The Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets are in their final stretch of the basketball season. The combination of a non-traditional home court and a lackluster season makes it easy to push the basketball season out of our awareness. However, as a loyal supporters of Georgia Tech athletics, we need to make sure we know what's going on.

Georgia Tech is currently 9-15 with a 2-8 conference record. A positive to be found out of this is that one of those two conference wins was on the road (at NC State) and we know how hard it can be to win on the road in the ACC.

The remaining schedule looks like this:

2/15: @Wake Forest - Georgia Tech has not played Wake Forest yet this season. The Demon Deacons are currently 11-14 and 2-9 in the ACC.

2/18: @Virginia Tech - Georgia Tech has not played Virginia Tech this season. The Hokies are currently 14-11 overall and 3-7 in the ACC.

2/21: vs. Clemson - Previous meeting: Clemson 64 Tech 62. Yellow Jackets had a tremendous second-half comeback to fall just short. Clemson is 12-12 overall and 4-6 in the ACC.

2/25: vs. Maryland - Previous meeting: Maryland 61 Tech 50. Maryland is 14-10 overall and 4-6 in the ACC.

2/29: @ Boston College- Previous meeting: Boston College 47 Tech 51. This was Tech's only home ACC win. The Eagles are 8-17 overall and 3-8 in the ACC.

3/03: vs. Wake Forest - Regular season finale.

Georgia Tech is currently in 11th place out of 12 teams. Wake Forest is the lone team below the Jackets. This could bode well for Tech with two games scheduled against the Deacs coming soon. In fact, if the right pieces fall into place, Tech has the opportunity to create some end-of-season, last second momentum. All teams on the remaining schedule: Maryland, Clemson, Virginia Tech, Boston College, and Wake Forest make up rest of the bottom half of the Atlantic Coast Conference. This gives the Yellow Jackets a fighting chance for some record and standings improvement.

Go Jackets!

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WOOO! GO JACKETS!!! WIN A GAME!

Let's watch this game of basketball like we watch an aquarium's fishes. We will not be discouraged if the fishes swim away from us and hide but we will be excited if all the fishes stay in clear view swimming straight and true. 6:00PM Tipoff on ESPNU.

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This year it's easy to put the basketball season out of our minds because it's out of sight. And you know how the old saying goes...Nevertheless we still need to be educated in our athletics programs and knowledge is power.

Here is a summary of the 2011-2012 basketball season. There is probably minimal cohesion to it so think of it as stream of consciousness.

The Yellow Jackets are sitting in the basement, dead last in the ACC. Tech sits at 8-12 overall with a 1-5 record. Ironically, the one win was a road win against the NC State Wolfpack. The only other ACC team with an overall losing record is the Boston College Golden Eagles who are 7-12.

I've been to four games this year and in all the games, we've seen flashes of brilliance, but just like any flash in a pan, it's gone in an instant. There is an odd funk that hangs over the team and it's made up of the combination of no home, small crowd, new coach, no star team leader.

Two players are averaging double-digits this year in Glen Rice Jr and Mfon Udofia. They are both averaging well over 20 minutes per game (29.9 and 30.5 respectively). Defensively, Daniel Miller continues to work on establishing his presence and has recorded 49 blocks this season, enough for about 24th in the nation.

It's a rough year for sure, but I end up coming back for more games at Phillips to watch Georgia Tech play. What makes you keep coming back?

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Brendan From Ye Olde Times Virginia answers questions here on a fairly periodic basis. UVA's premiere sports blogger loves UVA sports including Tech's big 3: baseball, basketball, and football. Our mutual love for Tech's big 3 sports makes question and answer sessions all but impossible to pass up every quarter or so. If you would like to read the exchange, click the jump.

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