Men's Basketball ends regular season at Virginia – Men's Basketball – Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets

Georgia Tech (14-16, 7-12 ACC) vs. Virginia (21-9, 12-7 ACC)

Saturday, March 9, 2024 | 8:00 PM ET | Charlottesville, VA | John Paul Jones Arena

The Flats – Georgia Tech, which has won four of its past five games, concludes the regular season on the road this week and plays its final conference regular season game Saturday night at 8 p.m. at John Paul Jones Arena in Charlottesville. against Virginia State. .

Tech (14-16, 7-12 ACC) has won three in a row over the last 10 days, defeating Miami (80-76), Florida State (85-76) and Wake Forest (70-69). . The Jackets also have ACC wins over Duke, Clemson (on the road), North Carolina and Syracuse, and are tied for 11th in the ACC standings with Boston College and Notre Dame entering the final Saturday of the regular season. ing.

Virginia (21-9, 12-7 ACC) has not played since losing a 73-48 decision to Duke last Saturday. UVA sits alone in third place in the ACC standings, but has lost four of its past six games. Including home court losses to Pittsburgh (74-63) and North Carolina (54-44). The Cavaliers defeated Wake Forest (49-47) and Boston College (72-68) in that stretch.

Saturday's game will be broadcast live on the ACC Network, and the live stream will also be available on the ESPN app. Radio broadcasts will be on the Georgia Tech Sports Network with Legends Sports and flagship station 680 the Fan (680 AM/93.7 FM). Tech broadcasts are also available on SiriusXM channel 390 and the SiriusXM app.

what's happening on saturday

Four of the bottom five teams in the ACC standings will be on the road Saturday. Georgia Tech plays at Virginia Tech, Notre Dame plays at Virginia Tech, Miami plays at Florida State, and Boston College plays at Louisville.

Tech teams cannot be seeded higher than No. 11 or lower than No. 14 in next week's ACC Tournament. That means the Yellow Jackets will play either a 2 p.m. game (12th seed vs. 13 seed) or a 7 p.m. game. The opening game of next week's ACC Tournament (11-14).

The seeding scenario could all be decided before the final game of the day, between Tech and UVA, takes place on Saturday.

• Georgia Tech lost a two-way tiebreaker against Boston College and Notre Dame and won a two-way tiebreaker against Miami.
• If Miami loses on Saturday, it will become the No. 14 seed.
• If Boston University wins on Saturday, it will become the No. 11 seed.
• If Georgia Tech wins and BC State and Notre Dame both lose, Tech State will become the No. 11 seed and will play either BC State, Miami State or ND State on Tuesday at 7 p.m. Become.
• If BC, Tech and Notre Dame all win on Saturday (3-way tied at 8-12), Tech will be the No. 13 seed since it is 0-3 against the other two schools. BC will be the No. 11 seed with a 3-0 record against the other two schools, while Notre Dame will be the No. 12 seed (2-2 against the other two schools). Tech is scheduled to play Notre Dame on Tuesday at 2 p.m.
• If BC, Tech, and Notre Dame lose and Miami wins, resulting in a four-way tie for 11th place at 7-13, Tech would have the worst record (1-3) against the other three teams. As a result, he is the 14th seed. In that scenario, British Columbia would receive the No. 11 seed, Miami University the 12th seed, Notre Dame the 13th seed and Tech University the 14th seed. Tech will play BC on Tuesday at 7 p.m.
• Also, if BC wins, Tech and Notre Dame lose, and Miami wins, the three-way will be tied for 12th place with 7 wins and 13 losses. In this scenario, Tech would be the No. 14 seed (he's 1-2 against his other two teams) and he'll play BC on Tuesday at 7 p.m.

Secret information

• Georgia Tech is on a three-game winning streak for the first time since defeating Alabama A&M, Penn State, Massachusetts and Hawaii in December. Tech finished the regular season last season with three straight wins.
• Tech is 3-6 in ACC road games this season. Another win on Saturday would move the Yellow Jackets' record to 4-6, the same as their home mark in conference games. The Jackets are 4-8 overall in road games.
• This is the sixth consecutive season that Tech has finished the regular season on the road. The last time the Jackets played a home game was in 2017-18. Additionally, this is the third year in a row that Tech has finished the regular season with two road games.
• Fourteen of Tech's 19 ACC games have been decided by single digits. 21 of Tech's 30 games this season have been decided by fewer than 10 points, second most in the nation (Tech is 12-9 in those games). There were 14 games decided by five points or less.
• Tech won seven ACC championships and scored 27 total points. The Jackets' nine-point win over Florida State last Saturday was the widest margin of victory.
• Tech is 8-12 this season against teams in Quad 1 (4-5) and Quad 2 (4-7), with Quad 1 wins over Duke, Clemson, North Carolina and Wake Forest. . Saturday's game at Virginia will be another chance for Quad 1. Tech went 3-14 against Quad 1/2 opponents last season.
• Four of Georgia Tech's ACC wins have come against the top four teams in the ACC in the NCAA's NET rankings: North Carolina (No. 9), Duke University (No. 10), Clemson University (No. 24), and Wake Forest University (No. 42). ). The next largest state is Virginia (50).
• Miles Kelly (14.6 ppg) leads three Yellow Jackets averaging double digits this season, including the freshman forward. Baye Ndongo (11.7) and junior guard Coissy Reeves Jr. (10.1). Tech's other rotation player averaged 4.8 to 9.4 points per game.
• Tech starts two freshmen – Baye Ndongo and point guard nathan george – in the last 26 games. The Jackets haven't had two freshmen (Michael DeVoe, Khalid Moore) in the regular starting lineup since the 2018-19 season, and the first to regularly start at point guard since Jose Alvarado in 2017-18. There were no new students.

