2015–16 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets men's basketball team

The 2015–16 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets men's basketball team represented the Georgia Institute of Technology during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They were led by fifth year head coach Brian Gregory and played their home games at McCamish Pavilion. They were members of the Atlantic Coast Conference. The Yellow Jackets finished the season 21–15, 8–10 in ACC play to finish in a tie for 11th place. They defeated Clemson in the second round of the ACC tournament to advance to the quarterfinals where they lost to Virginia. They received an invitation to the National Invitation Tournament where they defeated Houston and South Carolina to advance to the quarterfinals where they lost to San Diego State.

2015–16 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets men's basketball
NIT, Quarterfinals
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Record	21–15 (8–10 ACC)
Head coach	Brian Gregory (5th season)
Assistant coaches	Chad Dollar Mamadou N'Diaye Tom Herrion
Home arena	McCamish Pavilion

2015–16 ACC men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 3 North Carolina †	14	–	4		.778			33	–	7		.825
No. 4 Virginia	13	–	5		.722			29	–	8		.784
No. 10 Miami (FL)	13	–	5		.722			27	–	8		.771
No. 16 Louisville*	12	–	6		.667			23	–	8		.742
Notre Dame	11	–	7		.611			24	–	12		.667
No. 19 Duke	11	–	7		.611			25	–	11		.694
Virginia Tech	10	–	8		.556			20	–	15		.571
Clemson	10	–	8		.556			17	–	14		.548
Pittsburgh	9	–	9		.500			21	–	12		.636
Syracuse	9	–	9		.500			23	–	14		.622
Georgia Tech	8	–	10		.444			21	–	15		.583
Florida State	8	–	10		.444			20	–	14		.588
NC State	5	–	13		.278			16	–	17		.485
Wake Forest	2	–	16		.111			11	–	20		.355
Boston College	0	–	18		.000			7	–	25		.219
*Ineligible for both the 2016 ACC tournament and the 2016 NCAA tournament due to self-imposed postseason ban.
† 2016 ACC tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

On March 25, 2016, Georgia Tech announced Brian Gregory would not return as head coach.

Last season

The Yellow Jackets finished the 2014–15 season 12–19, 3–15 in ACC play to finish in 14th place. They lost in the first round of the ACC tournament to Boston College.

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes
Demarco Cox	4	C	6'8"	276	Senior	Yazoo City, MS	Graduated
Bernard Woodside	30	G	6'0"	170	Freshman	Tampa, FL	Walk on; didn't return to the team
Aaron Peak	31	G/F	6'4"	188	Senior	Atlanta, GA	Graduated
Brooks Doyle	32	G	6'4"	199	Junior	Atlanta, GA	Walk on; didn't return to the team
Patrick Lamar	35	G	6'0"	192	Freshman	Marietta, GA	Walk on; left the team
Collin Gurry	41	G	6'1"	183	Junior	Canton, CT	Left the team for personal reasons
Ron Wamer	43	G	6'2"	190	Junior	Dacula, GA	Left the team for personal reasons

Incoming transfers

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Previous School
Adam Smith	2	G	6'1"	195	RS Senior	Jonesboro, GA	Transferred from Virginia Tech. Smith will be eligible to play immediately since Smith graduated from Virginia Tech.
James White	33	F	6'8"	220	RS Senior	Jonesboro, GA	Transferred from Arkansas–Little Rock. White will be eligible to play immediately since White graduated from Arkansas–Little Rock.

Recruiting

College recruiting information

Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Sylvester Ogbonda C	Fort Washington, MD	National Christian Academy	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Oct 31, 2014
	Star ratings: Scout:   Rivals:   247Sports:    ESPN:
Overall recruiting rankings:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "2015 Team Ranking". Rivals.com.

