Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets men's basketball

Infobox CBB Team
name = Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Basketball
logo =
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university = Georgia Institute of Technology
conference = Atlantic Coast Conference
conference_short = ACC
division =
city = Atlanta
stateabb = GA
state = Georgia (U.S. state)
coach = Paul Hewitt
tenure = 7th
arena = Alexander Memorial Coliseum
capacity = 9,191
nickname = Yellow Jackets
color1 = Old Gold
color2 = White
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NCAAchampion =
NCAAfinalfour = 1990, 2004
conference_tournament = 1938 (SEC),
1985, 1990, 1993
conference_season = 1938, 1985, 1996
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:seealso|2006-07 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets men's basketball team|2007-08 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets men's basketball teamThe Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets men's basketball team represents the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets in NCAA Division 1-A basketball. The team plays its home games in Alexander Memorial Coliseum. Under the tenure of Bobby Cremins, Georgia Tech established itself as a national force in basketball. Bobby Cremins led his team to the first ACC tournament victory in school history in 1985 and in 1990 he took Georgia Tech to the school's first Final Four appearance ever.cite pressrelease|url=http://www.gatech.edu/news-room/archive/news_releases/cremins.html|title=Bobby Cremins Retires as Tech Basketball Coach|publisher=Georgia Institute of Technology|date=2000-02-18|accessdate=2007-05-19] Cremins retired from Georgia Tech in 2000 with the school's best winning percentage as a head coach. Overall, the team has won 1,169 games and lost 1,026 games, a 53% win percentage.cite web|url=http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/geot/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/mediainfo.pdf|title=Georgia Tech Basketball Media Guide|publisher=Georgia Tech Athletic Association|accessdate=2007-05-19]

History

Georgia Tech's first recorded official participation in basketball was in 1906, when a small club organized under Coach Chapman.cite news|first=Pat|last=Edwards|url=http://technique.library.gatech.edu/issues/winter1998/feb6/campuslife6.html|title=Ramblins - Tech has tradition of basketball excellence|work=The Technique|date=1998-02-06|accessdate=2007-05-20] They won two of the three games they played that season. The next time Tech had a basketball team, it was under the famous coach John Heisman, who also happened to be Tech's baseball "and" football coach. Heisman had a winning percentage of .142 that season and improved the team's percentage to .500 in 1912 and 1913.

Recently, head coach Paul Hewitt helped to revitalize a stagnant program and Georgia Tech experienced a Cinderella Season in 2004, earning the school's second ever berth in a National Title Game in any sport. The 2003-2004 team won the Pre-Season NIT tournament, ended Duke's 41 game home-winning streak, made it to the Final Four, and finished its season losing by only 9 points in the National Championship game to UConn.

Coaches

Since the beginning of the Georgia Tech basketball program, it has had 12 head coaches. John Heisman and William Alexander were also head coaches for Georgia Tech's football and baseball teams.
*Chapman
*John Heisman
*William Alexander
*Joe Bean
*Harold Hansen
*Roy Mundorff
*Dwight Keith
*Roy McArthur
*John Hyder
*Dwane Morrison
*Bobby Cremins
*Paul Hewitt

Players

Many famous and talented players have played with the Yellow Jackets. Dennis Scott was the 1990 National Player of the Year and the 1990 ACC Player of the Year,cite web|url=http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/geot/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/history.pdf|title=Georgia Tech Basketball History|publisher=Georgia Tech Athletic Association|accessdate=2007-05-19] Jarrett Jack was the 2005 Basketball Times All-South player, and Mark Price was the 1985 ACC Player of the Year.

The team has retired six numbers: Matt Harpring (15), Tom Hammonds (20), John Salley (22), Mark Price (25), Rich Yunkus (40), and Roger Kaiser (21).

tadium

The Alexander Memorial Coliseum (also nicknamed "The Thrillerdome") is an indoor arena located in Atlanta, Georgia. It is the home of the Georgia Tech basketball teams and hosted the Atlanta Hawks of the National Basketball Association from 1968–1972 and again from 1997–1999. Tech's women's volleyball team occasionally uses the facility as well, primarily for NCAA tournament games and other matches that draw crowds that would overflow the O'Keefe Gymnasium.

References

External links

* [http://ramblinwreck.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/geot-m-baskbl-body.html Official website]
* [http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-1974 Georgia Tech Men's Basketball] at the New Georgia Encyclopedia