2009–10 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets men's basketball team

2009-10 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets men's basketball
NCAA Tournament, Second Round
Conference Atlantic Coast Conference
2009-10 record 23–13 (7–9 ACC)
Head coach Paul Hewitt
Assistant coach Peter Zaharis
Assistant coach John O'Connor
Assistant coach Darryl LaBarrie
Home arena Alexander Memorial Coliseum
Seasons
« 2008-09 2010-11 »
2009–10 ACC men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
#3 Duke † 13   3   .813     30   5   .857
#20 Maryland 13   3   .813     24   8   .750
Florida State 10   6   .625     22   10   .688
Virginia Tech 10   6   .625     24   8   .750
Wake Forest 9   7   .563     20   10   .667
Clemson 9   7   .563     21   11   .656
Georgia Tech 7   9   .438     23   12   .657
Boston College 6   10   .375     15   16   .484
Virginia 5   11   .313     15   16   .484
North Carolina 5   11   .313     18   16   .529
NC State 5   11   .313     20   15   .571
Miami 4   12   .250     20   13   .606
† ACC Tournament winner
As of March 19, 2010 • Rankings from AP Poll

The 2009–10 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets men's basketball team represented Georgia Institute of Technology in the 2009–10 college basketball season. This was Paul Hewitt's tenth season as head coach. The Yellow Jackets compete in the Atlantic Coast Conference and played their home games at Alexander Memorial Coliseum. They finished the season 23–13, 7–9 in ACC play. They advanced to the championship game of the 2010 ACC Men's Basketball Tournament as the 7 seed before losing to regular season champion Duke. They received an at–large bid to the 2010 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, earning a 10 seed in the Midwest Region. They upset 7 seed Oklahoma State in the first round before falling to 2 seed and AP #5 Ohio State in the second round.

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Pre-Season

On Thursday, September 24, it was announced that the Georgia Tech Men's basketball team had cancelled their trip to Canada, which was to take place the weekend of October 2-5, due to concerns over NCAA regulations. The Yellow Jackets were to depart October 2 for Windsor, Ontario to play two games against the Windsor Lancers Men's Basketball team and one against the Western Ontario Mustangs Men's Basketball team. The issue revolved around NCAArules prohibiting teams from taking trips within 30 days of the official start of pre-season practice. The trip did fall within Georgia Tech's fall break from classes. NCAA regulations allow teams to take an international trip once every four years, but the trip must occur before the 30-day period leading up to the official start of pre-season practice, which this year is October 16. Georgia Tech had asked for and received a waiver from the NCAA, but ultimately decided against taking the fall break trip amid concerns over the regulations.[1]

2009-10 Roster

Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown High School
D'Andre Bell 13 Guard/Forward 6–6 222 Senior Los Angeles Palisades Charter High School
Derek Craig 33 Guard 6–4 196 Sophomore Spring, Texas Klein Collins High School
Derrick Favors 14 Forward 6–10 246 Freshman Atlanta South Atlanta High School
Nick Foreman 4 Guard 6–3 208 Sopohmore Bellaire, Texas Bellaire High School
Kammeon Holsey 24 Forward 6–8 209 Freshman Sparta, Georgia Hancock Central High School
Gani Lawal 31 Forward 6–9 234 Junior Norcross, Georgia Norcross High School
Daniel Miller 5 Center 6–11 252 Freshman Loganville, Georgia Loganville Christian Academy
Maurice Miller 3 Guard 6–2 189 Junior Memphis, Tennessee Raleigh-Egypt High School
Brian Oliver 11 Forward 6–6 220 Freshman Glassboro, New Jersey William Penn High School
Zachery Peacock 35 Forward 6–8 235 Senior Miami, Fla. Miami Norland High School
Glen Rice, Jr. 41 Guard 6–5 195 Freshman Marietta, Georgia George Walton Comprehensive High School
Brad Sheehan 34 Center 7–0 235 Junior Latham, New York Shaker High School
Sam Shew 44 Forward 6–5 190 Junior Decatur, Georgia Decatur High School (Georgia)
Iman Shumpert 1 Guard 6–5 209 Sopohmore Oak Park, Illinois Oak Park and River Forest High School
Lance Storrs 10 Guard 6–5 221 Junior Decatur, Georgia Columbia High School (Georgia)
Mfon Udofia 0 Guard 6–2 187 Freshman Stone Mountain, Georgia Miller Grove High School

