Josh Pastner’s ball club continues to fight with other bubble teams across the country to make the NCAA Tournament. If they want to prove they belong with the best 64 teams in the country, they’ll need to find ways to win on the road and on short rest, a common occurrence this season due to rescheduling games when teams enter the ACC’s COVID-19 protocols.
The frequency of games has opened up Tech’s rotation to often include an 8th man in Rodney Howard, but his play has had little impact thus far. If Tech is to make a run to March Madness, Howard will need to find a way to be productive on the court in order to alleviate the necessity of a starter playing the entirety of a game, which happened in all four of the contests included in this week’s recap.