2008–09 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets men's basketball team

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2008–09 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets men's basketball
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Record12–19 (2–14 ACC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arena
Alexander Memorial Coliseum
Seasons
2008–09 ACC men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 2 North Carolina 13 – 3   .813 34 – 4   .895
No. 6 Duke† 11 – 5   .688 30 – 7   .811
No. 12 Wake Forest 11 – 5   .688 24 – 7   .774
No. 16 Florida State 10 – 6   .625 25 – 10   .714
No. 24 Clemson 9 – 7   .563 23 – 9   .719
Boston College 9 – 7   .563 22 – 12   .647
Maryland 7 – 9   .438 21 – 14   .600
Virginia Tech 7 – 9   .438 19 – 15   .559
Miami (FL) 7 – 9   .438 19 – 13   .594
NC State
 6 – 10   .375 16 – 14   .533
Virginia 4 – 12   .250 10 – 18   .357
Georgia Tech 2 – 14   .125 12 – 19   .387
†
AP Poll

The 2008–09 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets men's basketball team played

NCAA Final Fours and have won 3 ACC Championships in the past 25 years. The program is most well known for its famous alumni, such as Chris Bosh, Stephon Marbury, Kenny Anderson, John Salley, Mark Price, and Jarrett Jack. Bobby Cremins built the Georgia Tech basketball program from the basement up and passed the torch to current head coach Paul Hewitt
. Hewitt's teams feed off pressure defense and fast-paced transition offenses.

Roster

Information from 2008-09 roster, subject to change.

Name Number Position Height Weight Year Hometown
Lewis Clinch 0 G 6-3 196 Senior Cordele, Georgia
Iman Shumpert 1 G 6-5 200 Freshman Oak Park, Illinois
Maurice Miller 3 G 6-2 185 Sophomore Memphis, Tennessee
Nick Foreman 4 G 6-3 197 Freshman Bellaire, Texas
Lance Storrs 10 G 6-5 220 Sophomore Decatur, Georgia
Sam Shew 11 F 6-5 190 Freshman Decatur, Georgia
Bassirou Dieng 12 F-C 6-9 220 Senior
Dakar, Senegal
D'Andre Bell 13 G/F 6-6 220 Senior
Los Angeles, California
Ty Anderson 14 G 6-4 200 Junior Watkinsville, Georgia
Gary Cage 24 G 6-1 190 Senior
Atlanta, Georgia
Gani Lawal 31 F 6-9 233 Sophomore Norcross, Georgia
Derek Craig 33 G 6-4 180 Freshman Spring, Texas
Brad Sheehan 34 C 7-0 233 RS Sophomore Latham, New York
Zachery Peacock 35 F 6-8 240 Junior
Miami, Florida
Alade Aminu 44 F 6-10 225 Senior Stone Mountain, Georgia

Schedule

Date Opponent Location Time (EST) Result Overall Conf. Recap
Exhibition Games
November 7, 2008 Le Moyne
Atlanta, GA
 7:00 PM W 85-54 0-0 0-0 [1]
Regular Season
November 14, 2008 Winston-Salem State Alexander Memorial Coliseum • Atlanta, GA 8:30 PM W 92-47 1-0 -- [2]
November 22, 2008 @ Mercer
Macon, GA
 1:00 PM W 82-76 (ot) 2-0 -- [3]
November 25, 2008 AR Pine Bluff Alexander Memorial Coliseum • Atlanta, GA 7:30 PM W 74-47 3-0 -- [4]
November 28, 2008 Jacksonville Alexander Memorial Coliseum • Atlanta, GA 7:30 PM W 79-76 4-0 -- [5]
December 3, 2008
Penn State
 Alexander Memorial Coliseum • Atlanta, GA
(ACC–Big Ten Challenge)		 7:30 PM L 85-83 4-1 -- [6]
December 6, 2008 Vanderbilt Alexander Memorial Coliseum • Atlanta, GA 2:00 PM W 63-51 5-1 -- [7]
December 14, 2008 UIC Alexander Memorial Coliseum • Atlanta, GA 2:00 PM L 66-60 5-2 -- [8]
December 17, 2008 Georgia State Alexander Memorial Coliseum • Atlanta, GA 7:30 PM W 84-64 6-2 -- [9]
December 20, 2008 @ Pepperdine
Malibu, CA
 5:00 PM W 86-58 7-2 -- [10]
December 22, 2008 @ USC Los Angeles 10:30 PM L 76-57 7-3 -- [11]
December 28, 2008 Virginia Alexander Memorial Coliseum • Atlanta, GA 5:30 PM L 88-84 (OT) 7-4 0-1 [12]
December 30, 2008 Tennessee State Alexander Memorial Coliseum • Atlanta, GA 8:30 PM W 63-58 8-4 0-1 [13]
January 3, 2009 @ Alabama
Tuscaloosa, AL
 3:00 PM L 88-77 8-5 0-1 [14]
January 6, 2009 Georgia Alexander Memorial Coliseum • Atlanta, GA
(Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate)		 7:00 PM W 67-62 9-5 0-1 [15]
January 10, 2009 @ Maryland
College Park, MD
 12:00 PM L 68-61 9-6 0-2 [16]
January 14, 2009 Duke Alexander Memorial Coliseum • Atlanta, GA 7:00 PM L 70-56 9-7 0-3 [17]
January 17, 2009 @
N.C. State
Raleigh, NC
 12:00 PM L 76-71 (ot) 9-8 0-4 [18]
January 20, 2009 Boston College Alexander Memorial Coliseum • Atlanta, GA 7:00 PM L 80-76 (ot) 9-9 0-5 [19]
January 25, 2009 @ Clemson
Clemson, SC
 7:45 PM L 73-59 9-10 0-6 [20]
January 31, 2009 Wake Forest Alexander Memorial Coliseum • Atlanta, GA 12:00 PM W 76-74 10-10 1-6 [21]
February 5, 2009 @ Florida State
Tallahassee, FL
 7:00 PM L 62-58 10-11 1-7 [22]
February 8, 2009 Maryland Alexander Memorial Coliseum • Atlanta, GA 7:30 PM L 57-56 10-12 1-8 [23]
February 11, 2009 @ Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA
 7:00 PM L 76-71 10-13 1-9 [24]
February 14, 2009
N.C. State
 Alexander Memorial Coliseum • Atlanta, GA 1:30 PM L 86-65 10-14 1-10 [25]
February 18, 2009 @ Wake Forest
Winston-Salem, NC
 7:30 PM L 87-69 10-15 1-11 [26]
February 22, 2009 Clemson Alexander Memorial Coliseum • Atlanta, GA 1:00 PM L 81-73 10-16 1-12 [27]
February 28, 2009 @ North Carolina
Chapel Hill, NC
 12:00 PM L 104-74 10-17 1-13 [28]
March 4, 2009 Miami Alexander Memorial Coliseum • Atlanta, GA 7:30 PM W 78-68 11-17 2-13
March 7, 2009 @ Boston College
Chestnut Hill, MA
 12:00 PM L 67-66 11-18 2-14
ACC Tournament
March 12, 2008 Clemson
Atlanta, GA
 2:00 PM W 86-81 12-18 3-14
March 13, 2008 Florida State
Atlanta, GA
 2:00 PM L64-62 12-19 3-15
*Conference games in bold