Rankings

Main article: 2009–10 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings
Ranking Movement
Legend: ██ Improvement in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. ██ Not ranked the previous week. RV=Others receiving votes.
Poll Pre Wk 1 Wk 2 Wk 3 Wk 4 Wk 5 Wk 6 Wk 7 Wk 8 Wk 9 Wk 10 Wk 11 Wk 12 Wk 13 Wk 14 Wk 15 Wk 16 WK 17 Wk 18 Final
AP 22 21 RV RV 24 22 RV RV 20 20 19 22 21 20 RV -- -- -- RV
Coaches 20 19 25 23 21 15 22 20 17 18 18 22 19 20 RV RV -- -- RV

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance Record
Preseason
Sun, Nov. 8* 7:00PM IUP #20 Alexander Memorial Coliseum • Atlanta, GA
(Exhibition)		 W 84–76 OT 6,904
Regular Season
Sat, Nov. 14* 7:00PM Florida A&M #20 Alexander Memorial Coliseum • Atlanta, GA W 100–59  7,491 1–0
Thurs, Nov. 19* 11:30PM vs. #21 Dayton #19 José Miguel Agrelot Coliseum • San Juan, PR
(O'Reilly Auto Parts Puerto Rico Tip-Off)		 CSS L 63–59  5,0731 1–1
Fri, Nov. 20* 1:00PM vs. George Mason #19 José Miguel Agrelot Coliseum • San Juan, PR
(O'Reilly Auto Parts Puerto Rico Tip-Off)		 ESPNU W 70–62  5,7621 2–1
Sun, Nov. 22* 12:30PM vs. Boston University #19 San Juan, PR
(O'Reilly Auto Parts Puerto Rico Tip-Off)		 ESPNU W 85–67  8,3571 3–1
Fri, Nov. 27* 4:00PM Mercer #25 Alexander Memorial Coliseum • Atlanta, GA W 85–74  7,644 4–1
Wed, Dec. 2* 7:00PM Siena #23 Alexander Memorial Coliseum • Atlanta, GA W 74–61  6,898 5–1
Sat, Dec. 5* 6:00PM USC #23 Alexander Memorial Coliseum • Atlanta, GA FSS W 79–53  6,671 6–1
Mon, Dec. 14* 7:00PM at Chattanooga #15 McKenzie Arena • Chattanooga, TN RSN W 95–64  4,734 7–1
Wed, Dec. 16* 8:30PM Arkansas Pine Bluff #15 Alexander Memorial Coliseum • Atlanta, GA W 65–53  6,671 8–1
Sun, Dec. 20 5:30PM Florida State #15 Alexander Memorial Coliseum • Atlanta, GA FSN L 66–59 OT 8,225 8–2 (0–1)
Tues, Dec. 22* 2:00PM Kennesaw State #22 Alexander Memorial Coliseum • Atlanta, GA W 80–55  7,153 9–2
Tues, Dec. 29* 1:00PM Winston-Salem #20 Alexander Memorial Coliseum • Atlanta, GA W 78–43  7,148 10–2
Sat, Jan. 2* 7:00PM at Charlotte #20 Dale F. Halton Arena • Charlotte, NC W 76–67  9,105 11–2
Tues, Jan. 5* 7:00PM at Georgia #17 Stegeman Coliseum • Athens, GA
(Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate)		 CSS L 66–73  6,275 11–3
Sat, Jan. 9 2:00PM #5 Duke #17 Alexander Memorial Coliseum • Atlanta, GA ESPN W 71–65  9,191 12–3 (1–1)
Wed, Jan. 13 7:00PM at Virginia #18 John Paul Jones Arena • Charlottesville, VA L 82–75  8,924 12–4 (1–2)
Sat, Jan. 16 2:00PM at #13 North Carolina #18 Dean Smith Center • Chapel Hill, NC ESPN W 73–71  20,704 13–4 (2–2)
