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Georgia Tech finished last in the ACC last season, but if it can build off its highest-scoring game in almost three years, it could provide plenty of confidence early in 2009-10. The 21st-ranked Yellow Jackets get an early test Thursday when they take on No.

The Mad Ants will have a Notre Dame feel when the D-League team opens training camp.

Mad Ants coach Joey Meyer reflected on his first draft with the team by suggesting it was time for the NBA D-League to innovate.

Paul Hewitt was named the 12th head coach in Georgia Tech basketball history on April 6, 2000 ... in his nine years on The Flats, Hewitt has recorded a mark of 154-131 and has guided the Yellow Jackets to post-season play five times, including four NCAA Tournament berths ... in 2004-05, he led the Jackets to their second consecutive 20-win season, ...

Mad Ants head coach Joey Meyer, center, along with his son Brian and assistant coach Mike Sanders, check notes Thursday before choosing Alade Aminu in the NBA D-League draft.

Alade Aminu, a 6-foot-10, 225-pound power forward who played at Georgia Tech, was the first-round NBA Development League draft pick of the Mad Ants on Thursday night.

Nine former Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets played in the NBA last season, third-most among ACC schools behind Duke and North Carolina .

As you saw a couple of days ago , the Wizards have their roster in place for this year's summer league in Vegas.

On 10-point scale, Tyler Hansbrough's Sunday morning workout for the Hawks at Philips Arena ranks at the very top of anything conducted in the past five days.

Gani Lawal became one of the league's most effective inside players and is a returning starter along with Maurice Miller , Zach Peacock and Shumpert.

The Charlotte Bobcats have brought in five more prospects ahead of next week's NBA draft.

Jonny Flynn got his passport in order two summers ago when he traveled to Serbia to play for Team USA in the FIBA U-19 World Championships.

The casual basketball fan is more likely to know Alade Aminu a s younger brother, Wake Forest star Al-Farouq Aminu , than they are to know Alade himself.