 6-4 senior Marvin Lewis (11.0 ppg).
For the last 16 games, Tech has used the starting lineup with which it played the first 13 games of the season — Jack, Lewis and Elder at the guards, 6-7 junior Anthony McHenry at forward and 7-1 junior Luke Schenscher at center. The Jackets are 23-6 with this lineup, 4-3 with other starting fives.
Elder, the ACC’s fifth-leading scorer during the regular season, averaged 17.8 points in Tech’s four post-season games before spraining his right ankle early in last weekend’s regional semifinal against Nevada. He played only 15 total minutes in the two regional games and did not score. Elder has shot 42.1 percent from the floor this season, 37.9 percent from three-point range and 78.1 percent from the foul line.
Jack, the only Tech player to start every game this season, scored a career-high 29 points against Kansas in the regional final Sunday in St. Louis, and has come up with big plays in each game of the tournament so far. He sealed the UNI with with two free throws, then hit game-winning free throws against BC and made a steal and dunk to clinch the victory. He ranks fourth in the ACC in assist average (5.69 per game) and fifth in steals (1.94 per game), while shooting 46.7 percent from the floor.
Schenscher, who scored 13 points in Tech’s first-round win against Northern Iowa and 15 against Kansas in the regional semifinal, averages 8.9 points and a team-high 6.4 rebounds overall this season (9.3 ppg and 4.8 rpg in the NCAA Tournament), hits 55.7 percent of his shots and ranks fourth in the league in blocks (1.47 per game).
Lewis scored 23 points against Nevada, hitting 4-of-9 three-point shots, and hit 4-of-9 shots for nine points to help Tech defeat Boston College. He is shooting 43.9 percent from the floor and 40.1 percent from three-point range (4th in the ACC), and had a 45.7-percent success rate in ACC games this season.
McHenry, Tech’s primary defensive specialist who has started 30 of Tech’s 36 games this season (3.3 ppg, 3.1 rpg), has averaged 7.5 points and shot 63.6 percent from the floor in the NCAA Tournament so far.
Tech uses four primary reserves, including Isma’il Muhammad, a 6-6 defensive whiz who averages 9.4 points per game. Muhammad, who has averaged 6.3 points and 6.0 rebounds in the NCAA Tournament, has made 58.1 percent of his field goal attempts this season and is Tech’s third-best rebounder at 4.8 per game.
Bynum, Tech’s backup point guard averaging 9.3 points per game for the season, scored 11 to help lift Tech in the first NCAA Tournament game against Northern Iowa, and averaged 8.5 in Tech’s two games in St. Louis. Clarence Moore, a 6-5 senior who scored 14 points off the bench Sunday against Kansas, averages 6.1 points and 4.7 rebounds for the season, and has hit 39.0 percent from three-point range, including 3-for-6 against UNI. Theodis Tarver, a 6-9 sophomore (1.5 ppg, 1.8 ppg) and 6-8 senior Robert Brooks (1.4 ppg, 1.5 rpg) are Schenscher’s backups in the post.
JACK, MOORE EARN ALL-REGIONAL HONORS
Jarrett Jack was named the Outstanding Player in the St. Louis Regional last weekend after scoring 29 points in the final against Kansas. The 6-3 sophomore went 8-of-12 from the floor and 13-of-14 from the free throw line against the Jayhawks, while also recording nine rebounds and six assists.
Moore made the all-tournament team after tying his season high against Kansas with 14 points. Moore went 5-of-11 from the floor and 3-of-5 from the foul line, and also grabbed six rebounds and took five steals against the Jayhawks. He scored six points and grabbed eight rebounds against the Jayhawks.
