Expectation management is essential to reducing frustration and anxiety, both by fans and the administration. Over the 106 years of Georgia Tech intercollegiate basketball, Georgia Tech, as 262nd of the 493 NCAA D1 college teams in 130 years of basketball, the Yellow Jackets have won 52.4% of their 2,765 games. They rank near the bottom of the ACC, as we have seen recently, with UNC at the top with 73.3%., followed closely by Duke and Syracuse. We are the best the state of Georgia, with UGA 274th at 51.8%.
The positive news is that Tech is considered a winning school, being better than 231 other D1 colleges. Tech is ranked 67th of 493 for in final AP poll appearances and 75th in NCAA tournament appearances, with 17, including 2 final fours. 393 collee throughout basketball history teams have never been to a final four. For the past 75 years (my lifetime), the winning percentage coaches over 50% have been led by Coach Cremins at 59.9% (winning 591 games), Coach Hewitt at 54% (352 games), and Coach Hyder at 51.9% (563 games). Below the 50% level are Coach Pastner at 48.9% (223 games), Coach Gregory at 46.9% (162 games), Coach Stoudamire at 45.8% (48 games), and Coach Morrison at 42.7 % (213 games).
All said, my expectations are to win more than losing, just so we can maintain or improve our 52.4% win rate and get to the NCAA tournament every 5 years on the average. I will always be a fan and supporter of our Georgia Tech student athletes and the institution, just like my alumnus dad did when Tech won the 1928 Rose bowl. Winning is more fun of course.
