2019–20 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets men's basketball team
2019–20 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets men's basketball | |
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Conference | Atlantic Coast Conference |
Record | 17–14 (11–9 ACC) |
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Home arena | McCamish Pavilion |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 4 Florida State | 16 | – | 4 | .800 | 26 | – | 5 | .839 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 16 Virginia | 15 | – | 5 | .750 | 23 | – | 7 | .767 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 14 Louisville | 15 | – | 5 | .750 | 24 | – | 7 | .774 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 11 Duke | 15 | – | 5 | .750 | 25 | – | 6 | .806 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Georgia Tech* | 11 | – | 9 | .550 | 17 | – | 14 | .548 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
NC State | 10 | – | 10 | .500 | 20 | – | 12 | .625 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Syracuse | 10 | – | 10 | .500 | 18 | – | 14 | .563 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Notre Dame | 10 | – | 10 | .500 | 20 | – | 12 | .625 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Clemson | 9 | – | 11 | .450 | 16 | – | 15 | .516 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Miami (FL) | 7 | – | 13 | .350 | 15 | – | 16 | .484 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Boston College | 7 | – | 13 | .350 | 13 | – | 18 | .419 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Virginia Tech | 7 | – | 13 | .350 | 16 | – | 16 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wake Forest | 6 | – | 14 | .300 | 13 | – | 18 | .419 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pittsburgh | 6 | – | 14 | .300 | 16 | – | 17 | .485 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
North Carolina | 6 | – | 14 | .300 | 14 | – | 19 | .424 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
*Ineligible for postseason due to NCAA violations. Note: The 2020 ACC tournament was cancelled before the quarterfinals due to the COVID-19 pandemic. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rankings from AP poll |
The 2019–20 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets men's basketball team represented the Georgia Institute of Technology during the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They are led by fourth-year head coach Josh Pastner and play their home games at Hank McCamish Pavilion as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference.
The Yellow Jackets finished the season 17–14 and 11–9 in ACC play. The team was banned from postseason play, including the conference tournament, due to NCAA rules violations.[1]
Previous season
[edit]The Yellow Jackets finished the 2018–19 season 14–18, 6–12 in ACC play to finish in tenth place. They lost in the first round of the ACC tournament to Notre Dame. They did not receive an invitation to a post-season tournament.
Departures
[edit]Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Reason for departure |
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Brandon Alston | 4 | G | 6'5" | 200 | ![]() |
Vienna, VA | Graduated |
Evan Jester | 11 | F | 6'6" | 191 | Sophomore | Riverdale, GA | None listed |
Curtis Haywood | 13 | G | 6'5" | 202 | Sophomore | Oklahoma City, OK | Transferred to Tulsa[2] |
Sylvester Ogbonda | 24 | F | 6'10" | 237 | ![]() |
Fort Washington, MD | Graduated/Transferred to Ohio[3] |
Avi Schafer | 32 | C | 6'8" | 235 | ![]() |
Osaka, Japan | Left to play professionally in Japan[4] |
Abdoulaye Gueye | 34 | F | 6'9" | 217 | ![]() |
Dakar, Senegal | Graduated |
Incoming transfers
[edit]Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Previous School |
