Latest Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Men’s NCAA Basketball News and Headlines

• Season Ticket Sales for Georgia Tech Basketball Surge Past 2016-17
  More than four months before the beginning of Georgia Tech’s second season under head coach Josh Pastner, season ticket sales have already surpassed the final tally for the 2016-17 campaign, in which the Yellow Jackets won 21 games and advanced to the championship game of the National Invitation Tournament…. 2017/06/23
• Nissan #ProJackets Basketball Report
  Dating all the way back to 1947, the first year that the National Basketball Association conducted a draft, Georgia Tech basketball has enjoyed a rich history with the NBA Draft. A total of 44 Tech players have been selected in the annual draft, all but 13 of those since the Yellow Jackets became a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference in 1979…. 2017/06/22
• Okogie Makes Final Cut for USA Basketball U19 Team
  Georgia Tech sophomore guard Josh Okogie has secured a spot on the USA Basketball team that will compete in the FIBA U19 World Championships in Cairo, Egypt. Out of an initial roster of 27 of the nation’s best 19-and-under basketball players who began training Sunday at the at the United States Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo., the final 12-man team was announced Thursday…. 2017/06/22
• #TGW: Long-Distance Beginning
  If Quinton Stephens proved anything in his four years at Georgia Tech, it was that he was always ready and always ready for anything.

  Need him to play small forward? Need him to play power forward? Need him to rebound? Need him to score? Need him to dive on the floor or into the crowd for a loose ball? Stephens was ready and would do it without thinking twice.

  That flexibility and willingness to perform and adapt to any situation is about to pay off as he embarks on his pro career…. 2017/06/20

• Okogie Among Finalists for USA Basketball U19 Team
  Georgia Tech sophomore guard Josh Okogie survived the first roster cut Tuesday in his effort to make the USA Basketball’s team for the FIBA U19 World Championships in Cairo, Egypt. Out of 26 of the nation’s best 19-and-under basketball players who began training Sunday at the at the United States Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo., 18 were selected to continue training through Sunday, when the 12-man team will be selected to compete in the FIBA U19 World Championships…. 2017/06/20
• Okogie Begins USA Basketball U19 Training Camp
  Georgia Tech sophomore guard Josh Okogie begins working with 26 of the nation’s best 19-and-under basketball players Sunday at the 2017 USA Basketball Men’s U19 World Cup Team training camp at the United States Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo., with the hope of making the 12-man team that competes in the FIBA U19 World Championships in Cairo, Egypt…. 2017/06/18
• @GTAthletics 2017 Hall of Fame Class Announced
  B.J. Elder, an All-America guard who led Georgia Tech’s 2004 men’s basketball team to the brink of an NCAA championship, headline a class of six former Georgia Tech sports icons who have been elected to the 2017 Georgia Tech Sports Hall of Fame class…. 2017/06/16
• Lewis Tabbed as “NextUp” Administrator
  Georgia Tech associate athletics director for finance and administration and former men’s basketball student-athlete Marvin Lewis is one of 13 college athletics administrators tabbed as a College AD NextUp administrator for 2017…. 2017/06/13
• Josh Okogie to Attend USA Basketball U19 Training Camp
  Georgia Tech sophomore guard Josh Okogie is among 28 of the nation’s best 19-and-under basketball players who have accepted invitations to attend the 2017 USA Basketball Men’s U19 World Cup Team training camp, which will be conducted from June 18-25 at the United States Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado…. 2017/06/08
• Georgia Tech to Host Northwestern in Big Ten/ACC Challenge
  Georgia Tech will host Northwestern in the 19th renewal of the 2017 Big Ten/ACC Challenge with the game taking place in late November at McCamish Pavilion. ESPN announced the full lineup of matchups for the Challenge Thursday in conjunction with the Atlantic Coast Conference and the Big Ten Conference. The 14 games will take place over a three-day period in late November and will be televised on the ESPN family of networks. Dates, tip times and television will be announced at a later date…. 2017/06/08
• #TGW: Moore To Come
  Complacency can be the biggest enemy to prolonged success.

  If Justin Moore’s summer is any indication, that won’t be a problem for Georgia Tech’s basketball team come the 2017-18 season…. 2017/06/06

• Basketball Guard Shembari Phillips Transferring to Georgia Tech
  Former Tennessee basketball player Shembari Phillips is transferring to Georgia Tech and will join the Yellow Jackets’ program, head coach Josh Pastner announced Monday…. 2017/06/05
• Nissan #ProJackets Basketball Report
  Iman Shumpert and the Cleveland Cavaliers begin their title defense tonight against the Golden State Warriors in Game 1 of the NBA Finals … Relentless speculation of Chris Bosh’s basketball future continues as he inches closer towards free agency … Derrick Favors begins preparing himself for life after Utah while he trains in Atlanta … All of that and more can be found in this week’s Nissan #ProJackets Basketball Report…. 2017/06/01
• #TGW: Working Vacation
  Josh Okogie is not too big on the idea of taking standard vacations, but he’ll take a break now and then. He may soon go on a journey to rival any leisure trip.

  After just a little down time following spring semester and an inaugural college season in which he became the third highest-scoring freshman in Georgia Tech men’s basketball history, Okogie went right back to work — at school and hoops…. 2017/05/29

• Pastner to be Named Most Positive Collegiate Coach
  Georgia Tech Head Basketball Coach Josh Pastner will be honored by Positive Athlete Georgia as Georgia’s “Most Positive Collegiate Coach” on Tuesday, June 6 at 7:30 p.m. at the College Football Hall of Fame and Chick-fil-a Fan Experience. As part of the Fourth Annual Georgia Positive Athlete Awards, Pastner will join 28 high school student-athletes, two coaches and two other special awards for positivity including former Falcons coach Dan Reeves winning a Lifetime Achievement award…. 2017/05/22