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| School Name: | Georgia Institute of Technology |
| Location: | Atlanta, Georgia |
| Arena: | Alexander Memorial Coliseum |
| Capacity: | 9,191 |
| Conference: | ACC |
| Head coach: | Brian Gregory |
The Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets play NCAA Division 1 Basketball. The team plays its home games in Alexander Memorial Coliseum. Under the tenure of Bobby Cremins, Georgia Tech established itself as a national force in basketball. Cremins led his team to the first ACC tournament victory in school history in 1985 and in 1990 he took Georgia Tech to the school's first Final Four appearance. Cremins retired from Georgia Tech in 2000 with the school's best winning percentage as a head coach.
History[]
Georgia Tech's first recorded official participation in basketball was in 1906, They won two of the three games they played that season. Jarrett Jack was the 2005 Basketball Times All-South player, and Mark Price was the 1985 ACC Player of the Year.
Arena[]
The Alexander Memorial Coliseum (also nicknamed "The Thrillerdome") is an indoor arena located in Atlanta, Georgia. It is the home of the Georgia Tech Basketball teams and hosted the Atlanta Hawks of the National Basketball Association from 1968–1972 and again from 1997–1999. Tech's women's volleyball team occasionally uses the facility as well, primarily for NCAA tournament games and other matches that draw crowds that would overflow the O'Keefe Gymnasium.