Georgia Tech Basketball 2020-21
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2020-21 GEORGIA TECH BASKETBALL GAME NOTES @GTMBB • @GTJOSHPASTNER GEORGIA TECH BASKETBALL 2020-21 ACC Champions 1985, 1990, 1993 • Final Four 1990, 2004 • 16 NCAA Tournament appearances GEORGIA TECH (17-9, 11-6 ACC) | ACC CHAMPIONS 2020-21 Schedule/Results ACC Tournament Champions • Regular-Season Finish: 4th place N25 GEORGIA STATE RSN L, 120-123 (4 ot) Tech Wins ACC Championship, N27 MERCER RSN L, 73-83 AT-A-GLANCE D6 vs. Kentucky# (20/na) ESPN W, 79-62 Plays in NCAA Tournament Tech in the NCAA Tournament 23-17 D9 at Nebraska+ ESPN2 W, 75-64 Ending an 11-year hiatus from the NCAA Tournament, NCAA Appearances 17 (Final Four in 1990 and 2004) Georgia Tech participated in March Madness for the first time D15 at Florida State (15/15) ACCN L, 61-74 Tech in the ACC Tournament 28-37 since 2010, losing its first-round game, 71-60, to Loyola D18 FLORIDA A&M RSN W, 74-64 Chicago at Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Ind. The Yellow ACC Championships 1985, 1990, 1993, 2021 D20 DELAWARE STATE ACCN W, 97-69 Jackets were a No. 9 seed in the field as an automatic qualifier Last game Lost to Loyola Chicago, 71-60, Midwest Regional D23 at UAB CBSSN cancelled after winning the Atlantic Coast Conference championship, the GEORGIA TECH YELLOW JACKETS D30 NORTH CAROLINA (rv/rv) RSN W, 72-67 first conference title for the team since 1993. Rankings (AP/coaches/KenPom/NET) rv | rv | 37 | 41 J3 WAKE FOREST ACCN W, 70-54 The Yellow Jackets entered the NCAA Tournament having Record breakdown 10-3 home | 4-5 road | 3-1 neutral J6 at Notre Dame RSN postponed won eight straight games following a Feb. 12 loss at Clemson, Head coach Josh Pastner (Arizona, 1997) J9 at Louisville (rv/25) ACCN postponed including victories over Miami and Florida State to win the ACC Career record/at GT 249-149 ! (12th yr) | 82-76 ! (5th yr) J13 PITTSBURGH ACCN postponed Tournament. Tech also earned its highest ACC regular season J16 at NC State (rv/nr) RSN postponed finish (fourth) since the 2004 national runner-up team also Pastner in the NCAA Tournament 5th NCAA Tournament (2-5) ! On-court record - 22 wins and 1 loss vacated by NCAA Committee on Infractions J20 CLEMSON (20/22) RSN W. 83-65 finished fourth, and had a NCAA NET ranking of No. 34 (Jackets J23 at Virginia (13/12) ACCN L, 62-64 NET was 41 following NCAA Tournament). Tech’s surge began J26 at Duke ESPN L, 68-75 with a 71-65 home win over Pitt on Feb. 14 and included three J30 FLORIDA STATE (16/16) ACCN W, 76-65 road victories over Miami, No. 16 Virginia Tech and Wake Forest. But Tech was unable to get past the No. 8-seeded F1 at Louisville (rv/rv) ACCN L, 58-74 Ramblers after losing ACC Player of the Year Moses Wright F6 NOTRE DAME ACCN W, 82-80 under COVID-19 protocols, and its remarkable season ended F10 VIRGINIA (9/9) RSN L, 49-57 with a 17-9 record. F12 at Clemson (rv/rv) ACCN L, 72-74 F14 PITTSBURGH ACCN W, 71-65 F17 BOSTON COLLEGE ACCN postponed F20 at Miami RSN W, 87-60 F23 at Virginia Tech (16/15) RSN W, 69-53 ROSTER AT-A-GLANCE (#indicates end-of-season starters) F27 SYRACUSE ACCN W, 84-77 Jose Alvarado# ................. G ........ 