Six games against teams that played in a postseason tournament last year, as well as road trips to Power 5 conference teams Penn State and Tennessee, highlight the nonconference men’s basketball schedule for Georgia Tech in 2016-17.
The Yellow Jackets will play nine times at home before Jan. 1 in head coach Josh Pastner’s first Tech campaign, with the home slate interrupted by three consecutive road games in late November/early December.
2015-16 GEORGIA TECH NON-CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
Nov. 5 – Shorter (exhibition)
Nov. 11 – Tennessee Tech
Nov. 14 – Southern
Nov. 18 – Ohio
Nov. 22 – Sam Houston St.
Nov. 26 – Tulane
Nov. 29 – at Penn State (ACC/Big Ten Challenge meeting)
Dec. 3 – at Tennessee (SEC) 15-19 UT leads, 42-28 Tech won in Atlanta last year
Dec. 7 – at VCU (A-10) 25-11 (NCAA) GT leads, 3-0 Tech won in Atlanta last year
Dec. 18 – Alcorn State
Dec. 20 – Georgia
Dec. 22 – Wofford
Dec. 28 – North Carolina A&T