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

	Conf				Overall
2009–10 ACC men's basketball standings
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
#3 Duke †	13	–	3	.813	35	–	5	.875
#20 Maryland	13	–	3	.813	24	–	9	.727
Florida State	10	–	6	.625	22	–	10	.688
Virginia Tech	10	–	6	.625	25	–	9	.735
Wake Forest	9	–	7	.563	20	–	10	.667
Clemson	9	–	7	.563	21	–	11	.656
Georgia Tech	7	–	9	.438	23	–	13	.639
Boston College	6	–	10	.375	15	–	16	.484
Virginia	5	–	11	.313	15	–	16	.484
North Carolina	5	–	11	.313	20	–	17	.541
NC State	5	–	11	.313	20	–	16	.556
Miami (FL)	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.

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]

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	Sophomore	Oak Park, Illinois	Oak Park and River Forest High School
Lance Storrs	10	Guard	6–5	221	Junior	Decatur, Georgia	Columbia High School
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	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance)
Preseason
Sun, Nov. 8*	#22	IUP (Exhibition)	W 84–76 ^OT		Alexander Memorial Coliseum (6,904)
Regular Season
Sat, Nov. 14*	#22	Florida A&M	W 100–59	1–0	Alexander Memorial Coliseum (7,491)
Thurs, Nov. 19*	#21	vs. #18 Dayton (O'Reilly Auto Parts Puerto Rico Tip-Off)	L 63–59	1–1	José Miguel Agrelot Coliseum (5,073¹)
Fri, Nov. 20*	#21	vs. George Mason (O'Reilly Auto Parts Puerto Rico Tip-Off)	W 70–62	2–1	José Miguel Agrelot Coliseum (5,762¹)
Sun, Nov. 22*	#21	vs. Boston University (O'Reilly Auto Parts Puerto Rico Tip-Off)	W 85–67	3–1	(8,357¹)
Fri, Nov. 27*		Mercer	W 85–74	4–1	Alexander Memorial Coliseum (7,644)
Wed, Dec. 2*		Siena	W 74–61	5–1	Alexander Memorial Coliseum (6,898)
Sat, Dec. 5*		USC	W 79–53	6–1	Alexander Memorial Coliseum (6,671)
Mon, Dec. 14*	#22	at Chattanooga	W 95–64	7–1	McKenzie Arena (4,734)
Wed, Dec. 16*	#22	Arkansas Pine Bluff	W 65–53	8–1	Alexander Memorial Coliseum (6,671)
Sun, Dec. 20	#22	Florida State	L 66–59 ^OT	8–2 (0–1)	Alexander Memorial Coliseum (8,225)
Tues, Dec. 22*		Kennesaw State	W 80–55	9–2	Alexander Memorial Coliseum (7,153)
Tues, Dec. 29*		Winston-Salem	W 78–43	10–2	Alexander Memorial Coliseum (7,148)
Sat, Jan. 2*		at Charlotte	W 76–67	11–2	Dale F. Halton Arena (9,105)
Tues, Jan. 5*	#20	at Georgia (Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate)	L 66–73	11–3	Stegeman Coliseum (6,275)
Sat, Jan. 9	#20	#5 Duke	W 71–65	12–3 (1–1)	Alexander Memorial Coliseum (9,191)
Wed, Jan. 13	#20	at Virginia	L 82–75	12–4 (1–2)	John Paul Jones Arena (8,924)
Sat, Jan. 16	#20	at #12 North Carolina	W 73–71	13–4 (2–2)	Dean Smith Center (20,704)
Tues, Jan. 19	#19	#17 Clemson	W 66–64	14–4 (3–2)	Alexander Memorial Coliseum (8,738)
Sun, Jan. 24	#19	at Florida State	L 68–66	14–5 (3–3)	Donald L. Tucker Center (8,661)
Thur, Jan. 28	#22	Wake Forest	W 79–58	15–5 (4–3)	Alexander Memorial Coliseum (9,083)
Sat, Jan. 30*	#22	Kentucky State	W 98–50	16–5 (4–3)	Alexander Memorial Coliseum (8,025)
Thur, Feb. 4	#21	at #10 Duke	L 86–67	16–6 (4–4)	Cameron Indoor Stadium (9,314)
Sat, Feb. 6	#21	NC State	W 73–71	17–6 (5–4)	Alexander Memorial Coliseum (8,760)
Wed, Feb. 10	#20	at Miami	L 64–62	17–7 (5–5)	BankUnited Center (4,319)
Sat, Feb. 13	#20	at Wake Forest	L 75–64	17–8 (5–6)	LJVM Coliseum (14,296)
Tues, Feb. 16		North Carolina	W 68–51	18–8 (6–6)	Alexander Memorial Coliseum (9,191)
Sat, Feb. 20		at Maryland	L 76–74	18–9 (6–7)	Comcast Center (17,950)
Sat, Feb. 27		Boston College	W 73–68	19–9 (7–7)	Alexander Memorial Coliseum (8,055)
Tues, Mar. 2		at Clemson	L 91–80	19–10 (7–8)	Littlejohn Coliseum (10,000)
Sat, Mar. 6		Virginia Tech	L 88–82	19–11 (7–9)	Alexander Memorial Coliseum (8,725)
ACC Tournament
Thur, Mar. 11		vs. North Carolina (First Round)	W 62–58	20–11	Greensboro Coliseum (NA)
Fri, Mar. 12		vs. #19 Maryland (Quarterfinals)	W 69–64	21–11	Greensboro Coliseum (NA)
Sat, Mar. 13		vs. NC State (Semifinals)	W 57–54	22–11	Greensboro Coliseum (NA)
Sun, Mar. 14		vs. #4 Duke (Final)	L 65–61	22–12	Greensboro Coliseum (23,381)
2010 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament
Fri, Mar. 19		vs. Oklahoma State (First Round)	W 64–59	23–12	Bradley Center (17,580)
Sun, Mar. 22		vs. #5 Ohio State (Second Round)	L 75–66	23–13	Bradley Center (18,031)
Notes: 1 - Denotes Daily Attendance
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. ( ) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

References

↑ "Georgia Tech cancels trip to Canada amid concerns over NCAA regulations". Men's Basketball. University of Windsor Athletics and Recreation. Retrieved 2009-10-06.

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