Tech basketball schedule released

Georgia Tech’s men’s basketball’s schedule was released Tuesday, and the Jackets will sprinkle their ACC schedule with non-conference matchups at home against Penn State, Vanderbilt and Georgia and away against USC and Alabama.

The Yellow Jackets will have 17 of their 29 regular-season games televised, including seven national TV appearances.

The Jackets play an exhibition game against LeMoyne on Nov. 7 and open the regular season at home Nov. 14 against Winston-Salem State. Tech will play nine of its 13 games at home in November and December, including a Dec. 17 home game against Georgia State.

The Jackets will face 12 opponents this season that played in either the NCAA or NIT tournaments last year.

“We made a good effort to better balance our schedule this year with quality home games and games on the road which would help our strength of schedule,” coach Paul Hewitt said in a news release. “With Jacksonville [on Nov. 28] improving every year, Georgia State up-and-coming, and strong teams in Penn State, Vanderbilt and Georgia coming here, I think we accomplished that.”

Tech’s ACC schedule begins with a Sunday national telecast on Fox Sports Net at home against Virginia on Dec. 28. Tech’s Jan. 3 visit to Alabama will be the first meeting between the two teams in Tuscaloosa since 1974.

2008-09 GEORGIA TECH MEN’S BASKETBALL SCHEDULE

Nov. 7 - LE MOYNE/exhibition, 7:30 p.m.

Nov. 14 - WINSTON-SALEM STATE, 8:30 p.m.

Nov. 22 - at Mercer, 6:30 p.m.

Nov. 25 - ARKANSAS-PINE BLUFF, 7:30 p.m.

Nov. 28 - JACKSONVILLE, 7:30 p.m.

Dec. 3 - PENN STATE/ACC-Big Ten Challenge (ESPN2), 7:30 p.m.

Dec. 6 - VANDERBILT (FSNS), 2 p.m.

Dec. 14 - ILLINOIS-CHICAGO, 2 p.m.

Dec. 17 - GEORGIA STATE, 7:30 p.m.

Dec. 20 - at Pepperdine, time tba

Dec. 22 - at Southern California (FSN), 10:30 p.m.

Dec. 28 - VIRGINIA (FSN), 5:30 p.m.

Dec. 30 - TENNESSEE STATE, 8:30 p.m.

Jan. 3 - at Alabama (FSNS), 3 p.m.

Jan. 6 - GEORGIA (FSNS), 7 p.m.

Jan. 10 - at Maryland (Raycom*), 12 noon

Jan. 14 - DUKE (ESPN), 7 p.m.

Jan. 17 - at NC State (Raycom*), 12 noon

Jan. 20 - BOSTON COLLEGE (RSN), 7 p.m.

Jan. 25 - at Clemson (FSN), 7:45 p.m.

Jan. 31 - WAKE FOREST (Raycom), 12 noon

Feb. 4 - at Florida State, time tba

Feb. 8 - MARYLAND (FSN), 7:30 p.m.

Feb. 11 - at Virginia Tech, tba

Feb. 14 - NC STATE (Raycom), 1:30 p.m.

Feb. 18 - at Wake Forest, tba

Feb. 22 - CLEMSON (Raycom), 1 p.m.

Feb. 28 - at North Carolina (CBS), 12 noon

Mar. 4 - MIAMI, tba

Mar. 7 - at Boston College (Raycom*), 12 noon

Mar. 12-15 - Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament/Atlanta, Ga. (Raycom/ESPN)

All times Eastern

TV designations: Raycom - Raycom ACC regional syndication network (check local listings for station, *denotes split broadcast with other ACC game); FSN - Fox Sports Net (national); FSNS - FSN South; RSN - ACC regional cable network including FSN South, Comcast SportsNet, Sun Sports, FSN Florida and New England Sports Network