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In 1971 the Yellow Jackets, led by Rich Yunkus, reached the finals of the National Invitation Tournament but lost to the University of North Carolina. Georgia Tech became a charter member of the Metro Conference in 1975 (the first season started in 1976), and then became the eighth member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) in 1978 (starting ...
In 1956, the Yellow Jackets played in the first integrated Sugar Bowl game under civil rights advocate Blake Van Leer's tenure. [6] The Yellow Jackets left the SEC in 1964 and remained independent until becoming a founding member of the Metro-6 Conference in 1975. [7] Georgia Tech moved to the ACC in 1978 and began competition within the ACC in ...
It is the home of the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets men's basketball and Yellow Jackets women's basketball teams. The venue previously hosted the Atlanta Hawks of the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1968 to 1972 and again from 1997 to 1999. [3]
The 2024–25 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets men's basketball team represents the Georgia Institute of Technology during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They are led by second-year head coach Damon Stoudamire and play their home games at Hank McCamish Pavilion in Atlanta, Georgia as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference.
The 2020–21 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets men's basketball team represented the Georgia Institute of Technology during the 2020–21 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They were led by fifth-year head coach Josh Pastner and played their home games at Hank McCamish Pavilion as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference.
Led by fourth year head coach Paul Hewitt, the Yellow Jackets made their best finish to date in the NCAA Tournament, battling all the way to the national championship game, where they eventually fell to UConn – the consensus favorite entering the season, but a team the Jackets handled in the Preseason NIT. [1]
Statistics overview Season Coach Overall Conference Standing Postseason No team (Independent) (1905–1906): 1905–06 Chapman 2–1: No team (Independent) (1906–1908): John Heisman (Independent) (1909–1914)
In a season limited due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the Yellow Jackets finished the 2021–21 season 17–9, 11–6 in ACC play to finish in fourth place. They defeated Miami in the quarterfinals of the ACC tournament and advanced to the championship game after Virginia was forced to withdraw from the tournament after a positive COVID-19 test. [1]