References

  1. Atlanta Journal-Constitution
    . November 7, 2008. Retrieved November 15, 2008.
  2. Atlanta Journal-Constitution
    . November 15, 2008. Retrieved November 15, 2008.
  3. ^ "Georgia Tech 82, Mercer 76". AP. November 22, 2008. Retrieved November 22, 2008.
  4. ^ "Georgia Tech 74, Ark.Pine Bluff 47". ESPN.com. Retrieved February 28, 2009.
  5. ^ "Georgia Tech 79, Jacksonville 76". ESPN.com. Retrieved November 28, 2008.
  6. ^ "PSU holds off Ga. Tech despite poor FT shooting". ESPN.com. Retrieved December 3, 2008.
  7. ^ "Tech wins physical game against Vanderbilt". AJC. December 6, 2008. Retrieved December 8, 2008.
  8. ^ "Ill.-Chicago 66, Georgia Tech 60". ESPN.com. Retrieved December 14, 2008.
  9. ^ "Georgia Tech 84, Georgia State 64". ESPN.com. Retrieved December 17, 2008.
  10. ^ "Georgia Tech 86, Pepperdine 58". ESPN.com. Retrieved December 20, 2008.
  11. ^ "Southern Cal 76, Georgia Tech 57". ESPN.com. Retrieved December 22, 2008.
  12. ^ "Virginia 88, Georgia Tech 84". ESPN.com. Retrieved December 28, 2008.
  13. ^ "Georgia Tech 63, Tennessee State 58". ESPN.com. Retrieved December 30, 2008.
  14. ^ "Alabama 88, Georgia Tech 77". ESPN.com. Retrieved January 3, 2009.
  15. ^ "Georgia Tech 74, Georgia 62". ESPN.com. Retrieved January 6, 2009.
  16. ^ "Maryland 68, Georgia Tech 61". ESPN.com. Retrieved January 10, 2009.
  17. ^ "Singler, Henderson stabilize No. 2 Duke against careless Georgia Tech". ESPN.com. Retrieved January 24, 2009.
  18. ^ "North Carolina 76, Georgia Tech 71". ESPN.com. Retrieved January 17, 2009.
  19. ^ "Boston College 80, Georgia Tech 76". ESPN.com. Retrieved January 20, 2009.
  20. ^ "Clemson bounces back against ACC-worst Georgia Tech". ESPN.com. Retrieved January 25, 2009.
  21. ^ "Shumpert's jumper with 1 second left lifts Jackets past Deacons". ESPN.com. Retrieved January 31, 2009.
  22. ^ "Florida State 62, Georgia Tech 58". ESPN.com. Retrieved February 5, 2009.
  23. ^ "Maryland 57, Georgia Tech 56". ESPN.com. Retrieved February 8, 2009.
  24. ^ "Virginia Tech 76, Georgia Tech 74". ESPN.com. Retrieved February 11, 2009.
  25. ^ "North Carolina State 86, Georgia Tech 65". ESPN.com. Retrieved February 14, 2009.
  26. ^ "Johnson gets double-double as Deacons down Jackets". ESPN.com. Retrieved February 18, 2009.
  27. ^ "Booker's 21 points, 12 boards lead Clemson out of 15-point hole". ESPN.com. Retrieved February 22, 2009.
  28. ^ "Hansbrough's 28 pace UNC's blowout of Ga. Tech". ESPN.com. Retrieved February 28, 2009.
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