Georgia Tech defended, rebounded, made free throws and benefited from one of forward Kammeon Holsey’s best games of the season. The Yellow Jackets were capsized, as often has been the case this season, by an inability to make jump shots. They lost 61-52 to N.

Georgia Tech’s game against N.C. State on Thursday night gave coach Brian Gregory reason to review the Yellow Jackets’ first game against the Wolfpack, an 82-71 upset win in Raleigh. Given that Tech lost the next six games after that win, the replay left Gregory encouraged for an unexpected reason.

The Georgia Tech women's basketball team has proven it can play with the top teams in the country. Monday night, it showed again that it still can't beat them. The Yellow Jackets lost their sixth game to a ranked team this season, this time to No. 9 Maryland by a 64-56 score at Gwinnett Arena.

Florida State coach Leonard Hamilton gained a backup point guard and lost another one last summer via the NCAA's rule permitting athletes who have earned their undergraduate degrees to transfer and gain immediate eligibility. His thoughts on the rule are not surprising.

It didn’t matter so much that the opponent was not of great quality or that the ensuing video review would reveal its share of flaws. It didn’t matter to Georgia Tech’s fans, who rose in appreciative applause when the Yellow Jackets’ 51-47 win over Boston College became all but certain, or to the Jackets themselves.

Georgia Tech’s progress has been incremental and sometimes invisible. The Yellow Jackets were picked to finish 10th in the ACC and, thus far, have not disappointed in that regard. As the Jackets turn the page Saturday on to the second half of the league schedule with a 1 p.

For Georgia Tech, the upshot of the ACC’s new scheduling formats for football and basketball is more league games and more trips to Pittsburgh. At its annual winter meeting in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., the ACC finalized its alignments and scheduling plans for the league’s expansion to 14 teams when Pittsburgh and Syracuse join the conference.

Al Groh won’t be in Indianapolis on Sunday, but a part of him will be. The Georgia Tech defensive coordinator’s son, Matthew, is in his first year working in the New England Patriots’ scouting department, having left his position as an attorney to start on the NFL’s ground floor.

Just another pregame video session for the Georgia Tech’s women’s basketball team was enlivened by the appearance of a basketball legend. “It was like, ‘Whoa, he looks exactly like Charles Barkley,’” Tech center Sasha Goodlett said. “Then I was like, ‘Oh, God, it is.

At Cook High on Wednesday, Travin Henry signed his letter-of-intent with Georgia Tech and celebrated with family, teammates, coaches and friends. At Tech, fans gathered on signing day watched his highlights and marveled at a one-handed catch made as he fell backward.

Coachspeak with Georgia Tech coach Paul Johnson “I expect this class to do a lot of big things. I think we covered a lot of our needs. We signed four defensive linemen, picked up some guys in areas that we felt like we need to shore up in certain positions, and I think we’ve got a really good group.

Georgia Tech co-offensive line coach Todd Spencer's texting cost him his job. The school, sensitive to NCAA compliance after being placed on probation over the summer, accepted Spencer's resignation for violating rules forbidding text messages to prospects and their parents or guardians.

Michael Snaer scored 21 points and Bernard James added 13 on Wednesday night as No. 21 Florida State rallied in the second half to defeat Georgia Tech 68-54 for its sixth straight win. The victory gives Florida State (15-6, 6-1 Atlantic Coast Conference ) its best start in league play since joining the ACC for the 1991-92 season and it keeps the Seminoles tied with North Carolina for first place.

The bottom line Georgia Tech signed 17 players, eight from in-state. The class includes four defensive linemen, three defensive backs, two linebackers, offensive linemen, quarterbacks and wide receivers and one running back and one punter. The Jackets went heavily for defensive linemen after not signing any in the 22-member 2011 class and losing two to graduation.

Two years ago, Denzel McCoy signed with Georgia Tech to close a heated pursuit that didn’t end after he made his commitment to the school. The defensive lineman from Northview High continued to receive calls and emails from coaches at USC, Florida State, Auburn, Oregon and other powerhouses in hopes he would waffle on his allegiance to the Yellow Jackets.

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – The difference between Georgia Tech and North Carolina Sunday night was not just Tar Heels guard Kendall Marshall, but that's a good place to start. The North Carolina point guard's speed and vision were principal factors in the 93-81 flattening that the Tar Heels administered to the Yellow Jackets at the Smith Center.

Daniel Miller may not have post-up moves like you’ve never seen. But the Georgia Tech center definitely has moves that you’ve never seen. Miller has cultivated a variety of close-to-the-basket maneuvers and shots at Tech’s Zelnak Basketball Center, but has yet to unholster them in competition.

Bobby Cremins' assistant says the veteran basketball coach hasn't looked well the past few weeks and Friday evening the College of Charleston announced Cremins will miss the rest of the season because of a medical problem. Yet, Mark Byington — who will take over as the Cougars' coach — was still surprised when the 64-year-old Cremins called him Friday morning with the news.

When a Florida assistant coach called Micheal Summers last summer with a scholarship offer, the Statesboro High wide receiver was not over the moon, but rather safely under it. “My reaction was just like any offer: ‘Thanks for the offer, Coach,’” he said.

Georgia Tech's offense has trouble creating open shots and its defense is less than airtight. That combination explains its numbing slide, which extended into a fourth consecutive loss Tuesday in a 64-49 defeat to Miami at Philips Arena. There was not much to commend Tech's performance beyond its work on the glass.

Georgia Tech can take some consolation in scoring fewer than 20 points in the first half of each of the past three games, but not much. Said coach Brian Gregory, "You can't start much worse than we have." The Yellow Jackets, who play Miami at 9 p.m. Tuesday night at Philips Arena, are trying to solve the conundrum of putting the ball through the hoop with some degree of frequency in the game's first 20 minutes.

Georgia Tech’s long march to basketball respectability took a step Saturday. It wasn’t easy to tell in which direction. The Yellow Jackets followed a miserable first half with a desperate rally, only to fall short against Clemson 64-62 in a game interrupted by a 23-minute power outage.

An injury suffered by Georgia Tech linebacker Julian Burnett in the Sun Bowl could carry significant implications for his playing career. At a news conference Friday, coach Paul Johnson was vague in his comments about Burnett, but offered an indication of the injury’s severity.

Georgia Tech was roughed up to a historic degree Thursday night and goes on the road to play its next game less than 48 hours later. Coach Brian Gregory is trying to frame the Yellow Jackets’ Saturday afternoon game against Clemson in a positive light.

Brian Gregory was hired by Georgia Tech to restore the school's once-proud basketball tradition. He and his team re-visited the wrong segment of Yellow Jackets basketball history Thursday night at Philips Arena. The Jackets got swamped by an efficient and relentless Virginia team in a 70-38 loss.