Monday, December 9, 2024


THE FLATS – Off to the best start since 1977-78, Georgia Tech women’s basketball jumped into the national rankings on Monday, being slotted at No. 25 in the Associated Press Top 25 poll.

Coming off a dominating 78-42 win at Mercer on Sunday, the Jackets moved to 9-0 on the season. Georgia Tech is one of only 10 teams nationally, and the only team in the Atlantic Coast Conference, to remain undefeated on the season. The Yellow Jackets have picked up marquee wins early in the season, topping South Dakota State and then-No. 21 Oregon in Hawai’i to claim the Hawaii North Shore Showcase, while edging Mississippi State in the SEC/ACC Challenge. Georgia Tech delivered the first losses of the season to both Oregon and Mississippi State.

On the young season, the Yellow Jackets continue to lead the ACC in assist/turnover ratio (1.51) and three-point defense (24.1 percent), while holding a top-5 position in assists (17.67 assists per game), rebounding (42.67 rebounds per game), scoring offense (averaging 80.2 points per game) and scoring defense (limiting opponents to 54.9 points per game). Nationally, Tech is No. 7 in assist/turnover ratio and rank in the top 20 in rebound margin and three-point percentage defense.

Three Yellow Jackets are averaging double-figures offensively to pace Tech on the season. Freshman Dani Carnegie is leading the Jackets at 13.9 points per game. She also leads all freshmen in scoring in the ACC. Meanwhile, junior Kara Dunn follows closely behind Carnegie, chipping in 13.4 points and a team-best 6.9 rebounds per game, while Tonie Morgan contributes 11.4 points on average.

The Yellow Jackets return to the national rankings for the first time since the 2021-22 season when they spent 14 weeks in the top 25. The highest AP ranking in program history is No. 11, reached on Feb. 7, 2022. Tech was tabbed No. 10 in the WBCA Coaches Poll during the 2011-12 campaign.

Georgia Tech is one of five schools in the ACC in the national poll, joining No. 8 Notre Dame, No. 9 Duke, No. 14 North Carolina and No. 22 NC State.

The Yellow Jackets return home for a midweek tilt in McCamish Pavilion against Louisiana Monroe on Wednesday, Dec. 11. Tip is slated for 1 p.m. on ACC Network Extra.

Week 6 Poll – Dec. 9, 2024
1.UCLA
2. UConn
3. South Carolina
4. LSU
5. USC
6. Texas
7. Maryland
8. Notre Dame
9. Duke
10. Oklahoma
11. Ohio State
12. TCU
13. Kansas State
14. North Carolina
15. West Virginia
16. Kentucky
17. Michigan State
18. Iowa State
19. Tennessee
20. Michigan
21. Iowa
22. Ole Miss
NC State
24. Nebraska
25. Georgia Tech

A safety originally from Marietta that won conference rookie of the year after a huge freshman season at Richmond.

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Is this right? Just saw it on twitter. Not a good look for ACC if true.

From my interview with him. Gives some good insight on what led to the decision to flip to Tech and what kind of player he is.

I figure this is a good time to update this, nine burned so far, a couple on the fence.

I am thinking we win by 7-10

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Going to miss it, but here you go

fire away

The latest on big names:

Does anyone know the total "payroll" for the team was this season? Not necessarily broken down by player - just the total amount spent.

Also, does the NCAA require reporting NIL payments to players? If so, is that data publicly available?

I believe this is the 13th or 14th new high rise student housing project in midtown.
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Does anyone know what happened to the whole STH renewal giveaway thing? They advertised the hell out of it and once I renewed I haven't heard anything else about it. They were giving away jerseys, signed helmets and tickets.

As five Georgia Tech signees advance to play for state championships.

4 - Stanford
6 - Duke
17 - California Berkley
18 - Notre Dame
24 - Virginia
27 - North Carolina
33 - Georgia Tech
37 - Boston College
46 - Wake Forest
51 - Virginia Tech
54 - Florida State
58 - North Carolina State
63 - Miami
70 - Pittsburgh
73 - Syracuse
80 - Clemson
91 - SMU
179 - Louisville

I do not know USNews criteria. This listing is just for entertainment!

Clemson @ Texas
SMU @ Penn St
Indiana @ ND
TN @ Ohio St

I was checking out Vanderbilts football schedule and saw the last game vs Georgia Tech in Birmingham on Dec 27th at 3:30

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This is nuts.

Alex is happy

#GaTech falls at #20 UNC 68-65 with two starters out.

It is now crystal clear that having a QB who is a talented runner makes it exponentially easier to beat a Kirby defense. Kirby makes it very hard on QBs when he does not have to account for their legs. His D against a gifted mobile QB is night and day different.