2016–17 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets men's basketball team

2016–17 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets men's basketball

Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
2016–17 record	4–1 (0–0 ACC)
Head coach	Josh Pastner (1st year)
Assistant coach	Tavaras Hardy
Assistant coach	Darryl LaBarrie
Assistant coach	Eric Reveno
Home arena	Hank McCamish Pavilion

2016–17 ACC men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Notre Dame	0	–	0	–	7	–	0	1.000
No. 6 Virginia	0	–	0	–	7	–	0	1.000
No. 3 North Carolina	0	–	0	–	7	–	1	.875
No. 5 Duke	0	–	0	–	7	–	1	.875
Florida State	0	–	0	–	6	–	1	.857
Pittsburgh	0	–	0	–	6	–	1	.857
No. 14 Louisville	0	–	0	–	6	–	1	.857
Virginia Tech	0	–	0	–	6	–	1	.857
Miami (FL)	0	–	0	–	5	–	2	.714
NC State	0	–	0	–	5	–	2	.714
Wake Forest	0	–	0	–	5	–	2	.714
Georgia Tech	0	–	0	–	4	–	2	.667
No. 22 Syracuse	0	–	0	–	4	–	2	.667
Clemson	0	–	0	–	4	–	2	.667
Boston College	0	–	0	–	3	–	3	.500


† 2017 ACC Tournament winner As of December 4, 2016; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2016–17 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets men's basketball team represents the Georgia Institute of Technology during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They are led by first year head coach Josh Pastner and play their home games at Hank McCamish Pavilion. They are members of the Atlantic Coast Conference.

Last season

The Yellow Jackets finished the season 21–15, 8–10 in ACC play to finish in a tie for 11th place. They defeated Clemson in the second round of the ACC Tournament to advance to the quarterfinals where they lost to Virginia. They received an invitation to the National Invitation Tournament where they defeated Houston and South Carolina to advance to the quarterfinals where they lost to San Diego State.

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes
Charles Mitchell	0	F	6'8"	269	Senior	Marietta, GA	Graduated
Adam Smith	2	G	6'1"	170	RS Senior	Jonesboro, GA	Graduated
Marcus Georges-Hunt	3	G/F	6'5"	214	Senior	College Park, GA	Graduated
Travis Jorgenson	10	G	6'0"	177	RS Sophomore	Columbia, MO	Left the team due to personal reasons
Nick Jacobs	32	F	6'8"	260	RS Senior	Atlanta, GA	Graduated
James White	33	F	6'8"	220	RS Senior	Jonesboro, GA	Graduated

Incoming transfers

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Previous School
Jodan Price	2	G/F	6'8"	185	RS Senior	Indianapolis, IN	Transferred from Eastern Michigan. Price will be eligible to play immediately since Price graduated from Eastern Michigan.
Kellen McCormick	32	F	6'8"	215	RS Senior	West Bloomfield, MI	Transferred from Western Michigan. McCormick will be eligible to play immediately since McCormick graduated from Western Michigan.

Recruiting

Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Christian Matthews #61 SF	Clinton, MD	National Christian Academy	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	188 lb (85 kg)	Aug 23, 2015
Christian Matthews #61 SF	Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN:
Justin Moore #66 PG	San Diego, CA	Mission Bay High School	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Jun 3, 2016
Justin Moore #66 PG	Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN:
Josh Okogie SF	Snellville, GA	Shiloh High School	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Oct 13, 2015
Josh Okogie SF	Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: N/A
Overall recruiting rankings:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "2016 Team Ranking". Rivals.com.

Roster

2016–17 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Home town
1.5 !G	0	Moore, JustinJustin Moore	76 !6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	160 lb (73 kg)	1.0 !Fr	Mission Bay HS	San Diego, CA
1.5 !G	1	Jackson, TadricTadric Jackson	74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	209 lb (95 kg)	3.0 !Jr	Tift County HS	Tifton, GA
2.5 !G/F	2	Price, JodanJodan Price	79 !6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	172 lb (78 kg)	4.5 !RS Sr	Detroit Country Day DePaul/Eastern Michigan	Indianapolis, IN
1.5 !G	5	Okogie, JoshJosh Okogie	77 !6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1.0 !Fr	Shiloh HS	Snellville, GA
1.5 !G	11	Heath, JoshJosh Heath	74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	179 lb (81 kg)	4.0 !Sr	Tampa Preparatory School South Florida	Tampa, FL
3.5 !F	12	Stephens, QuintonQuinton Stephens	81 !6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	203 lb (92 kg)	4.0 !Sr	Marist School	Atlanta, GA
3.5 !F	23	Matthews, ChristianChristian Matthews	81 !6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1.0 !Fr	National Christian Academy	Clinton, MD
3.5 !F	24	Ogbonda, SylvesterSylvester Ogbonda	82 !6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	238 lb (108 kg)	1.5 !RS Fr	National Christian Academy	Fort Washington, MD
1.5 !G	30	Heyward, CoreyCorey Heyward	73 !6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	4.5 !RS Sr	Peachtree Ridge HS Hargrave Military Academy	Duluth, GA
3.5 !F	32	McCormick, KellenKellen McCormick	80 !6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	4.5 !RS Sr	Notre Dame Prep Western Michigan	West Bloomfield, MI
3.5 !F	34	Gueye, AbdoulayeAbdoulaye Gueye	81 !6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	218 lb (99 kg)	2.0 !So	Central Park Christian	Dakar, Senegal
3.5 !F	42	Rowland, RandRand Rowland	79 !6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	213 lb (97 kg)	4.0 !Sr	White County HS	Cleveland, GA
5.0 !C	44	Lammers, BenBen Lammers	82 !6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	231 lb (105 kg)	3.0 !Jr	Alamo Heights High School	San Antonio, TX

