2024–25 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets men's basketball team

2024–25 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets men's basketball
2024–25 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets men's basketball
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Record	5–7 (0–2 ACC)
Head coach	Damon Stoudamire (2nd season);
Associate head coach	Karl Hobbs (2nd season)
Assistant coaches	B. J. Elder (1st season); Pershin Williams (2nd season); Nate Babcock (1st season); Bonzi Wells (1st season);
Home arena	McCamish Pavilion
	Seasons ← 2023–24 2025–26 →

The 2024–25 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets men's basketball team represents the Georgia Institute of Technology during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They are led by second-year head coach Damon Stoudamire and play their home games at Hank McCamish Pavilion in Atlanta, Georgia as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference.

2024–25 ACC men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 5 Duke	2	–	0	1.000	10	–	2	.833
SMU	2	–	0	1.000	10	–	2	.833
No. 25 Clemson	2	–	0	1.000	10	–	3	.769
Pittsburgh	1	–	0	1.000	10	–	2	.833
Stanford	1	–	0	1.000	9	–	3	.750
NC State	1	–	0	1.000	8	–	4	.667
North Carolina	1	–	0	1.000	7	–	5	.583
Notre Dame	1	–	0	1.000	7	–	5	.583
Wake Forest	1	–	1	.500	9	–	4	.692
Louisville	1	–	1	.500	7	–	5	.583
California	0	–	1	.000	7	–	5	.583
Virginia	0	–	1	.000	7	–	5	.583
Syracuse	0	–	1	.000	5	–	6	.455
Virginia Tech	0	–	1	.000	5	–	7	.417
Miami (FL)	0	–	1	.000	4	–	8	.333
Florida State	0	–	2	.000	9	–	4	.692
Boston College	0	–	2	.000	7	–	5	.583
Georgia Tech	0	–	2	.000	5	–	7	.417

† 2025 ACC tournament winner As of December 22, 2024 Rankings from AP Poll

Previous season

The Yellow Jackets finished the season 14–18 and 7–13 in ACC play to finish in a tie for twelfth place. As the thirteenth seed in the ACC tournament, they lost to thirteenth seed Notre Dame in the First Round. They were not invited to the NCAA tournament or the NIT.

Offseason

Departures

Departures
Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Reason for departure
Kyle Sturdivant	1	G	6'3"	195	Senior	Norcross, Georgia	Graduated
Dallan Coleman	3	G	6'6"	210	Junior	Memphis, Tennessee	Transferred to UCF^[1]
Carter Murphy	4	G	6'4"	205	Senior	Phoenix, Arizona	Graduated
Tafara Gapare	5	F	6'9"	206	Sophomore	Wellington, New Zealand	Transferred to Maryland^[2]
Ebenezer Dowuona	10	F	6'11"	230	Senior	Accra, Ghana	Transferred to James Madison^[3]
Tyzhaun Claude	12	F	6'7"	226	Senior	Goldsboro, North Carolina	Transferred to North Carolina^[4]
Miles Kelly	13	G	6'6"	180	Junior	Stone Mountain, Georgia	Transferred to Auburn^[5]
Ibrahima Sacko	23	F	6'6"	225	Freshman	Conakry, Guinea	Transferred to New Mexico^[6]
Amaree Abram	24	G	6'4"	195	Sophomore	Port Arthur, Texas	Transferred to Louisiana Tech^[7]

Incoming transfers

Incoming transfers
Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Previous school
Javian McCollum	2	G	6'2"	190	Senior	Toronto, Canada	Oklahoma^[8]
Luke O'Brien	9	F	6'8"	222	Senior	Littleton, Colorado	Colorado^[9]
Ryan Mutombo	12	C	7'2"	259	Senior	Atlanta, Georgia	Georgetown^[10]

Recruiting classes

2024 recruiting class

College recruiting information
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Jaeden Mustaf SG	Bowie, Maryland	Overtime Elite	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Sep 14, 2023
Jaeden Mustaf SG	Star ratings: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: ESPN grade: 86
Doryan Onwuchekwa C	DeSoto, Texas	Faith Family Academy (TX)	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	Mar 19, 2024
Doryan Onwuchekwa C	Star ratings: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: ESPN grade: 81
Darrion Sutton SF	Atlanta, Georgia	Overtime Elite	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	199 lb (90 kg)	Dec 22, 2023
Darrion Sutton SF	Star ratings: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: ESPN grade: 82
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: "2024 Georgia Tech Commits". Rivals.com. Retrieved September 20, 2023. "Georgia Tech 2024 Basketball Commits". Scout.com. Retrieved September 20, 2023. "Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets". ESPN.com. Retrieved September 20, 2023. "Scout.com Team Recruiting Rankings". Scout.com. Retrieved September 20, 2023. "2024 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved September 20, 2023.

