Last year Georgia Tech finished 5th in the ACC, which was their best season since 1996. Due to sanctions they were ineligible for postseason play, but hey, there was no postseason! Win win for Josh Pastner.
Even though the Yellow Jackets returned pretty much everyone, the local media didn’t trust them and voted them 9th in the preseason ACC poll. Sure enough, they got off to a rocky start, dropping a 4OT game to Georgia State and following that up with a loss to Mercer. They have rebounded by beating a toothless Kentucky team and knocking off Big Ten bottom feeder Nebraska.