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The margin may have been 39 points, but how much Mercer lost to Florida State by Saturday isn't the number that Paul Hewitt is too interested in.

Two teams coming off narrow losses get right back at it today, as the 21st-ranked Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets tussle with the George Mason Patriots in the consolation round of the Puerto Rico Tip-Off. The Jackets were pitted against one of the better teams in this tourney on Thursday and they let a late lead slip away in a 63-59 setback to ...

No. 18 Dayton tops No. 21 Georgia Tech 63-59 Eds: APNewsNow. No. 18 Dayton 63, No.

The 22nd-ranked Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets begin their much-anticipated 2009-10 season this evening in Atlanta, as they play host to the Florida A&M Rattlers.

For the most part, the rosters are now set for next season in ACC basketball. Schedules should be released in a little over a month, and practices will be starting in mid-October. With that in mind, here is part II of a look at how the ACC sizes up on paper for the 2009-10 season.

Aminu averaged 16 points, 9 rebounds, and 3 blocked shots, which were seventh, sixth and tied for first among the 64 seniors who took part.

Paul Hewitt never wanted sympathy, even though no college basketball coach deserved it more over the past half-decade. Sure, the fall from national title game participant to Atlantic Coast Conference patsy stung the Yellow Jackets' charismatic frontman.

If Georgia Tech harbored hopes of going from last place in the ACC to the NCAA tournament in one season, then the Yellow Jackets probably needed sophomore forward Gani Lawal to withdraw from the NBA draft.