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Bubba Parham | 11 | G | 5'10" | 160 | Junior | Snellville, GA | VMI[5] |
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2019 recruiting class
[edit]Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight | Commit date | |
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Asanti Price SG |
Columbia, SC | Keenan | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | 175 lb (79 kg) | Apr 3, 2019 | |
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David Didenko PF |
Boca Raton, FL | Palm Beach | 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) | 230 lb (100 kg) | Oct 21, 2018 | |
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Roster
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Schedule and results
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Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | High points | High rebounds | High assists | Site (attendance) city, state | |||
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October 20, 2019* 2:00 pm, ACCNX |
Georgia College | W 98–76 | 0–0 |
15 – Parham | 11 – Cole | 4 – Tied | McCamish Pavilion (1,984) Atlanta, GA | ||||
October 27, 2019* 5:00 pm |
at Alabama | L 65–93 | 0–0 |
18 – Cole | 8 – Banks III | 3 – Parham | Coleman Coliseum (9,293) Tuscaloosa, AL | ||||
Regular season | |||||||||||
November 5, 2019 8:30 pm, ACCN |
at NC State | W 82–81 OT | 1–0 (1–0) |
22 – Devoe | 14 – Banks III | 6 – Alvarado | PNC Arena (17,133) Raleigh, NC | ||||
November 11, 2019* 7:30 pm, ACCNX |
Elon | W 64–41 | 2–0 |
22 – Devoe | 10 – Price | 5 – Moore | McCamish Pavilion (4,624) Atlanta, GA | ||||
November 20, 2019* 7:00 pm, SECN+ |
at Georgia rivalry |
L 78–82 | 2–1 |
34 – Devoe | 10 – Devoe | 2 – Tied | Stegeman Coliseum (10,205) Athens, GA | ||||
November 25, 2019* 7:00 pm, ACCN |
Arkansas | L 61–62 OT | 2–2 |
20 – Banks III | 13 – Banks III | 2 – Tied | McCamish Pavilion (6,547) Atlanta, GA | ||||
December 1, 2019* 6:00 pm, ACCRSN |
Bethune–Cookman | W 68–65 | 3–2 |
27 – Devoe | 12 – Wright | 3 – Banks III | McCamish Pavilion (4,552) Atlanta, GA | ||||
December 4, 2019* 7:15 pm, ESPNU |
Nebraska ACC–Big Ten Challenge |
W 73–56 | 4–2 |
26 – Devoe | 9 – Wright | 7 – Devoe | McCamish Pavilion (5,133) Atlanta, GA | ||||
December 7, 2019 12:00 pm, ACCN |
Syracuse | L 63–97 | 4–3 (1–1) |
17 – Wright | 9 – Wright | 6 – Tied | McCamish Pavilion (5,743) Atlanta, GA | ||||
December 14, 2019* 5:00 pm, ESPN |
at No. 8 Kentucky | L 53–67 | 4–4 |
13 – Wright | 10 – Wright | 4 – Devoe | Rupp Arena (20,111) Lexington, KY | ||||
December 18, 2019* 7:00 pm, ACCRSN |
Ball State Diamond Head Classic non bracket game |
L 47–65 | 4–5 |
13 – Banks III | 9 – Banks III | 3 – Parham | McCamish Pavilion (4,203) Atlanta, GA | ||||
December 22, 2019* 5:00 pm, ESPNU |
vs. Boise State Diamond Head Classic Quarterfinals |
W 74–60 | 5–5 |
18 – Tied | 9 – Tied | 2 – Usher | Stan Sheriff Center Honolulu, HI | ||||
December 23, 2019* 7:00 pm, ESPN2 |
vs. Houston Diamond Head Classic Semifinals |
L 59–70 | 5–6 |
19 – Wright | 10 – Wright | 4 – Alvarado | Stan Sheriff Center (5,585) Honolulu, HI | ||||
December 25, 2019* 6:30 pm, ESPN2 |
at Hawaii Diamond Head Classic 3rd place game |
W 70–53 | 6–6 |
18 – Devoe | 6 – Tied | 4 – Tied | Stan Sheriff Center Honolulu, HI | ||||
December 31, 2019 12:00 pm, ESPNU |
at No. 18 Florida State | L 58–70 | 6–7 (1–2) |
19 – Devoe | 10 – Wright | 5 – Alvarado | Donald L. Tucker Center (6,837) Tallahassee, FL | ||||
January 4, 2020 6:00 pm, ACCN |
at North Carolina | W 96-83 | 7–7 (2–2) |
25 – Alvarado | 7 – Tied | 8 – Alvarado | Dean Smith Center (21,099) Chapel Hill, NC | ||||
January 8, 2020 9:00 pm, ACCN |
No. 2 Duke | L 64–73 | 7–8 (2–3) |