Series vs. Virginia

• Virginia won the last 11 games of the series and 19 of the last 21 games to advance 48-40 in the best series in history dating back to 1947.
• The Cavaliers won the first game of the 2023-24 season in Atlanta by a score of 75-66.
• Tech is just 1-10 at John Paul Jones Arena and has lost its last nine trips to Charlottesville. The last time the Jackets won on the Cavaliers' home court was on January 27, 2008, in a 92-82 overtime decision.
• The Yellow Jackets defeated Virginia 10-16 at University Hall, the Cavaliers' former home court, marking Tech's highest winning percentage on an opponent's home court in the ACC.
• The Yellow Jackets are 38-47 against Virginia since Tech joined the ACC.
• Tony Bennett is 18-2 against Tech.
• Tech has failed to score 50 points in six of 20 meetings with Bennett's Virginia teams. The high-tech company's highest score of 75 was recorded at the first meeting in 2010.
• Tech and Virginia have played in overtime seven times since the 1983-84 season, including a 72-71 triple-overtime victory for Tech in Atlanta on January 23, 1984; These include Virginia's 88-85 double overtime victory in Charlottesville on January 23, 1984. January 22, 1995.

Baye Ndongo had 25 rebounds in Tech's last two games. (Photo by Danny Karnik)

team trends

• Tech overcame a 29-point loss to the Demon Deacons at home on February 6th. It was the 10th time in the Yellow Jackets' ACC history that the lead was 30 points or more between the first game and the second game. Same season.
• However, it was the first time the Jackets won against a team that lost by 29 points in the first game. The previous largest margin of loss was 23 against Wake Forest in 1993 (an 81-58 loss in Game 1 and a 69-58 win in Game 2).
• Tech has led for nearly 76 of 80 minutes in the past two games, and has only led for a total of 35 seconds.
• Tech shot 53.7 percent from the floor against Wake Forest and has hit over 50 percent in each of its five games this season against ACC opponents.
• Tech averaged 9.1 3-point field goals in road games this season and made 38.1 percent of its 3-point attempts. Coissy Reeves Jr. (49 percent) and Miles Kelly (44%) are in the lead.
• Tech has outscored each of its past five opponents by more than 12.4 rebounds per game (34-25 against Wake Forest), with its largest margin coming against Florida State at 55-33. The Jackets had a 41-34 advantage on the boards over Miami, defeated Clemson 34-31 and dominated Syracuse 49-28.
• Tech has shot 76.3 percent (167-of-219) from free throws in its last nine games and 53-of-64 (82.8 percent) in its last three games.
• After five consecutive games scoring less than one point per possession, Tech has scored three consecutive games scoring at least one point per possession (1.17 against Miami, 1.10 against Florida State, Wake Forest). 1.07 points in battle).
• Tech used just eight players in wins over Miami, FSU and Wake Forest. The Dec. 22 game against Hawaii was the only other game this season in which only eight Jackets were on the court.
• This season, the freshman led Tech with 12 points. Baye Ndongo He led the Jackets in scoring through eight games this season. nathan george 3 points, Ibrahima Sacco 1 point.

Player highlights

• Miles Kelly At Wake Forest, he made five 3-pointers, passing Drew Barry for ninth place all-time in 3-point field goals made (183).
• kelly He moved into 44th place on Tech's all-time scoring list with 1,049 points. Ben Lammers is 43rd with 1,055 points.
• In Tech's road games, kelly He averaged 17.5 points and shot 46.2% from the floor and 44.0% from the free throw line.
• Baye Ndongo He grabbed 25 rebounds in Tech's last two games and has eight games this season with double-digit rebounds.
• nathan george has scored in double figures for the second consecutive game and has scored 31 points in Tech's last two games (15 against FSU and 16 against Wake Forest). George had totaled 19 points in his previous five games. He has nine double-digit games against ACC teams this season and 11 total games.
• Tafala Ngapare He averaged 9.2 points and 7.0 rebounds over the past five games, reaching double digits three times and 10 rebounds once (Florida State). He also has nine assists and seven blocked shots in the last five games.
• Gapare He has started Tech's last seven games and played at least 20 minutes in five of them, including a career-high 29 minutes, 59 seconds against Florida State.
• Gapare He has blocked at least one shot in seven consecutive games and has a team-high 32 points this season, including 19 points in 18 ACC games, despite playing just 18 minutes per game.
• Kyle Sturdivant He is 29-of-32 (90.6 percent) from the free-throw line in Tech's last 14 games and 12-of-13 in Tech's last four games. He leads the Jackets this season with an 87.5 percent success rate and 88.6 percent (35 of 39) in ACC play.
• new student Baye Ndongo He ranks third in the nation among freshmen in rebounding average (8.2 per game) and second in field goal percentage (55.7).
• Ndongo He averaged more than 11.7 points, 8.2 rebounds and 1.1 blocks per game, and was one of only two freshmen in the nation (the other being New Mexico State's JT Toppin) to shoot 55 percent from the floor.
• george They rank second in the ACC in average assists per game (5.0 per game) and first in assist-to-turnover ratio (2.44-to-1). He ranks fourth among freshmen in the nation in assist percentage, according to KenPom.com.
• Coissy Reeves Jr. In Tech's road games, he shot a team-best 46.9 percent from the floor and 49.0 percent from 3-point range.

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