6-0 ........179 .....Sr. .........Brooklyn, N.Y. ..............15.2 ppg ....4.1 apg M2 DUKE ACCN W, 81-77 (ot) > ACC Defensive POY, 2nd-team All-ACC; No. 9 in ACC scoring, No. 6 FG%, No. 6 assists, No. 1 FT%, No. 1 steals M5 at Wake Forest ACCN W, 75-63 10 Niko Broadway .................. G ........ 6-3 ........180 .....So. ........Atlanta, Ga.....................0.0 ppg .....0.0 rpg M11 vs. Miami* ESPN2 W, 70-66 > Non-scholarship player 2nd year at Tech, played in 2 games M12 vs. Virginia (16/15)* ESPN2 cancelled 34 Coleman Boyd ................... G ........ 6-1 ........173 .....So. ........Smyrna, Ga. ..................0.0 ppg ....0.0 apg M13 vs. Florida State (15/13)* ESPN W, 80-75 > Non-scholarship player 2nd year at Tech, played in 2 games M19 vs. Loyola Chicago (17/16)^ TBS L, 60-71 13 Michael Devoe# ................ G ........ 6-5 ........193 .....Jr. ..........Orlando, Fla. ................15.0 ppg ....3.4 apg #Holiday Hoopsgiving (State Farm Arena, Atlanta, Ga.); +ACC/Big Ten Challenge 0 > ACC Tourney MVP; Tech’s No. 2 scorer in ACC games (16.12 ppg), No. 3 in 3pt FGM (2.5) and 3pt pct. (.412) *ACC Tournament (Greensboro Coliseum, Greensboro, N.C.) David Didenko................... F ......... 6-9 ........232 .....Jr. ..........Yakutsk, Russia .............0.0 ppg .....0.4 rpg GAME NOTES ^NCAA Tournament All times Eastern; home games in ALL CAPS 14 > Signed with Tech out of Palm Beach State Community College, played in 5 games COACHES (AP/coaches) - rankings in AP/coaches polls at time of game, current rankings for upcoming Saba Gigiberia................... C ........ 7-1 ........250 .....Fr. ..........Tbilisi, Georgia ..............1.1 ppg .....1.8 rpg games (rv=receiving votes) 2 > Four-star prospect played senior year at Prolific Prep Academy in Napa, Calif., played in 8 games Rodney Howard................. F ......... 6-10 ......241 .....So. ........Ypsilanti, Mich. ..............1.6 ppg .....1.4 rpg 24 > Transfer from Georgia, played in 19 games (12 ACC games, 6.9 mpg), 8 pts at Miami, 6 pts/5 reb at WF Jehloni James ................... F ......... 6-8 ........180 .....So. ........Sugar Hill, Ga. ...............0.0 ppg .....1.0 rpg 35 > Non-scholarship forward in his 2nd year with the program, played in 4 games RADIO: Learfield IMG College/WCNN-Radio Tristan Maxwell ................. G ........ 6-2 ........209 .....Fr. ..........Huntersville, N.C. ...........3.0 ppg .....0.0 rpg Announcers Andy Demetra, Randy Waters 11 > N.C. state HS POY; all-time leading scorer/3-pt shooter at N Mecklenburg; played only 1 game foot injury Engineer Miller Pope Shaheed Medlock ............. G ........ 6-5 ........196 .....Sr. .........Chicago, Ill. ...................1.0 ppg .....0.0 rpg > Non-scholarship player in his third year with the program, played in 2 games Flagship station n Atlanta 680 AM, 93.7 FM 45 Satellite Radio SiriusXM 371 Jordan Meka ..................... F ......... 6-8 ........224 .....Fr. ..........Yaoundé, Cameroon.......0.0 ppg .....1.0 rpg Online GT Gameday App, Ramblinwreck.com 23 > Multi-yr all-state at Mt. Bethel Christian (Marietta, Ga.); holds school records in pts, rebs, blks; out with back inj. TuneIn buzz.gt/LiveTuneIn Khalid Moore# ................... F ......... 