Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Basketball Tickets

2008-2009 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Basketball Preview:
The Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets have established themselves as one of the most competitive teams in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). Head coach Paul Hewitt skyrocketed to the national spotlight in 2004 when he led the Yellow Jackets to the title game of the NCAA Tournament where they would lose to Connecticut. Hewitt hopes to repeat that Cinderella season this year and is looking to compete for an ACC title. Alexander Memorial Coliseum will be loud and rowdy as usual this year for Georgia Tech basketball.

GEORGIA TECH YELLOW JACKETS INFORMATION:
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
Stadium: Alexander Memorial Coliseum
Conference: ACC Conference
Rivals: Georgia Bulldogs
Mascot: Buzz

Georgia Tech first played intercollegiate basketball in 1906 under Coach Chapman, winning two of three games their inaugural season. Famed football coach John Heisman would eventually coach the team, as well as coaching football and baseball. Bobby Cremins would put Georgia Tech on the map in basketball in the 1980’s and ‘90s. Cremins led the team to its first ACC tournament title in 1985 and the school’s first Final Four appearance in 1990. Some of the great players to wear the Yellow Jackets gold and white include Stephan Marbury, Matt Harpring, Dennis Scott, and John Salley.

In the first decade of the new millenium, the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets were revitalized under head coach Paul Hewitt, who led the team to a national title game berth in 2004. The 2003-2004 team won the preseason NIT basketball tournament, and ended Duke's 41-game winning streak. Though the Yellow Jackets lost to UConn in the 2004 National Title game, this was the second-ever appearance for any Georgia Tech team in a national title game.

Georgia Tech plays their home games at Alexander Memorial Coliseum in Atlanta, Georgia. Opened in 1956, the arena holds just over 9,000 spectators. Visitors to Alexander will be awed as they enter onto the main concourse with entrances that are at the same level as the highest seats, giving a view of the court below and the sweeping arches that hold the ceiling several hundred feet above the court. The arena is notoriously loud and every seat is a good one as all the seats are very close to the floor. Buy Georgia Tech basketball tickets and watch the Yellow Jackets fight their way back to the Final Four!

See Also:
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets ACC Tournament tickets
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