Roster

2015–16 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown F 0 Charles Mitchell 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 269 lb (122 kg) Sr Joseph Wheeler High School/University of Maryland Marietta, Georgia G 1 Tadric Jackson 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 215 lb (98 kg) So Tift County High School Tifton, Georgia G 2 Adam Smith 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 170 lb (77 kg) RS Sr Fayette County High School (Georgia)/Virginia Tech Jonesboro, Georgia G/F 3 Marcus Georges-Hunt 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 214 lb (97 kg) Sr North Clayton High School College Park, Georgia G 5 Corey Heyward 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 214 lb (97 kg) RS Jr Peachtree Ridge High School/Hargrave Military Academy Duluth, Georgia G 10 Travis Jorgenson 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 177 lb (80 kg) RS So Rock Bridge High School/New Hampton School Columbia, Missouri G 11 Josh Heath 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 172 lb (78 kg) Jr Tampa Preparatory School/University of South Florida Tampa, Florida F 12 Quinton Stephens 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 187 lb (85 kg) Jr Marist School (Georgia) Atlanta, Georgia F/C 24 Sylvester Ogbonda 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 233 lb (106 kg) Fr National Christian Academy Fort Washington, Maryland F 32 Nick Jacobs 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 260 lb (118 kg) RS Sr South Atlanta High School/University of Alabama Atlanta, Georgia F 33 James White 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 220 lb (100 kg) RS Sr Jonesboro High School (Georgia)/University of Arkansas-Pine Bluff Jonesboro, Georgia F 34 Abdoulaye Gueye 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 208 lb (94 kg) So Central Park Christian Dakar, Senegal F 42 Rand Rowland 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 206 lb (93 kg) Jr White County High School (Cleveland, Georgia) Cleveland, Georgia C 44 Ben Lammers 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 241 lb (109 kg) So Alamo Heights High School San Antonio, Texas	Head coach Brian Gregory (Oakland) Assistant coach(es) Chad Dollar (South Florida) Mamadou N'Diaye (Auburn) Tom Herrion (Merrimack) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
Nov 13* 8:00 pm, ESPN3		Cornell	W 116–87	1–0	Hank McCamish Pavilion (6,459) Atlanta, GA
Nov 16* 7:00 pm, ESPNU		Tennessee	W 69–67	2–0	Hank McCamish Pavilion (5,467) Atlanta, GA
Nov 19* 7:00 pm, ESPN3		Green Bay NIT Season Tip-Off	W 107–77	3–0	Hank McCamish Pavilion (4,252) Atlanta, GA
Nov 22* 2:00 pm, ESPN3		East Tennessee State NIT Season Tip-Off	L 68–69	3–1	Hank McCamish Pavilion (4,665) Atlanta, GA
Nov 26* 2:00 pm, ESPNU		vs. Arkansas NIT Season Tip-Off semifinals	W 83–73	4–1	Barclays Center  Brooklyn, NY
Nov 27* 3:00 pm, ESPN2		vs. No. 8 Villanova NIT Season Tip-Off Championship game	L 52–69	4–2	Barclays Center  Brooklyn, NY
Dec 1* 7:00 pm, ESPN3		Wofford	W 77–61	5–2	Hank McCamish Pavilion (4,389) Atlanta, GA
