NCAA or bust: Georgia Tech faces crucial season in rebuild

FILE - In this Jan. 25 2020, file photo, Georgia Tech head coach Josh Pastner calls a play in the first half of an NCAA college basketball game against North Carolina State, in Atlanta. The Gators open Nov. 25 against Maine at a resort casino on tribal land in Connecticut. They face No. 4 Virginia two days later and have early season road games scheduled against Oklahoma (Dec. 2) and 21st-ranked Florida State (Dec. 12).(AP Photo/Danny Karnik, File)

Georgia Tech's Michael Devoe (0) drives around Pittsburgh's Trey McGowens, left, during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game, Saturday, Feb. 8, 2020, in Pittsburgh. Much of Georgia Tech’s optimism centers on the backcourt duo of Jose Alvarado and Michael Devoe. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, File)

FILE - In this Feb. 12, 2020, file photo, Georgia Tech guard Jordan Usher (4) reacts with guard Jose Alvarado (10) during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game against Louisville in Atlanta. Senior swingman Jordan Usher guaranteed that Georgia Tech will make the NCAAs for the first time since 2010. “That's 100 percent happening,” he said. “There's no more time to play around.”(AP Photo/Todd Kirkland, File)