Wearing the freshly cut net like a necklace, Jose Alvarado celebrated Tech’s first ACC championship since 1993 with his coach and teammates after knocking off Florida State on March 13. An improbable run, aided by the usual weirdness of this COVID plagued season, landed the Jackets major hardware, starting the postseason with a bang.
Tech clinched a double-bye on the last day of the regular season when they leapfrogged Louisville for the four-seed of the ACC tournament following the Cardinals’ loss to top-seeded Virginia. They were able to rest their legs until the third day of the tournament, a large boon for a team that played three starters 34-plus minutes per game in the regular season.