The 2020–21 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets men's basketball team represented the Georgia Institute of Technology during the 2020–21 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They were led by fifth-year head coach Josh Pastner and played their home games at Hank McCamish Pavilion as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference. In a season limited due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the Yellow Jackets finished the season 17–9, 11–6 in ACC play to finish in fourth place. They defeated Miami in the quarterfinals of the ACC tournament and advanced to the championship game after Virginia was forced to withdraw from the tournament after a positive COVID-19 test. They defeated Florida State to win the tournament championship and received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament as the No. 9 seed in the Midwest region. They lost in the first round to Loyola. It was the first time since 2010 that the Yellow Jackets had participated in the NCAA Tournament, and their first ACC Championship since 1993.
Previous season The Yellow Jackets finished the 2019–20 season 17–14, 11–9 in ACC play to finish in fifth place. The team was banned from postseason play, including the conference tournament, due to NCAA rules violations.
Offseason
Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure James Banks III 1 F/C 6'10" 250 Senior Decatur, GA Graduated Shembari Phillips 2 G 6'4" 210 Senior Atlanta, GA Graduated Evan Cole 3 G 6'10" 226 Sophomore Cumming, GA Transferred to Utah Valley Asanti Price 23 G 6'5" 177 Freshman Columbia, SC Entered transfer portal Kristian Sjolund 35 F 6'8" 213 Sophomore Katy, TX Transferred to UTEP Shaheed Medlock 45 G 6'5" 196 Senior Waycross, GA Graduated
Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School Kyle Sturdivant 1 G 6'2" 198 Sophomore Norcross, GA USC Rodney Howard 24 F 6'10" 241 Sophomore Ypsilanti, MI Georgia
2020 recruiting class
Roster
Schedule and results
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!colspan=12 style=| ACC tournament
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Source
Rankings
*AP does not release post-NCAA Tournament rankings
References