At the start of the season, University of Miami basketball fans probably scanned the schedule and penciled in Wednesday’s home game against Georgia Tech as a likely win.
The Yellow Jackets were picked to finish 14th out of 15 teams in the Atlantic Coast Conference, had fired coach Brian Gregory and returned no players who averaged more than five points last season. What the prognosticators didn’t know was that new coach Josh Pastner would turn the program around so quickly.
Georgia Tech has gone from an afterthought to an overachieving team poised to make its first NCAA Tournament since 2010.