6-7 ........203 .....Jr. ..........Briarwood, N.Y. ..............4.8 ppg .....3.0 rpg 12 > Started last 9 games (5.9 ppg, 3.3 rpg, 1.3 apg); season-high in ACC game - 9 pts vs. Duke & Syracuse; COMMUNICATIONS Bubba Parham .................. G ........ 5-10 ......160 .....Sr. .........Snellville, Ga. .................6.7 ppg ....1.4 apg 3 > Scored in double digits in 6 games; 89 3pt FGA 3rd on team (33%); has 36 assists, just 13 turnovers GTMBB contact Mike Stamus Malachi Rice ..................... G ........ 6-0 ........186 .....Sr. .........Indianapolis, Ind. ...........3.0 ppg .....0.0 rpg Phone 404-894-5445 (ofc), 404-218-9723 (cell) 55 > Non-scholarship player in his 4th year with the program, played in 1 game E-mail [email protected] Kyle Sturdivant .................. G ........ 6-2 ........198 .....So. ........Norcross, Ga. .................3.5 ppg ....1.0 apg 1 > Transfer from USC; season-high 15 pts (5-6 FG, 4-4 FT) vs. Ky; 10.9 mpg, 3.4 ppg in ACC games SOCIAL MEDIA: #TogetherWeSwarm Jordan Usher# .................. G/F ..... 6-7 ........220 .....Sr. .........Canton, Ga. .................11.6 ppg .....4.2 rpg > Double-figure scoring in 18 games, including last 6 straight; shot 50% FG (49.7% in ACC games) Official Twitter @GTMBB / @GTJoshPastner 4 Facebook gtmensbasketball Moses Wright# .................. F ......... 6-9 ........230 .....Sr. .........Raleigh, N.C. ...............17.4 ppg .....8.0 rpg > ACC Player of the Year; No. 3 in the ACC in scoring, No. 4 in rebound avg, No. 4 FG% (53.2), 7 double-doubles Instagram gtmensbasketball 5 1 2020-21 GEORGIA TECH BASKETBALL GAME NOTES www.RAMBLINWRECK.com TECH NOTEBOOK Tech’s NCAA Tournament History • Home sweet home - Tech finished the 2020-21 Tech Team Statistics Georgia Tech has played in the NCAA Tournament 17 campaign with an 8-1 reord at home in ACC games, and has times in its history. Sixteen of those appearances have occurred won 14 of its last 15 conference games at McCamish Pavilion. Category 2020-21 #ACC *NCAA from 1985 to the present, 10 under Bobby Cremins and five • Snack runs - After dropping its first five ACC road Scoring offense 74.9 4 79 under Paul Hewitt. games in 2020-21, Tech won its last three by an average of Scoring defense 70.0 8 169 The most recent was 2021, when the Yellow Jackets 18.3 points against Miami (87-60), No. 16 Virginia Tech (69- Scoring margin +4.9 5 95 won the ACC Championship and earned an automatic bid, 53) and Wake Forest (75-63). It was the first time since the Field goal pct. .477 1 27 then fell 71-60 to Loyola Chicago in the opening round of the 2007-08 season that the Yellow Jackets have won three straight Field goal pct. def. .459 13 278 Midwest Regional. ACC road games, 3-pt FG pct. .349 8 119 That ended an 11-year hiatus from the NCAA Tournament • Rise above - The Yellow Jackets once again outperformed pre-season projections in 2020-21, finishing 3-pt FG made 7.4 10 162 that dated back to 2010, when the Yellow Jackets defeated fourth in the ACC after being projected to finish ninth.