Georgia Tech Men's Basketball 2017 NIT Tournament Capsule

 

Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets

ACC (17-15, 8-10)

 
Big Wins: 12/31 North Carolina (75-63), 1/25 Florida State (78-56), 1/28 Notre Dame (62-60)
Bad Losses: 11/18 Ohio (61-67), 11/29 at Penn State (60-67), 2/21 N.C. State (69-71)
Coach: Josh Pastner
 
Probable Starters:
Josh Heath, Senior, Guard, 6.0 ppg, 4.3 apg
Josh Okogie, Freshman, Guard, 15.5 ppg, 5.1 rpg
Tadric Jackson, Junior, Guard, 11.8 ppg, 2.3 rpg
Quinton Stephens, Senior, Forward, 9.9 ppg, 7.6 rpg
Ben Lammers, Junior, Center, 14.3 ppg, 9.3 rpg, 3.3 bpg
 
Key Role Players:
Justin Moore, Freshman, Guard, 4.4 ppg, 2.7 apg
Corey Heyward, Senior, Guard, 1.9 ppg, 1.9 rpg
 
By the Numbers:
Scoring Offense: 67.3 (298th in nation, 14th in conference)
Scoring Defense: 67.0 (57, 4)
Field-Goal Percentage: 43.9 (211, 15)
Field-Goal Defense: 39.8 (19, 3)
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game: 4.5 (344, 15)  
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage: 33.3 (255, 15)
Free-Throw Percentage: 68.1 (248, 14)
Rebound Margin: 0.3 (187, 8)
Assists Per Game: 15.2 (67, 5)
Turnovers Per Game: 13.9 (255, 14)
 
Recent Postseason Appearances:
 
2016    NIT      First Round win over Houston
2016    NIT      Second Round win over South Carolina
2016    NIT      Quarterfinal loss to San Diego State
2010    NCAA Round of 64 win over Oklahoma State
2010    NCAA Round of 32 loss to Ohio State
2007    NCAA Round of 64 loss to UNLV
2005    NCAA Round of 64 win over George Washington
2005    NCAA Round of 32 loss to Louisville
2004    NCAA Round of 64 win over Northern Iowa
2004    NCAA Round of 32 win over Boston College
2004    NCAA Regional semifinal win over Nevada
2004    NCAA Regional final win over Kansas
2004    NCAA National semifinal win over Oklahoma State
2004    NCAA National Final loss to Connecticut
2003    NIT      First Round win over Ohio State
2003    NIT      Second Round win over Iowa
2003    NIT      Quarterfinal loss to Texas Tech
 
*all team stats through 3/5