Jeff Hart

Casual followers of the Jefferson football team certainly can see the obvious: a light bulb-popping offense, flashy stats, blowout wins. But for the insiders, they understand that the REAL secret to the headline-grabbing offense may actually reside on the other side of the ball.

Some things to watch in the final weekend of the Southeastern Conference regular season:

Kyle Wiltjer scored a career-high 32 points and No. 10 Gonzaga beat Georgia 88-76 on Wednesday night in the NIT Season Tip-Off semifinals.

DeMar DeRozan scored 27 points, Lou Williams added 22 and the Raptors beat the Atlanta Hawks 126-115 on Wednesday night for their sixth consecutive victory.

In the playoffs in any sport, it can be just as much about who is hot than it is about talent or tradition.

The Dawson County girls basketball team remained unbeaten in the early going after taking a 59-46 win over Union County Tuesday.

Johnson held off North Cobb Christian 66-55 Tuesday in the Johnson Tip-off tournament at the Johnson gym.

Flowery Branch outscored Jefferson 50-20 in the second and third quarters to rally for a 68-49 win Tuesday in the Tabo's Tip-Off Tournament at Jefferson High School.

North Hall used a big third quarter rally to beat Lakeview Academy 65-58 Tuesday in boys basketball action.

Surely, everybody can't have a so-so night. At some point, in an NBA game, somebody has to develop that hot hand that leads one team or the other toward victory, right?