Dec 5* 5:00 pm, CBSSN		at Tulane	W 76–68	6–2	Devlin Fieldhouse (2,005) New Orleans, LA
Dec 15* 9:00 pm, ESPN2		VCU	W 77–64	7–2	Hank McCamish Pavilion (5,219) Atlanta, GA
Dec 19* 12:00 pm, SECN		at Georgia	L 61–75	7–3	Stegeman Coliseum (8,011) Athens, GA
Dec 21* 7:00 pm, ESPN3		Southeastern Louisiana	W 75–62	8–3	Hank McCamish Pavilion (4,563) Atlanta, GA
Dec 23* 7:00 pm, ESPN3		Colgate	W 76–60	9–3	Hank McCamish Pavilion (4,638) Atlanta, GA
Dec 29* 7:00 pm, ESPN3		Duquesne	W 73–67	10–3	Hank McCamish Pavilion (5,417) Atlanta, GA
ACC regular season
Jan 2 12:00 pm, ACCN		at No. 7 North Carolina	L 78–86	10–4 (0–1)	Dean Smith Center (17,392) Chapel Hill, NC
Jan 6 7:00 pm, RSN		at No. 24 Pittsburgh	L 84–89	10–5 (0–2)	Peterson Events Center (10,249) Pittsburgh, PA
Jan 9 2:00 pm, ACCN		No. 4 Virginia	W 68–64	11–5 (1–2)	Hank McCamish Pavilion (8,073) Atlanta, GA
Jan 13 9:00 pm, ACCN		at Notre Dame	L 64–72	11–6 (1–3)	Edmund P. Joyce Center (7,795) South Bend, IN
Jan 16 12:00 pm, RSN		Virginia Tech	L 77–78	11–7 (1–4)	Hank McCamish Pavilion (6,470) Atlanta, GA
Jan 23 4:00 pm, ESPN2		No. 17 Louisville	L 71–75	11–8 (1–5)	Hank McCamish Pavilion (7,829) Atlanta, GA
Jan 27 8:00 pm, ACCN		at NC State	W 90–83	12–8 (2–5)	PNC Arena (15,945) Raleigh, NC
Jan 30 12:00 pm, ESPNU		at Syracuse	L 57–60	12–9 (2–6)	Carrier Dome (25,235) Syracuse, NY
Feb 2 9:00 pm, ESPNU		Duke	L 71–80	12–10 (2–7)	Hank McCamish Pavilion (8,600) Atlanta, GA
Feb 7 1:00 pm, ESPNU		Miami (FL)	L 68–75	12–11 (2–8)	Hank McCamish Pavilion (5,569) Atlanta, GA
Feb 10 7:00 pm, RSN		Wake Forest	W 71–66	13–11 (3–8)	Hank McCamish Pavilion (5,089) Atlanta, GA
Feb 13 2:00 pm, RSN		at Clemson	L 52–66	13–12 (3–9)	Bon Secours Wellness Arena (12,232) Greenville, SC
Feb 17 9:00 pm, ACCN		at Florida State	W 86–80	14–12 (4–9)	Donald L. Tucker Civic Center (6,217) Tallahassee, FL
Feb 20 8:00 pm, ESPN2		No. 19 Notre Dame	W 63–62	15–12 (5–9)	Hank McCamish Pavilion (8,600) Atlanta, GA
Feb 23 7:00 pm, RSN		Clemson	W 75–73	16–12 (6–9)	Hank McCamish Pavilion (5,531) Atlanta, GA
Feb 27 12:00 pm, RSN		at Boston College	W 76–71	17–12 (7–9)	Conte Forum (4,148) Chestnut Hill, MA
Mar 1 8:00 pm, ACCN		at Louisville	L 53–56	17–13 (7–10)	KFC Yum! Center (22,043) Louisville, KY
Mar 5 2:00 pm, ACCN		Pittsburgh	W 63–59	18–13 (8–10)	Hank McCamish Pavilion (7,042) Atlanta, GA
ACC tournament
Mar 9 7:00 pm, ESPN2	(10)	vs. (7) Clemson Second Round	W 88–85 OT	19–13	Verizon Center (18,561) Washington, D.C.
Mar 10 7:00 pm, ESPN	(10)	vs. (2) No. 4 Virginia Quarterfinals	L 52–72	19–14	Verizon Center (20,719) Washington, D.C.
NIT
Mar 16* 8:00 pm, ESPN2	(4)	(5) Houston First Round – South Carolina Bracket	W 82–64	20–14	Hank McCamish Pavilion (2,932) Atlanta, GA
Mar 21* 9:00 pm, ESPN	(4)	at (1) South Carolina Second Round – South Carolina Bracket	W 83–66	21–14	Colonial Life Arena (2,856) Columbia, SC
Mar 23* 9:00 pm, ESPN2	(4)	at (2) San Diego State Quarterfinals – South Carolina Bracket	L 56–72	21–15	Viejas Arena (12,414) San Diego, CA
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.