Georgia Tech Basketball: By The Stats

This is the Adjusted Tempo of Georgia Tech. This means that if Tech played an average team, each team would get about 65.5 possessions. This is the 325th fastest in the country. When Josh Pastner took over for Brian Gregory, there was a lot of talk about switching to a more uptempo system. That has not happened. Part of that is just due to how Pastner’s teams have performed. Like Gregory, his teams have had relatively good defense and relatively poor offense you get longer possessions. When you (or your opponent) can’t find good shots quickly your possessions take longer. It also takes longer because Tech plays a lot of zone and if they press, it’s almost always a soft press that drops back into the zone. Usually the zone leads to longer possessions. I don’t expect Tech to always play this slow, but I wouldn’t expect any run and gun teams coming out of the Pastner era.

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