Georgia Tech

ATLANTA - A trip to California to play Pepperdine and Southern California and non-conference games against Alabama, Georgia, Penn State and Vanderbilt, as well as 16 games within the nation's strongest conference, highlight Georgia Tech's 2008-09 men's basketball schedule.

Tech's schedule, announced Tuesday by the Atlantic Coast Conference, includes 12 games against teams that played in last year's post-season (NCAA or NIT) and seven national television dates.

ATLANTA - Bassirou Dieng, who played basketball the last two seasons at St. Francis University (Pa.) and has been accepted into Georgia Tech's International Affairs graduate program, has been granted immediate eligibility by the NCAA to play for the Yellow Jackets' basketball team in the 2008-09 season.

ATLANTA – Georgia Tech basketball player Ra’Sean Dickey will not play his senior year at Georgia Tech and has signed a contract to play professionally in the Ukraine, head coach Paul Hewitt announced Wednesday.

Daily Bracketology

I'm going to be projecting the Tournament field on a close to daily basis for the rest of the year (and no Saturday's since there's little action Friday). This is a field based on how the tourney looks as of this moment. Note that for one-bid leagues, I simply include the conference leader at the time of publishing. In case of ties, I use my projected winner.

ATLANTA - Ra'Sean Dickey, a senior center for Georgia Tech's men's basketball team, has decided to red-shirt the 2007-08 season.

The 6-10, 250-pound Dickey, who has missed the first eight games of the season due to academic ineligibility, also has been forced to miss considerable practice time because of acute tendonitis in his right knee and is not yet able to play.

Three Stars of The Day

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Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets

Overall Rank: #52

ATLANTA – Georgia Tech center Ra’Sean Dickey has been ruled academically ineligible to compete in basketball in the fall semester, head coach Paul Hewitt announced Saturday.

“Ra’Sean realizes he has fallen short on his academic responsibilities and knows he has work to do in the fall in order to play,” said Hewitt.

The 6-9 senior from Clio, S.C., who started 23 games last year, was Tech’s fourth-leading scorer (8.1 points per game) and second leading rebounder (5.3 per game), while tying for the team lead in field goal percentage (59.6 pct.).

-GT Media Relations-