Josh Pastner has had a bizarre year. About this time last year, he saw longtime friend Ron Bell turn on him, publishing photos of Georgia Tech basketball players Josh Okogie and Tadric Jackson at his Arizona home and telling the NCAA that he paid for their flights.
Suspensions followed but it got worse: Bell’s girlfriend, Jennifer Pendley, accused Pastner of sexual assault and in fairly lurid terms.
It took awhile for that to sort out but it seems clear now that Bell was acting with malice and no assault happened.
Still, the suspensions had an effect on last season as did an injury to big man Ben Lammers.