Roster

2024–25 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	0	Lance Terry	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	198 lb (90 kg)	Sr	The Heritage School Gardner–Webb	College Park, GA
G	1	Naithan George	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	So	Dream City Christian School (AZ)	Toronto, ON
G	2	Javian McCollum	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	160 lb (73 kg)	Sr	Fort Myers Oklahoma	Fort Myers, FL
G	3	Jaeden Mustaf	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	206 lb (93 kg)	Fr	Overtime Elite	Bowie, MD
F	9	Luke O'Brien	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	222 lb (101 kg)	Sr	Columbine Colorado	Littleton, CO
F	10	Darrion Sutton	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	199 lb (90 kg)	Fr	Overtime Elite	St. Charles, MO
F	11	Baye Ndongo	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	214 lb (97 kg)	So	Putnam Science Academy (CT)	Mboro, Senegal
C	12	Ryan Mutombo	7 ft 2 in (2.18 m)	259 lb (117 kg)	Sr	The Lovett School	Atlanta, GA
G	14	Kowacie Reeves	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	202 lb (92 kg)	Sr	Westside HS Florida	Macon, GA
F	30	Ibrahim Souare	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	214 lb (97 kg)	RS Fr	Dream City Christian School (AZ)	Conakry, Guinea
G	33	Marcos San Miguel (W)	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	So	Campbell HS	Atlanta, GA
F	35	Emmer Nichols (W)	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	RS So	Sacred Heart Prep School	Woodside, CA
C	45	Doryan Onwuchekwa	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	Fr	Faith Family Academy (TX)	DeSoto, TX

Head coach

Damon Stoudamire (Arizona)

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: August 5, 2024

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Regular season
November 6, 2024* 7:30 p.m., ACCNX/ESPN+	West Georgia	W 85–62	1–0	18 – McCollum	10 – O'Brien	7 – George	McCamish Pavilion (3,530) Atlanta, GA
November 10, 2024* 1:00 p.m., ACCNX/ESPN+	North Florida	L 93–105	1–1	20 – Ndongo	10 – Ndongo	7 – George	McCamish Pavilion (3,553) Atlanta, GA
November 12, 2024* 7:30 p.m., ACCNX/ESPN+	Texas Southern	W 81–62	2–1	19 – Ndongo	11 – Ndongo	6 – George	McCamish Pavilion (3,384) Atlanta, GA
November 15, 2024* 8:00 p.m., ACCNX/ESPN+	Georgia Rivalry	L 69–77	2–2	20 – Terry	11 – Onwuchekwa	3 – Tied	McCamish Pavilion (6,622) Atlanta, GA
November 23, 2024* 2:00 p.m., ACCNX/ESPN+	No. 18 Cincinnati	L 58–81	2–3	13 – George	6 – Ndongo	3 – Mustaf	McCamish Pavilion (4,970) Atlanta, GA
November 27, 2024* 7:30 p.m., ACCNX/ESPN+	Charleston Southern	W 91–67	3–3	17 – Tied	8 – Tied	7 – George	McCamish Pavilion (3,414) Atlanta, GA
November 30, 2024* 1:00 p.m., ACCNX/ESPN+	Central Arkansas	W 87–68	4–3	25 – Terry	9 – Tied	11 – George	McCamish Pavilion (3,414) Atlanta, GA
December 3, 2024* 9:00 p.m., ESPNU	at No. 21 Oklahoma ACC–SEC Challenge	L 61–76	4–4	16 – Mustaf	12 – Powell	5 – George	Lloyd Noble Center (7,725) Norman, OK
December 7, 2024 2:00 p.m., ACCN	at No. 20 North Carolina	L 65–68	4–5 (0–1)	22 – Terry	12 – Ndongo	3 – George	Dean Smith Center (19,020) Chapel Hill, NC
December 15, 2024* 3:30 p.m., BTN	vs. Northwestern Milwaukee Tip-Off	L 60–71	4–6	17 – Terry	7 – Tied	7 – George	Fiserv Forum Milwaukee, WI
December 18, 2024* 7:30 p.m., ACCNX/ESPN+	UMBC	W 91–82	5–6	18 – George	9 – Ndongo	8 – George	McCamish Pavilion (3,494) Atlanta, GA
December 21, 2024 12:00 p.m., ACCN	No. 5 Duke	L 56–82	5–7 (0–2)	14 – Ndongo	6 – Mutombo	4 – Tied	McCamish Pavilion (8,005) Atlanta, GA
December 28, 2024* 12:00 p.m., ACCN	Alabama A&M						McCamish Pavilion Atlanta, GA
December 31, 2024 2:30 p.m., ACCN	Notre Dame						McCamish Pavilion Atlanta, GA
January 4, 2025 12:00 p.m., ESPNU	Boston College						McCamish Pavilion Atlanta, GA
January 7, 2025 7:00 p.m., ACCN	at Syracuse						JMA Wireless Dome Syracuse, NY
January 11, 2025 4:00 p.m., ESPN2/ESPNU	at SMU						Moody Coliseum Dallas, TX
January 14, 2025 9:00 p.m., ACCN	Clemson						McCamish Pavilion Atlanta, GA
January 18, 2025 TBA, ESPNU	at Florida State						Donald L. Tucker Center Tallahassee, FL
January 22, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN2/ESPNU	Virginia Tech						McCamish Pavilion Atlanta, GA
January 28, 2025 9:00 p.m., ACCN	at Notre Dame						Joyce Center South Bend, IN
February 1, 2025 3:45 p.m., The CW	Louisville						McCamish Pavilion Atlanta, GA
February 4, 2025 9:00 p.m., ACCN	at Clemson						Littlejohn Coliseum Clemson, SC
February 8, 2025 5:30 p.m., The CW	at Virginia						John Paul Jones Arena Charlottesville, VA
February 12, 2025 7:00 p.m., ACCN	Stanford						McCamish Pavilion Atlanta, GA
February 15, 2025 4:00 p.m., ACCN	California						McCamish Pavilion Atlanta, GA
February 22, 2025 2:00 p.m., ACCN	at Boston College						Conte Forum Chestnut Hill, MA
February 25, 2025 7:00 p.m., ACCN	at Pittsburgh						Petersen Events Center Pittsburgh, PA
March 1, 2025 3:00 p.m., ACCN	NC State						McCamish Pavilion Atlanta, GA
March 4, 2025 7:00 p.m., ACCN	Miami (FL)						McCamish Pavilion Atlanta, GA
March 8, 2025 12:00 p.m., The CW	at Wake Forest						LJVM Coliseum Winston-Salem, NC
ACC tournament
	vs.						Spectrum Center Charlotte, NC
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