Tues, Jan. 19 7:00PM #16 Clemson #18 Alexander Memorial Coliseum • Atlanta, GA ESPN2 W 66–64  8,738 14–4 (3–2)
Sun, Jan. 24 Noon at Florida State #18 Donald L. Tucker Center • Tallahassee, FL Raycom L 68–66  8,661 14–5 (3–3)
Thur, Jan. 28 7:00PM Wake Forest #22 Alexander Memorial Coliseum • Atlanta, GA RSN W 79–58  9,083 15–5 (4–3)
Sat, Jan. 30* 1:00PM Kentucky State #22 Alexander Memorial Coliseum • Atlanta, GA W 98–50  8,025 16–5 (4–3)
Thur, Feb. 4 7:00PM at #9 Duke #19 Cameron Indoor Stadium • Durham, NC ESPN2 L 86–67  9,314 16–6 (4–4)
Sat, Feb. 6 4:00PM NC State #19 Alexander Memorial Coliseum • Atlanta, GA Raycom W 73–71  8,760 17–6 (5–4)
Wed, Feb. 10 7:00PM at Miami #20 BankUnited Center • Coral Gables, FL ESPNU L 64–62  4,319 17–7 (5–5)
Sat, Feb. 13 8:00PM at Wake Forest #20 LJVM Coliseum • Winston-Salem, NC Raycom L 75–64  14,296 17–8 (5–6)
Tues, Feb. 16 9:00PM North Carolina Alexander Memorial Coliseum • Atlanta, GA Raycom W 68–51  9,191 18–8 (6–6)
Sat, Feb. 20 2:00PM at Maryland Comcast Center • College Park, MD Raycom L 76–74  17,950 18–9 (6–7)
Sat, Feb. 27 Noon Boston College Alexander Memorial Coliseum • Atlanta, GA RSN W 73–68  8,055 19–9 (7–7)
Tues, Mar. 2 8:00PM at Clemson Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, SC Raycom L 91–80  10,000 19–10 (7–8)
Sat, Mar. 6 4:00PM Virginia Tech Alexander Memorial Coliseum • Atlanta, GA Raycom L 88–82  8,725 19–11 (7–9)
ACC Tournament
Thur, Mar. 11 7:00PM vs. North Carolina Greensboro Coliseum • Greensboro, NC
(First Round)		 Raycom/ESPN W 62–58  NA 20–11
Fri, Mar. 12 7:00PM vs. #19 Maryland Greensboro Coliseum • Greensboro, NC
(Quarterfinals)		 Raycom/ESPN W 69–64  NA 21–11
Sat, Mar. 13 4:15PM vs. NC State Greensboro Coliseum • Greensboro, NC
(Semifinals)		 Raycom/ESPN W 57–54  NA 22–11
Sun, Mar. 14 1:00PM vs. #4 Duke Greensboro Coliseum • Greensboro, NC
(Final)		 Raycom/ESPN L 65–61  23,381 22–12
2010 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament
Fri, Mar. 19 7:15PM vs. Oklahoma State Bradley Center • Milwaukee, WI
(First Round)		 CBS W 64–59  17,580 23–12
Sun, Mar. 22 2:20PM vs. #6 Ohio State Bradley Center • Milwaukee, WI
(Second Round)		 CBS L 75–66  18,031 23–13
Notes: 1 - Denotes Daily Attendance
*Non-Conference Game. #Rankings from ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll. All times are in Eastern Time.

References

  1. ^ "Georgia Tech cancels trip to Canada amid concerns over NCAA regulations". Men's Basketball. University of Windsor Athletics and Recreation. http://www.golancers.ca/news/2009/9/25/MBB_0925095002.aspx. Retrieved 2009-10-06. 

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