Heading into this season, there were really two certainties for the season: the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets would finish around .500 on the season, and Naithan George would prove himself as one of the premiere point guards in the ACC. As the season went along, both became true, but the significance of George's sophomore leap can not go unnoticed.
In his freshman season, George would lead the team in assists per game with 4.7, but he would quickly establish himself as the best point guard on the team by dishing out at least eight assists in three of the Yellow Jackets first six games of the season. He would get as much as 11 assists in a single game last season.
Heading into the season, Yellow Jackets fans like myself knew that there would be a big leap forward his sophomore season, and George did just that, as he would start the season with at least six assists in four of the Yellow Jackets first six games, and nearly put up a double double against Notre Dame this season. As the season progressed, consistency was key for George, as he would put up a stretch in the middle of the season where he had at least four assists in ten straight games.
This season, George would finish atop the ACC in assists per game, averaging 6.7, cementing himself as one of the best pure point guards in the ACC along the likes of Elliot Cadeau of North Carolina and Chucky Hepburn of Louisville. His 6.7 assists per game placed tenth in the country this season, becoming the first Yellow Jacket to finish in the top ten nationally since Kenny Anderson.