GGEORGIAEORGIA TTECHECH BBASKETBALLASKETBALL 2012-132012-13 Tech Makes Progress in Year 2 Under Brian Gregory Georgia Tech, despite consecutive losses to end the season, made considerable progress under head coach Brian Gregory in his second year at the helm, improving its overall record by fi ve games, winning two more games in the Atlantic Coast Conference and improving its fi nish and tournament seed by two positions. Out of its 15 losses, only three came to teams that fi nished the season below the Yellow Jackets in the RPI, and fi ve were by fi ve points or fewer. Tech also improved statistically on both ends of the court, Along the way were several big wins, including a 65-56 win over Saint Mary’s during the non-confer- ence season, a win over state-rival Georgia for the second straight year, the fi rst time that had happened since the early 1990s, and three road wins in the ACC, including a 71-69 victory over the regular-season and tournament champion Miami Hurricanes. Tech also scored home victories over two NIT teams, Mary- land and Virginia. Final Buzzer • For the 2013-14 season, Tech will welcome back four of the fi ve players who started the fi nal 16 Final games of the season - Chris Bolden, Robert Carter, Jr., Marcus Georges-Hunt and Daniel Miller. Carter, Jr., GEORGIA TECH YELLOW JACKETS and Miller started all 31 games, while Georges-Hunt started all but one game. Tech’s top returning bench (16-15, 6-12 ACC) VS. players, Kammeon Holsey and Brandon Reed, have 86 career starts at Tech between them. Georgia Tech Record Breakdown: • Tech’s returning players for 2013-14 combined for 84.6 percent of the Yellow Jackets’ scoring in 11-6 home, 3-7 road, 2-2 neutral 2012-13, 88.3 percent of the rebounds and 80.1 percent of the minutes. 2012-13 RPI rank (strength of schedule): • Georgia Tech’s No. 9 seed for the ACC Tournament was its highest since the 2009-10 season, when CBS - #149 (112) the Yellow Jackets fi nished 7th (7-9 record) and advanced to the fi nals (also in Greensboro). Sagarin - #97 (96) • Boston College was the last member of the ACC that Tech had not faced in ACC Tournament com- Realtime - #135 (116) petition. The Jackets scratched Miami off the have-not-played list in 2012 at Philips Arena. Kenpom - #94 (103) • For the third time, Tech’s fi rst-round game was a rematch of its fi nal ACC regular-season contest. WarrenNolan - #153 (121) The last time was 1986, when the Yellow Jackets fi nished the regular-season against Clemson and then Georgia Tech Coach Brian Gregory (Oakland, 1990): played the Tigers again in Greensboro on the way to a runner-up fi nish. It also happened in 1982, when • 27-35 in two seasons at Tech Tech completed its regular season schedule at North Carolina and then met the Tar Heels in the fi rst round • 199-129 in 10 seasons overall of the tournament in Greensboro. One caveat to that one, however, was that the Jackets played a non- Georgia Tech Roster Breakdown: conference game – against Georgia State – in between. Starters returning/lost: 4/1 • Georgia Tech shot 50 percent or better from the fl oor three times in its last fi ve games. Letterwinners returning/lost: 10/4 • Tech shot 34.1 percent from three-point range over its last 14 games. Letterwinners returning (*denotes 2012-13 starter): • After getting outrebounded in its fi rst three ACC games by an average of 9.3, Tech outrebounded 11 *Chris Bolden, G, 7.3 ppg *Robert Carter, Jr., F, 9.9 ppg Brooks Doyle, G, 0.7 ppg ROSTER-AT-A-GLANCE (# AND SHADING INDICATES END-OF-SEASON STARTERS) *Marcus Georges-Hunt, F, 10.8 ppg Mfon Udofi a# ...................... G ..........6-2 .........195 .....Sr. ......... Stone Mountain, Ga. ...............8.3 ......... 2.7 Kammeon Holsey, F, 8.8 ppg > Career-best assist/turnover ratio (91/53); fi nished career with 977 pts, 18th place in ast *Daniel Miller, C, 8.8 ppg 0 Julian Royal ........................ F ..........6-8 .........243 .....So. ......... Alpharetta, Ga. .......................1.7 ......... 1.3 Jason Morris, G/F, 3.7 ppg Aaron Peek, F, 0.0 ppg 1 > 2nd frontcourt sub, limited minutes in ACC play; Scored 20 pts, avg. 6.7 minutes in last 7 games Solomon Poole, G, 1.8 ppg Pierre Jordan ...................... G ..........6-0 .........165 .....Gr. ......... Dunwoody, Ga. .......................0.3 ......... 1.0 Stacey Poole, Jr., G, 1.5 ppg 2 > Graduate transfer from FSU was Tech’s third PG, just 32 turnovers in 490 career minutes at Tech Letterwinners lost (*denotes 2012-13 starter): Marcus Georges-Hunt# .........G/F .......6-5 .........218 .....Fr. ......... College Park, Ga. ...................10.8 ......... 4.9 Pierre Jordan, G, 0.3 ppg (graduating) 3 > Tech’s leading scorer, 4th among ACC freshmen; only ACC freshmen to lead his team in scoring, 6th in Tech history to do so Brandon Reed, G, 5.2 ppg (graduated/transferring) Robert Carter, Jr.