The 2021–22 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets men's basketball team represented the Georgia Institute of Technology during the 2021–22 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They were led by sixth-year head coach Josh Pastner and played their home games at Hank McCamish Pavilion as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference.

The Yellow Jackets finished the season 12–20 overall and 5–15 in ACC play to finish in fourteenth place. As the fourteenth seed in the ACC tournament, they lost to Louisville in the first round. They were not invited to the NCAA tournament or the NIT.

Previous season In a season limited due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the Yellow Jackets finished the 2021–21 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. As a result, they 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.

Offseason

Departures Departures Moses Wright 5 F 6'9" 233 Senior Raleigh, NC Graduated Jose Alvarado 10 G 6'0" 179 Senior Brooklyn, NY Graduated/undrafted in 2021 NBA draft David Didenko 14 F 6'9" 232 Junior Yakutsk, Russia Transferred to UT Martin Niko Broadway 34 G 6'3" 195 Sophomore Atlanta, GA Walk-on; didn't return Shaheed Medlock 45 G 6'5" 196 Senior Waycross, GA Graduate transferred to DePaul Malachi Rice 55 G 6'0" 186 Senior Indianapolis, IN Walk-on; graduated

Incoming transfers Incoming transfers Deivon Smith 5 G 6'1" 172 Sophomore Loganville, GA Mississippi State

2021 recruiting class

Roster

Schedule and results

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Source

Rankings

*AP does not release post-NCAA Tournament rankings and the Coaches Poll did not release a Week 1 poll.

References