2009–10 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets men's basketball team
Introduction The '''2009–10 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets men's basketball team''' represented Georgia Institute of Technology  in the 2009–10 college basketball season. This was Paul Hewitt's tenth season as head coach. The Yellow Jackets compete in the Atlantic Coast Conference and played their home games at Alexander Memorial Coliseum. They finished the season 23–13, 7–9 in ACC play. They advanced to the championship game of the 2010 ACC men's basketball tournament as the 7 seed before losing to regular season champion Duke. They received an at–large bid to the 2010 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, earning a 10 seed in the Midwest Region. They upset 7 seed Oklahoma State in the first round before falling to 2 seed and AP #5 Ohio State in the second round.
Pre-season On Thursday, September 24, it was announced that the Georgia Tech Men's basketball team had cancelled their trip to Canada, which was to take place the weekend of October 2–5, due to concerns over NCAA regulations. The Yellow Jackets were to depart October 2 for Windsor, Ontario to play two games against the  and one against the . The issue revolved around NCAA rules prohibiting teams from taking trips within 30 days of the official start of pre-season practice. The trip did fall within Georgia Tech's fall break from classes. NCAA regulations allow teams to take an international trip once every four years, but the trip must occur before the 30-day period leading up to the official start of pre-season practice, which this year is October 16.Georgia Tech had asked for and received a waiver from the NCAA, but ultimately decided against taking the fall break trip amid concerns over the regulations.
Roster '''Name''''''Number''''''Pos. ''''''Height''''''Weight''''''Year''''''Hometown''''''High School''' D'Andre Bell 13 Guard/Forward 6–6 222 Senior Los Angeles Palisades Charter High School Derek Craig 33 Guard 6–4 196 Sophomore Spring, Texas Klein Collins High School Derrick Favors 14 Forward 6–10 246 Freshman Atlanta South Atlanta High School Nick Foreman 4 Guard  6–3   208  Sophomore   Bellaire, Texas Bellaire High School Kammeon Holsey 24 Forward 6–8 209 Freshman Sparta, Georgia Hancock Central High School Gani Lawal 31 Forward 6–9 234 Junior Norcross, Georgia Norcross High School Daniel Miller 5 Center 6–11 252 Freshman Loganville, Georgia Loganville Christian Academy Maurice Miller 3 Guard 6–2 189 Junior Memphis, Tennessee Raleigh-Egypt High School Brian Oliver 11 Forward 6–6 220 Freshman Glassboro, New Jersey William Penn High School Zachery Peacock 35 Forward 6–8 235 Senior Miami, Fla. Miami Norland High School Glen Rice Jr. 41 Guard 6–5 195 Freshman Marietta, Georgia George Walton Comprehensive High School Brad Sheehan 34 Center 7–0 235 Junior Latham, New York Shaker High School Sam Shew 44 Forward 6–5 190 Junior Decatur, Georgia Decatur High School (Georgia) Iman Shumpert 1 Guard 6–5 209 Sophomore Oak Park, Illinois Oak Park and River Forest High School Lance Storrs 10 Guard 6–5 221 Junior Decatur, Georgia Columbia High School Mfon Udofia 0 Guard 6–2 187 Freshman Stone Mountain, Georgia Miller Grove High School
Schedule  Exhibition Regular Season  ACC tournament NCAA tournament
Rankings AP does not release post-NCAA Tournament rankings^Coaches did not release a Week 2 poll.
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