# ............... F ..........6-8 .........245 .....Fr. ......... Thomasville, Ga. ....................9.9 ......... 6.7 Julian Royal, F, 1.7 ppg (transferring) 4 > Started every game, Tech’s leading rebounder (12th in the ACC); 9.9 ppg, 6.5 rpg vs. ACC *Mfon Udofi a, G, 8.3 ppg(graduating) Daniel Miller# ..................... C ..........6-11 ½ ... 257 .....r-Jr. ....... Loganville, Ga. ........................8.4 ......... 6.6 Roster additions for 2013-14: > Started every game of his Tech career (93 games); Led ACC in blocked shots (2.1 pg), 9.5 ppg, 7.3 rpg, 54.3% FG vs. ACC Corey Heyward, G, 6-1, Duluth, Ga. (red-shirted in 2012-13) 5 Travis Jorgenson, G, 6-0, Columbia, Mo. Chris Bolden# ...................... G ..........6-3 .........209 .....Fr. ......... Suwanee, Ga. .........................7.3 ......... 2.1 Quinton Stephens, F, 6-8, Atlanta, Ga. 11 > Started 15 of last 16 games (except Senior Night), averaged 9.5 ppg and shooting 36.5 pct. on threes in ACC games Stacey Poole, Jr.................... G/F .......6-4 ½ ..... 186 .....So. ......... Jacksonville, Fla. .....................1.5 ......... 1.6 12 > Gave Tech defensive spark off the bench (7.4 mpg); Transfer from Kentucky made Tech debut vs. The Citadel MEDIA INFORMATION Jason Morris ........................ G/F .......6-5 ½ ..... 224 .....Jr. .......... Augusta, Ga. ...........................3.7 ......... 2.2 Offi cial GT website Ramblinwreck.com 14 > Missed 10 games with left foot injury; played 41 minutes in 7 games back; scored total of 10 points Twitter updates @GTMBK Brandon Reed ..................... G ..........6-3 ½ ..... 182 .....r-Jr. ....... Powder Springs, Ga. ................5.2 ......... 2.6 Facebook Facebook.com/gtmensbasketball 23 > Started 43 games in his Tech career; shot 42.1 pct. from 3-point range in ACC games, 38.6 pct. overall, both career highs YouTube Youtube.com/ramblinwrecktube Kammeon Holsey ................ F ..........6-8 ½ ..... 231 .....r-Jr. ....... Sparta, Ga. .............................8.8 ......... 4.7 Tickets online Ramblinwreck.com/tickets 24 > Productive 6th man for Tech, 3rd leading scorer and rebounder despite averaging under 20 mpg Tickets by phone 888-TECH-TIX Corey Heyward .................... G ..........6-1 .........214 .....Fr. ......... Duluth, Ga. ...............................-- ............-- Sports Information Offi ce 404-894-5445 30 > 1st team all-state as a HS Sr., attended Hargrave Military Academy last year; out for year with knee injury Primary SID contact Mike Stamus Aaron Peek ......................... G ..........6-4 .........188 .....So. ......... Atlanta, Ga. ............................0.0 ......... 0.4 E-mail [email protected] 31 > Walk-on who joined team prior to pre-season practice in 2011-12, has played in 5 games this year Stamus’ cell 404-218-9723 Brooks Doyle ....................... G ..........6-4 .........185 .....Fr. ......... Atlanta, Ga. ............................0.7 ......... 0.3 Secondary contact Dean Buchan 32 > Non-scholarship freshman from the Marist School, scored 1st career 3 vs. Alabama State, played in 7 games E-mail [email protected] Solomon Poole .................... G ..........6-0 .........180 .....Fr. ......... Jacksonville, Fla. .....................1.8 ......... 0.7 Buchan’s cell 404-295-8703 45 > Nation’s #37 prep prospect became eligible Dec. 15; moved into backup PG role, averaged 9.5 minutes in ACC games RAMBLINWRECK.COM • @GTMBK 1 TECH NOTEBOOK of the last 17 teams it played (one tie). In the last season, except March (see chart on page 6). GEORGIA TECH SCHEDULE two weeks, Tech outrebounded the No. 1 (Mary- • Tech secured a winning season in year two land), No. 2 (NC State) and No. 3 (Miami) teams in under Gregory. No Tech coach since Dwight Keith N9 TULANE W, 79-61 the ACC in rebound margin against league foes by in 1945 has had a winning record in his second N14 PRESBYTERIAN W, 52-38 an average of 4.0. year on the Flats. N22 vs. Rice* W, 54-36 • Tech coach Brian Gregory’s next victory will • Tech fi nished its fi rst season in McCamish N23 vs. California* L, 57-68 be the 200th of his 10-year head coaching career. Pavilion with an 11-6 record (3-6 ACC) and aver- N25 vs. Saint Mary’s (rv/rv)* W, 65-56 Gregory won 172 games in eight seasons as the aged 7,365 in attendance with four sellouts. N28 at Illinois (22/22) L, 62-75 head coach at Dayton and has a 199-129 career • Tech defeated state-rival Georgia for the D4 GEORGIA W, 62-54 record. second consecutive year, which has not happened D8 UNC-WILMINGTON W, 73-66 since 1993 and 1994, when the games between D17 ALABAMA STATE W, 75-41 More on Tech’s ACC Tournament History the teams were played at the Omni in downtown D22 THE CITADEL W, 73-41 Georgia Tech has played in 34 ACC Tourna- Atlanta.