2019-20 GEORGIA TECH BASKETBALL GAME NOTES @GTMBB • @GTJOSHPASTNER GEORGIA TECH BASKETBALL 2019-20 ACC Champions 1985, 1990, 1993 • Final Four 1990, 2004 • 16 NCAA Tournament appearances GEORGIA TECH SEASON REVIEW 2019-20 Schedule/Results 2019-20 RECORD: 17-14 overall; ACC: 11-9 (5th place) O20 GEORGIA COLLEGE (exh) ACCNX W, 98-76 2019-20 Recap O27 at Alabama (exh) -- L, 65-93 GEORGIA TECH YELLOW JACKETS Georgia Tech finished off its 2019-20 season by winning N5 at NC State [rv] ACCN W, 82-81 (ot) Rankings (AP/coaches/KenPom/NET) nr | nr | 64 | 73 six of its last seven games, finishing with its first winning record N11 ELON ACCNX W, 64-41 (17-14) since the 2015-16 season, its best Atlantic Coast Record breakdown 10-6 home | 6-7 away | 1-1 neutral N20 at Georgia SECN+ L, 78-82 Conference record (11-9) since the 2003-04 season and its Head coach Josh Pastner (Arizona, 1997) N25 ARKANSAS ACCN L, 61-62 (ot) highest ACC regular season finish (fifth) since the 2004-05 Career record/at GT ! 232-140 (11 yrs) | 65-67 (4 yrs) D1 BETHUNE-COOKMAN RSN W, 68-65 season. Pastner vs. ACC (regular-season) ! 31-43 D4 NEBRASKA+ ESPNU W, 73-56 Tech finished the season with four consecutive ACC wins, Starters returning/lost 4 / 1 D7 SYRACUSE ACCN L, 63-97 the longest streak for the program since late in 2015-16. D14 at Kentucky [8/9] ESPN L, 53-67 Among the Yellow Jackets top accomplishments in Letterwinners returning/lost 14 / 3 D18 BALL STATE RSN L, 47-65 2019-20 were their first victory in Chapel Hill since 2010, their Next game November, 2020 D22 vs. Boise State# ESPNU W, 74-60 first victory at Clemson since 2005 and their first season sweep ! On-court record - 22 wins and 1 loss vacated by NCAA Committee on Infractions D23 vs. Houston# ESPN2 L, 59-70 of the Tigers since that 2004-05 season. Tech also knocked off D25 at Hawai’i# ESPN2 W, 70-53 a top-10 team in No. 5 Louisville. D31 at Florida State [18/20] ESPNU L, 58-70 Tech returned to being one of the nation’s top defensive teams while also improving into one of the ACC’s better offensive J4 at North Carolina ACCN W, 96-83 teams. The Yellow Jackets set a program record for three-point J8 DUKE [2/2] ACCN L, 64-73 defense (28.5 percent), leading the ACC in that category and J11 at Boston College ACCN W, 71-52 ranking No. 7 in the nation, and were one of the nation’s top 20 J15 NOTRE DAME ACCN L, 74-78 teams in defensive efficiency according to KenPom.com. J18 VIRGINIA [rv/rv] ACCN L, 58-63 J22 at Louisville [6/5] RSN L, 64-68 The Tipoff J25 NC STATE RSN W, 64-58 • Rise above - The Yellow Jackets once again J28 MOREHOUSE ACCNX W, 82-54 outperformed pre-season projections, finishing in fifth place in F1 at Notre Dame RSN L, 72-80 the ACC after being picked to finish 12th in the official poll of F4 VIRGINIA TECH ACCN W, 76-57 ACC media. Last season, Tech finished 10th in the ACC after F8 at Pittsburgh RSN L, 64-73 F12 LOUISVILLE [5/5] ACCN W, 64-58 F19 at Wake Forest RSN W, 86-79 ROSTER AT-A-GLANCE (#indicates last game starters) F22 at Syracuse RSN L, 72-79 Jose Alvarado# ................. G ........ 6-0 ........179 .....Jr. ..........Brooklyn, N.Y. .....................14.4 ...........3.4 F25 CLEMSON ACCN W, 68-59 10 > All-ACC 3rd-team; 16.1 ppg, 4.3 apg, 2.37 steals/g, 46.5% FG, 35.8% 3pt, 76.4% FT in ACC games F29 MIAMI ACCN W, 63-57 James Banks III# ............... F ......... 6-10 ......250 .....Sr. .........Decatur, Ga...........................9.5 ...........7.6 M4 PITTSBURGH RSN W, 73-57 > ACC All-Defensive team; 9.5 ppg, 7.7 rpg, 55.2% FG in ACC games; 13 career double-doubles, 6 this season M6 at Clemson ESPN2 W, 65-62 1 +Big Ten-ACC Challenge; #Diamond Head Classic, Honolulu, Hawaii) Niko Broadway .................. G ........ 6-3 ........180 .....Fr. ..........Atlanta, Ga............................0.7 ...........1.3 All times Eastern; home games in ALL CAPS 34 > Non-scholarship player in his first year with the program, scored first collegiate points vs, Morehouse (AP/USA) - rankings in AP/coaches polls at time of game, current rankings for Coleman Boyd ................... G ........ 6-1 ........173 .....Fr. ..........Smyrna, Ga. .........................1.3 ...........0.5 GAME NOTES upcoming games (rv=receiving votes) 13 > Non-scholarship player in his first year with the program, scored first collegiate points vs. Hawai’i COACHES Evan Cole .......................... F ......... 6-10 ......226 .....Jr. ..........Cumming, Ga. ......................4.4 ...........3.6 RADIO: Learfield IMG College/WCNN-Radio 3 > ACC games: 4.3 ppg, 3.3 rpg, 46.7% FG; season high 11 points vs. NC State, 10 vs. Pitt Play-by-play Andy Demetra Michael Devoe# ................ G ........ 6-5 ........193 .....So. ........Orlando, Fla. .......................16.0 ...........3.9 Analyst Randy Waters 0 > All-ACC honorable mention; 14.6 ppg, 3.8 apg, 47.6% FG, 44.2% 3pt, 79.0% FT in ACC games Engineer Miller Pope David Didenko................... F ......... 6-9 ........232 .....So. ........Yakutsk, Russia ....................0.5 ...........1.0 In Atlanta 680 AM, 93.7 FM > Signed with Tech out of Palm Beach State Community College, played in 6 games National SiriusXM, TunIn app 14 Shaheed Medlock ............. G ........ 6-5 ........196 .....Sr. .........Waycross, Ga........................0.0 ...........0.0 Online GT Gameday App, Ramblinwreck.com > Non-scholarship player in his third year with the program, played in 3 games TuneIn buzz.gt/LiveTuneIn 45 Khalid Moore ..................... F ......... 6-7 ........203 .....So. ........Briarwood, N.Y. .....................3.3 ...........2.1 COMMUNICATIONS 12 > Started 12 games in 2019-20; played in 18 ACC games (10.5 mpg), started 3 games for inj Devoe mid-season Bubba Parham .................. G ........ 5-10 ......160 .....Jr. ..........Snellville, Ga. ........................5.2 ...........2.4 GTMBB contact Mike Stamus 11 > Six double-digit games in 2019-20, 3 in ACC games; 25.3 mpg vs. ACC; 40/28 assist/turnover ratio Phone 404-894-5445 (ofc), 404-218-9723 (cell) Shembari Phillips .............. G ........ 6-4 ........210 .....r-Sr. .......Atlanta, Ga............................1.6 ...........0.5 E-mail [email protected] 2 > Played in 14 games, limited minutes; season highs of 7 pts, 5 ast vs. Morehouse Asanti Price ....................... G ........ 6-5 ........177 .....Fr. ..........Columbia, S.C. ......................2.7 ...........2.0 SOCIAL MEDIA: #TogetherWeSwarm 23 > Played in 7 ACC games (9.6 mpg), 14.7 mpg for the season; high game 6 points vs. Nebraska Official Twitter @GTMBB / @GTJoshPastner Malachi Rice ..................... G ........ 6-0 ........186 .....Jr. ..........Indianapolis, Ind. ..................0.0 ...........0.0 Facebook gtmensbasketball 55 > Non-scholarship player in his third year with the program, played in 1 game Instagram gtmensbasketball Kristian Sjolund ................. G ........ 6-8 ........213 .....So. ........Kongsberg, Norway ................-- .............-- 35 > Redshirted in 2019-20; last 8 games of freshmam year (started 4) of 2018-19 (54 pts, 11-of-34 3pt FG) Jordan Usher# .................. G/F ..... 6-7 ........220 .....Jr. ..........Canton, Ga. ..........................8.2 ...........4.4 4 > ACC games: 7.7 ppg, 4.4 rpg, 2.2 apg; double figures in 8 games, 75.9% from FT line Moses Wright# .................. F ......... 6-9 ........230 .....Jr. ..........Raleigh, N.C. ......................13.0 ...........7.0 5 > ACC games: 13.4 ppg, 6.8 rpg,, 50.5% FG, 23 blk; 23 double-figure scoring games 1 2019-20 GEORGIA TECH BASKETBALL GAME NOTES www.RAMBLINWRECK.com TECH NOTEBOOK being projected to finish no higher than 13th in the preseason. Tech Team Statistics Tech also outperformed projections in 2016-17, finishing 11th after being picked to finish 14th in Josh Pastner’s first season. Tech’s Record Category 2019-20 #ACC *NCAA • Never on Tuesday - Because Georgia Tech dropped 2019-20 CJP Scoring offense 68.6 10 251 the appeal of its postseason ban by the NCAA, it did not play in At home 10-6 50-23 Scoring defense 66.4 6 93 the ACC Tournament. It is worth noting, however, that the Yellow On the road 6-7 13-35 Scoring margin +2.2 9 165 Jackets’ fifth-place regular-season finish would have given them At neutral sites 1-1 2-6 a first-round bye for the first time since the conference expanded Vs. top-10 opponents 1-3 3-13 Field goal pct. .452 4 97 Vs. top-25 opponents 1-4 6-22 Field goal pct. def. .399 3 33 to 15 teams. Vs. teams over .500 13-14 40-58 3-pt FG pct. .312 11 285 • The News at 11 - Tech achieved double-digit ACC Vs. teams under .500 1-0 19-6 wins for the first time since the Yellow Jackets went 13-3 to win 3-pt FG made 5.2 15 330 Vs. teams at .500 3-0 5-2 the 1995-96 regular season title in the ACC. Tech has won 10 While in the top 25 0-0 0-0 3-pt FG pct. def. .285 1 7 or more ACC games only three times in its 41-year history in the 3-pt FG allowed 5.4 -- -- conference. In November 2-2 14-6 Free throw pct. .677 14 274 • Winning - Tech’s last winning record in the ACC was In December 4-5 14-16 FT made 13.0 8 196 In January 4-4 17-17 2003-04 (9-7), and the Jackets have posted only seven such In February 5-3 10-22 Rebound average 36.4 6 127 seasons in 41 years in the league.