Georgia Tech Takes on Florida State in ACC Tournament
Yellow Jackets and Seminoles tip off at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Greensboro Coliseum
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GEORGIA TECH (14-17, 6-14 ACC) vs. FLORIDA STATE (9-22, 7-13 ACC)
Tuesday, March 7, 2023 | 2 p.m. ET | Greensboro, N.C. | Greensboro ColiseumTelevision: ACC Network
Play-by-Play: Dave O’Brien | Analyst: Cory Alexander
Radio: Georgia Tech Sports Network by Legends Sports (680 AM/93.7 FM in Atlanta) | SiriusXM ch. 371| Listen Online | Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets App | TuneIn
Play-by-Play: Andy Demetra | Analyst: Randy Waters
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Greensboro, N.C. – Carrying the momentum of two road wins to close out the regular season, Georgia Tech opens the New Life Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament by facing Florida State at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Greensboro (N.C.) Coliseum. The winner of their game Tuesday will face No. 5 seed Pittsburgh at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday.
Georgia Tech (14-17, 6-14 ACC) is the 13th seed in the tournament but enters the week having won its last three games and five of its last seven conference games. The Yellow Jackets won their first two ACC road games of the season last week, running past Syracuse, 96-76, and defeating Boston College, 73-65, on its Senior Day, which followed an 83-67 victory over Louisville in its final home game on Feb. 25.
Florida State (9-22, 7-13 ACC), the No. 12 seed, started its conference schedule by winning five of nine games, including a 75-64 decision over Georgia Tech on Jan. 7. But the Seminoles have lost nine of 11 since, winning only at Louisville (81-78) on Feb. 4 and at Miami (85-84) on Feb. 25.
Tuesday’s game will be televised live on the ACC Network with a live stream of the broadcast available the ESPN app. Radio coverage is on the Georgia Tech Sports Network by Legends Sports, carried in Atlanta on 680 the Fan (680 AM and 93.7 FM), and nationally on SiriusXM satellite radio.
THE TIP-OFF
• Georgia Tech and Florida State are battling in the ACC Tournament for the fourth time. The Seminoles have won two of the three prior meetings (by a total of three points), but the Yellow Jackets’ victory came in the championship game of the 2021 tournament by an 80-75 score in Greensboro.
• Tech has played 28 of its 66 ACC Tournament games at the Greensboro Coliseum, posting an 11-17 record with one championship in 2021 and three runner-up finishes in 1986, 1996 and 2010.
• Tech is 4-12 all-time in Tuesday opening round games at the ACC Tournament and has lost its last four dating back to an 88-85 overtime victory against Clemson in 2016.
• Tech’s upswing over the last month of the season has been spurred by the emergence of its two transfers, senior guard Lance Terry and senior center Ja’von Franklin, who have averaged 14.2 and 14.1 points, respectively, over the last nine games.
• Tech has averaged 75.6 points per game over that stretch, connected on 45.6 percent of its shots from the floor and 39.6 percent of its three-point attempts. The Jackets have averaged 10.3 three-point field goals made.
• Tech’s leading scorer, sophomore guard Miles Kelly, has averaged 20.2 points and 3.7 rebounds over the Yellow Jackets’ last six games, all in double figures, hitting 49.4 percent from the floor and 45.9 percent from three-point range. He has hit 23 three-point field goals over Tech’s last four games.
• Over Tech’s last eight ACC games, the Yellow Jackets’ rotation has shortened to six or seven players, with the five starters playing nearly 85 percent of the minutes.
• At the moment, Tech’s offensive efficiency rating as measured by KenPom.com is 104.3, the highest for the Jackets in seven seasons under Josh Pastner.
• Tech’s season turnover rate of 10.8 per game is its lowest on record dating back to the 1992-93 season, when turnovers became an official NCAA statistic. The Jackets have turned it over just 9.5 times per game in its last eight ACC games.
TECH’S ACC TOURNAMENT HISTORY
Georgia Tech has played in 42 ACC Tournaments (did not play in 2020 due to NCAA sanctions), and has a 28-38 all-time record in the event. The Yellow Jackets have won four championships, in 1985 (Atlanta), 1990 (Charlotte), 1993 (Charlotte) and 2021 (Greensboro).
Tech has been a runner-up four times (1986, 1996, 2005, 2010). The 1986, 1996 and 2010 runs to the finals occurred in Greensboro. Tech also made the finals in 2005 at the Verizon Center in Washington, D.C.
Tech was 0-2 in the ACC Tournament under coach Dwane Morrison, 15-16 under Bobby Cremins (including all three titles), 9-11 under Paul Hewitt (runner-up in 2005 and 2010), 2-5 under Brian Gregory. and 1-3 under Josh Pastner.
Tech did not play in the 2020 tournament while serving an NCAA postseason ban.
SERIES NOTES VS. FLORIDA STATE
• Florida State snapped a three-game losing streak in the series with a 75-64 win over Tech in Tallahassee in the teams’ only scheduled regular-season meeting of the 2022-23 season. The Seminoles have won 16 of the last 21 meetings in the series and hold a 45-32 advantage all-time.
• Since FSU joined the ACC, Tech is 22-31 against the Seminoles. Florida State won the first six in a row, Tech followed by winning five straight, and is 17-25 against the Seminoles since then.
• In those 53 games, 22 have been decided by four points or less, 33 by fewer than 10 points. One of those games went to double-overtime, which the Yellow Jackets won 111-108 on Feb. 11, 1999 in Tallahassee.
• Tech is 11-19 against Seminoles teams led by head coach Leonard Hamilton. Tech is 12-19 against Hamilton overall, with a victory over his Miami team in December of 1997.
• Tech and Florida State were both members of the old Metro Conference from 1976-78, and the Seminoles won three of those four meetings.
• Florida State has won two of the three ACC Tournament meetings between the schools, but Tech defeated the Seminoles, 80-75, in the championship game of the 2021 tournament. The three games have been decided by a total of eight points.