Head coach

Josh Pastner (Arizona)

Assistant coach(es)

Tavaras Hardy (Northwestern)
Darryl LaBarrie (Georgia Tech)
Eric Reveno (Stanford)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule

Date Time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance) City, State
Exhibition
11/05/2016* 7:30 PM	Shorter	W 95–87 ^OT		Hank McCamish Pavilion (2,503) Atlanta, GA
Non-conference regular season
11/11/2016* 8:00 PM, ACCN Extra	Tennessee Tech	W 70–55	1–0	Hank McCamish Pavilion (6,018) Atlanta, GA
11/14/2016* 7:30 PM, ACCN Extra	Southern	W 77–62	2–0	Hank McCamish Pavilion (4,360) Atlanta, GA
11/18/2016* 8:00 PM, ACCN Extra	Ohio	L 61–67	2–1	Hank McCamish Pavilion (4,802) Atlanta, GA
11/22/2016* 7:30 PM, ACCN Extra	Sam Houston State	W 81–73	3–1	Hank McCamish Pavilion (4,181) Atlanta, GA
11/26/2016* 7:30 PM, ACCN Extra	Tulane	W 68–82	4–1	Hank McCamish Pavilion (4,479) Atlanta, GA
11/29/2016* 7:00 PM, ESPNU	at Penn State ACC–Big Ten Challenge	L 60–67	4–2	Bryce Jordan Center (6,032) University Park, PA
12/03/2016* 1:00 PM	at Tennessee	L 58–81	4–3	Thompson–Boling Arena (12,634) Knoxville, TN
12/07/2016* 7:00 PM, ESPNU	at VCU			Siegel Center Richmond, VA
12/18/2016* 2:00 PM, ACCN Extra	Alcorn State			Hank McCamish Pavilion Atlanta, GA
12/20/2016* 7:00 PM, ESPNU	Georgia			Hank McCamish Pavilion Atlanta, GA
12/22/2016* 7:30 PM, ACCN Extra	Wofford			Hank McCamish Pavilion Atlanta, GA
12/28/2016* 7:30 PM, ACCN Extra	North Carolina A&T			Hank McCamish Pavilion Atlanta, GA
ACC regular season
12/31/2016 12:00 PM, ACCN	North Carolina			Hank McCamish Pavilion Atlanta, GA
01/04/2017 7:00 PM, ESPN2	at Duke			Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC
01/07/2017 2:00 PM, ACCN	Louisville			Hank McCamish Pavilion Atlanta, GA
01/12/2017 7:00 PM, RSN	Clemson			Hank McCamish Pavilion Atlanta, GA
01/15/2017 6:30 PM, ESPNU	at NC State			PNC Arena Raleigh, NC
01/18/2017 9:00 PM, RSN	at Virginia Tech			Cassell Coliseum Blacksburg, VA
01/21/2017 2:00 PM, ACCN	at Virginia			John Paul Jones Arena Charlottesville, VA
01/25/2017 7:00 PM, RSN	Florida State			Hank McCamish Pavilion Atlanta, GA
01/28/2017 12:00 PM, ESPNU	Notre Dame			Hank McCamish Pavilion Atlanta, GA
02/01/2017 7:00 PM, RSN	at Clemson			Littlejohn Coliseum Clemson, SC
02/04/2017 3:00 PM, RSN	at Wake Forest			LJVM Coliseum Winston-Salem, NC
02/11/2017 5:30 PM, RSN	Boston College			Hank McCamish Pavilion Atlanta, GA
02/15/2017 8:00 PM, ACCN	at Miami (FL)			BankUnited Center Coral Gables, FL
02/19/2017 6:30 PM, ESPNU	Syracuse			Hank McCamish Pavilion Atlanta, GA
02/21/2017 8:00 PM, ACCN	NC State			Hank McCamish Pavilion Atlanta, GA
02/26/2017 6:30 PM, ESPNU	at Notre Dame			Edmund P. Joyce Center South Bend, IN
03/04/2017 4:00 PM, ACCN	at Syracuse			Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY
ACC Tournament
03/08–12/2017	vs.			Barclays Center Brooklyn, NY
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

References

Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets men's basketball

Venues	Heisman Gym (1938–1956) Alexander Memorial Coliseum (1956–2011) Philips Arena & Gwinnett Center (2011–2012) McCamish Pavilion (2012–present)

Culture & lore	Buzz Ramblin' Wreck "Ramblin' Wreck from Georgia Tech" Georgia Tech Pep Band

People	Head coaches

Seasons	1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

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