2017–18 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets men's basketball team

The 2017–18 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets men's basketball team represented the Georgia Institute of Technology during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They were led by second-year head coach Josh Pastner and played their home games at Hank McCamish Pavilion as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They finished the season 13–19, 6–12 in ACC play to finish in 13th place. They lost in the first round of the ACC tournament to Boston College.

Previous season The Yellow Jackets finished the 2016–17 season 21–16, 8–10 in ACC play to finish in 11th place. They lost in the first round of the ACC tournament to Pittsburgh. The Yellow Jackets received an invitation to the National Invitation Tournament where they defeated Indiana, Belmont, and Ole Miss to advance to the semifinals at Madison Square Garden. At MSG, they defeated Cal State Bakersfield before losing in the championship game to TCU.

Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure Jordan Price 2 G/F 6'7 172 RS Senior Indianapolis, IN Graduated Josh Heath 11 G 6'2" 179 Senior Tampa, FL Graduated Quinton Stephens 12 F 6'9" 203 Senior Atlanta, GA Graduated Christian Matthews 23 F 6'9" 190 Freshman Clinton, MD Transferred to Mineral Area College Corey Heyward 30 G 6'1" 210 RS Senior Duluth, GA Graduated Kellen McCormick 32 F 6'8" 215 RS Senior West Bloomfield, MI Graduated Rand Rowland 42 F 6'7" 213 Senior Cleveland, GA Graduated

Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School Shembari Phillips 2 G 6'3" 192 Junior Atlanta, GA Transferred from Tennessee. Under NCAA transfer rules, Phillips will have to sit out for the 2017–18 season. Will have two years of remaining eligibility. Brandon Alston 4 G 6'5" 200 Senior Vienna, VA Transferred from Lehigh. Will be eligible to play immediately since Alson graduated from Lehigh.

2017 recruiting class

2018 Recruiting class

Roster

Schedule and results

!colspan=9 style=| Exhibition

!colspan=9 style=| Regular season

!colspan=9 style=| ACC tournament

References