18 – Alvarado | 15 – Banks III | 5 – Alvarado | McCamish Pavilion (8,600) Atlanta, GA | ||||
January 11, 2020 6:00 pm, ACCN |
at Boston College | W 71–52 | 8–8 (3–3) |
18 – Wright | 10 – Wright | 8 – Alvarado | Conte Forum (6,217) Chestnut Hill, MA | ||||
January 15, 2020 8:30 pm, ACCN |
Notre Dame | L 74–78 | 8–9 (3–4) |
22 – Devoe | 9 – Devoe | 9 – Alvarado | McCamish Pavilion (5,899) Atlanta, GA | ||||
January 18, 2020 8:00 pm, ACCN |
Virginia | L 58–63 | 8–10 (3–5) |
20 – Alvarado | 9 – Banks III | 5 – Banks III | McCamish Pavilion (7,314) Atlanta, GA | ||||
January 22, 2020 7:00 pm, ACCRSN |
at No. 6 Louisville | L 64–68 | 8–11 (3–6) |
21 – Devoe | 10 – Alvarado | 3 – Tied | KFC Yum! Center (15,001) Louisville, KY | ||||
January 25, 2020 4:00 pm, ACCRSN |
NC State | W 64–58 | 9–11 (4–6) |
26 – Alvarado | 8 – Alvarado | 6 – Usher | McCamish Pavilion (6,794) Atlanta, GA | ||||
January 28, 2020* 7:30 pm, ACCNX |
Morehouse | W 82–54 | 10–11 |
12 – Banks III | 10 – Cole | 6 – Usher | McCamish Pavilion (4,133) Atlanta, GA | ||||
February 1, 2020 12:00 pm, ACCRSN |
at Notre Dame | L 72–80 | 10–12 (4–7) |
25 – Alvarado | 10 – Banks III | 4 – Wright | Edmund P. Joyce Center (8,240) Notre Dame, IN | ||||
February 4, 2020 7:00 pm, ACCN |
Virginia Tech | W 76–57 | 11–12 (5–7) |
20 – Alvarado | 7 – Tied | 6 – Alvarado | McCamish Pavilion (4,727) Atlanta, GA | ||||
February 8, 2020 2:00 pm, ACCRSN |
at Pittsburgh | L 64–73 | 11–13 (5–8) |
22 – Devoe | 11 – Banks III | 7 – Devoe | Petersen Events Center (10,754) Pittsburgh, PA | ||||
February 12, 2020 8:00 pm, ACCN |
No. 5 Louisville | W 64–58 | 12–13 (6–8) |
18 – Alvarado | 6 – Wright | 5 – Devoe | McCamish Pavilion (5,801) Atlanta, GA | ||||
February 19, 2020 7:00 pm, ACCRSN |
at Wake Forest | W 86–79 | 13–13 (7–8) |
24 – Devoe | 7 – Tied | 5 – Devoe | LJVM Coliseum (7,562) Winston-Salem, NC | ||||
February 22, 2020 4:00 pm, ACCRSN |
at Syracuse | L 72–79 | 13–14 (7–9) |
33 – Wright | 10 – Wright | 6 – Alvarado | Carrier Dome (26,661) Syracuse, NY | ||||
February 25, 2020 9:00 pm, ACCN |
Clemson | W 68–59 | 14–14 (8–9) |
19 – Alvarado | 8 – Banks III | 8 – Devoe | McCamish Pavilion (4,763) Atlanta, GA | ||||
February 29, 2020 8:00 pm, ACCN |
Miami (FL) | W 63–57 | 15–14 (9–9) |
16 – Alvarado | 14 – Banks III | 2 – 4 tied | McCamish Pavilion (6,681) Atlanta, GA | ||||
March 4, 2020 9:00 pm, ACCRSN |
Pittsburgh | W 73–57 | 16–14 (10–9) |
23 – Alvarado | 9 – Tied | 5 – Alvarado | McCamish Pavilion (4,764) Atlanta, GA | ||||
March 6, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN2 |
at Clemson | W 65–62 | 17–14 (11–9) |
20 – Devoe | 9 – Banks III | 2 – Parham | Littlejohn Coliseum (8,188) Clemson, SC | ||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time. |
References
[edit]- ^ Geisinger, Brian (September 26, 2019). "Georgia Tech Basketball Banned from 2020 Postseason by NCAA". accsports.com. Retrieved February 5, 2020.
- ^ Geisinger, Brian (March 27, 2019). "Georgia Tech Basketball: Curtis Haywood II to transfer out of program". accsports.com. Retrieved October 31, 2019.
- ^ Arkley, Jason (May 23, 2019). "Bobcats secure grad transfer in the front court". Athens Messenger. Retrieved October 31, 2019.
- ^ @avi_schafer (December 19, 2018). "I am officially leaving Georgia Tech to play professional in Japan. I'm very thankful for everyone that supported me with my decision. I'm gonna miss every second I spent here with the team but I'm extremely excited for my new life that is waiting for me. // Thank you Georgia Tech" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "Bubba Parham to Join Georgia Tech Basketball". ramblinwreck.com. Georgia Tech. May 6, 2019. Retrieved October 31, 2019.
- ^ "2019-20 Men's Basketball SCHEDULE". ramblinwreck.com. Georgia Tech. Retrieved October 31, 2019.