Source^[11]

Rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** — = Not ranked
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	Final
AP	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Coaches	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

References

^ Murschel, Matt (June 7, 2024). "UCF basketball signs Georgia Tech transfer Dallan Coleman". Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved August 5, 2024.
^ Lee, Edward (April 18, 2024). "Maryland men's basketball adds Georgia Tech forward Tafara Gapare". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved August 5, 2024.
^ Mettlen, Shane (April 20, 2024). "JMU Gains Commitment From Georgia Tech Center". Daily News-Record. Retrieved August 5, 2024.
^ McMillan, Sherrell (August 14, 2024). "Carolina Basketball Adds Georgia Tech Transfer Tyzhaun Claude". 247Sports.com. Retrieved August 15, 2024.
^ Silva, Richard (May 26, 2024). "Auburn basketball adds 'last piece' with Georgia Tech transfer Miles Kelly". Montgomery Advertiser. Retrieved August 5, 2024.
^ Benson, Bradley (May 15, 2024). "Georgia Tech forward transfers to UNM". KRQE. Retrieved August 5, 2024.
^ "Amaree Abram Inks with Bulldogs". latechsports.com. Louisiana Tech Athletics. April 30, 2024. Retrieved August 5, 2024.
^ "G Javian McCollum transferring to Georgia Tech after leading Oklahoma hoops in scoring". Associated Press. April 25, 2024. Retrieved August 5, 2024.
^ Bishop, Chad (April 29, 2024). "Colorado transfer intent on getting Georgia Tech back to NCAAs". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Retrieved August 5, 2024.
^ Bishop, Chad (May 8, 2024). "Ryan Mutombo, son of NBA great Dikembe Mutombo, transferring to Georgia Tech". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Retrieved August 5, 2024.
^ "2024–25 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Schedule". ramblinwreck.com. Retrieved 2024-08-05.

[1] Murschel, Matt (June 7, 2024). "UCF basketball signs Georgia Tech transfer Dallan Coleman". Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved August 5, 2024.

[2] Lee, Edward (April 18, 2024). "Maryland men's basketball adds Georgia Tech forward Tafara Gapare". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved August 5, 2024.

[3] Mettlen, Shane (April 20, 2024). "JMU Gains Commitment From Georgia Tech Center". Daily News-Record. Retrieved August 5, 2024.

[4] McMillan, Sherrell (August 14, 2024). "Carolina Basketball Adds Georgia Tech Transfer Tyzhaun Claude". 247Sports.com. Retrieved August 15, 2024.

[5] Silva, Richard (May 26, 2024). "Auburn basketball adds 'last piece' with Georgia Tech transfer Miles Kelly". Montgomery Advertiser. Retrieved August 5, 2024.

[6] Benson, Bradley (May 15, 2024). "Georgia Tech forward transfers to UNM". KRQE. Retrieved August 5, 2024.

[7] "Amaree Abram Inks with Bulldogs". latechsports.com. Louisiana Tech Athletics. April 30, 2024. Retrieved August 5, 2024.

[8] "G Javian McCollum transferring to Georgia Tech after leading Oklahoma hoops in scoring". Associated Press. April 25, 2024. Retrieved August 5, 2024.

[9] Bishop, Chad (April 29, 2024). "Colorado transfer intent on getting Georgia Tech back to NCAAs". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Retrieved August 5, 2024.

[10] Bishop, Chad (May 8, 2024). "Ryan Mutombo, son of NBA great Dikembe Mutombo, transferring to Georgia Tech". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Retrieved August 5, 2024.

[11] "2024–25 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Schedule". ramblinwreck.com. Retrieved 2024-08-05.

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