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SPORTS Technique • November 5, 2010 • 21 WEEK OF NOVEMBER 6TH, 2010 Ramblin’ With STAFF PICKS by Tucker Moore Lee Hoffman Cappetta Mitchell Prasadh Staff Mario Butler Contributing Writer (56-37) (52-41) (51-42) (54-39) (55-38) (57-36) vorite place to go off campus? Mario Butler: #1 Oregon (-28.5) v. Washington Ore. Ore. Wash. Ore. Ore. Ore. Atlantic Sta- tion. Technique: Has anyone ever #3 TCU (-4.5) @ #5 Utah TCU TCU TCU TCU TCU Utah stopped you on campus for an au- tograph? #4 Boise (-27) v. Hawaii Hi. Boise Boise Boise Boise Hi. Mario Butler: No, not really. Technique: Would you sign #6 Alabama (-6) @ #10 LSU Bama Bama Bama Bama Bama Bama one if they did? Mario Butler: Sure, but they’re probably busy in their books. #7 Nebraska (-17) @ Iowa State Neb. Neb. Neb. Neb. Neb. Neb. Technique: Who’s your favor- ite athlete? #8 Oklahoma (-6) @ Texas A&M OK OK OK OK OK OK Mario Butler: My favorite athlete, well, it was Michael Jor- dan, and I still admire him. #9 Wisconsin (-20) @ Purdue Wisc. Purdue Purdue Wisc. Wisc. Wisc. Photo courtesy of Georgia Tech Athletic Department Technique: Who are you root- Technique: How long did it ing for to win the World Series? #12 Missouri (-7) @ Texas Tech Mizzou Mizzou Mizzou Mizzou Mizzou Mizzou take to grow out your dreads? Mario Butler: Umm, I don’t Mario Butler: Um, let me really know who’s in it right now. Technique: #13 Stanford (-7.5) v. #15 Arizona think. This is my fifth year. Giants and Rang- Stan. Stan. Stan. Stan. Stan. Stan. Technique: Have you ever ers. thought about cutting them off? Mario Butler: Oh, Giants, I’m #14 Michigan State (-23) v. Minnesota MSU MSU MSU MSU MSU Minn. Mario Butler: I thought about going to go with Giants. it, but I don’t know. If that time Technique: Do you have a comes, I might. Hollywood crush? HAWAII WAshINGtoN MINNEsotA Technique: Did you play any Mario Butler: Halle Berry. other sports in high school? Technique: What’s your favor- Boise wants to leave as Outside of last week when Michigan State has proven Mario Butler: I ran track and ite movie? WAC conference champions Auburn beat Ole Miss, No. 1 itself as a good team this year, played basketball. I played AAU Mario Butler: I got a couple, before departing to the Moun- teams tend to struggle once but the squad is not a team basketball. but I’ll probably say The Best Man. tain West next year. The squad they get to the top. built to blow anyone out. If Technique: Who’s the funni- Technique: Can you cook? likely will with few teams with No one is giving Wash- anything, they will win with est guy in the locker room? Mario Butler: Yeah, I do a the talent to beat them. Still, ington a chance. They got de- defensive stops and hard-nosed Mario Butler: Anthony Allen. little cooking. Hawaii has done a lot to prove stroyed by Stanford last week running. Technique: Do you have any Technique: What’s your go-to themselves as contenders in ,and they lost their best player Minnesota has shown some pregame rituals? meal? the conference: they have dealt in quarterback Jake Locker. signs of life in its games, and Mario Butler: Nothing be- Mario Butler: I’m a breakfast Nevada its only defeat and Oregon, on the other hand, have yet to play a complete sides reading my Bible. Before we person, so pancakes, eggs, sausag- have averaged nearly 40 points is rolling and playing great game even by its low stan- leave the hotel, I’ll read my Bible. es, all that stuff. a game. football. However, they might dards. With their new interim Technique: What’s your favor- Technique: What’s your ideal Even against an elite de- overlook the Huskies as the head coach, the Gophers will ite class this semester if you have first date? fense like Boise’s, the Warriors Ducks still have Arizona and be more motivated to prove one? Mario Butler: Hmm…can- will still be able to put the Oregon State left on the sched- a point and get pumped up Mario Butler: My econ class, dlelight, stuff like that. points on the scoreboard. Ha- ule. against a ranked team. ECON 4813, it’s about terrorism. Technique: If you could have waii’s defense is suspect, but Oregon probably has the Minnesota is a bad team, Yeah, it’s pretty neat. a super power, what would it be? Boise will not win by 27 points players to win this game by but the Big Ten is a pretty Technique: What’s your favor- Mario Butler: Stop all the vio- in a likely shootout. 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I’m at beginner level right now. Will pay per hour or session. Email [email protected] or call 404-803-4010 22 • November 5, 2010 • Technique SPORTS 2010-11 WOMEN’S: IN THE LADY JACKETS SEEK TO BUILD A TRADITION BASKET By Nishant Prasdah / Online Sports Editor As the 2010-11 season gets underway, the Tech women’s basketball team is coming off the most successful four-year run in team history and will be looking to record a fifth straight 20-win season in the upcoming campaign. The Jackets will have to fare without their top player from last year, as forward Brigitte Ardossi graduated and was selected in the WNBA Draft, but they return most of the roster from a team that went 23-10 and earned a berth in the NCAA Tournament. Guard play should be a strength for the Jackets. The two returning seniors, Deja Foster and Alex Montgomery, have been fix- tures in the Tech backcourt for years and should be among the ACC’s top players in the 2010-11 season. Junior Metra Walthour and sophomore Sharena Taylor both return to give Tech two solid options at point guard, and the Jackets boast depth both at the point and wing positions. Montgomery returned from a torn ACL suffered at the end of the 2008-09 campaign to play in 28 of Tech’s 33 games last sea- son. Though her numbers were down somewhat from the previous year, when she was a healthy starter all season long, she remained a top option for the Jackets and was the team’s primary option from beyond the arc. She was second on the team with 11.9 points per game and had a team-high 59 three-pointers. Foster, meanwhile, emerged as a key weapon for the Jackets in Montgomery’s absence, shooting 48.0 percent from the field and averaging 9.9 points and 6.1 rebounds per game. Her assist-to-turnover ratio of 1.0 was among the best in the conference. Neither Taylor nor Walthour was extremely effective on the offensive end, but Walthour proved to be an effective distributor and a strong defender, recording a 1.34 assist-to-turnover ratio and 61 steals. Along with a handful of experienced backups, including junior Mo Bennett and sophomore Jasmine Blain, at least one highly touted fresh- man will contribute to the Jackets’ backcourt this year. Point guard Dawnn Maye will battle Walthour and Taylor for playing time in her first year with the Jackets. The loss of Ardossi will no doubt hurt the Jackets’ frontcourt play. The Jackets will have several options available as they look to replace her production up front and continue to receive strong play on the post.