This year Georgia Tech is only playing 7 non-conference games. Given the make-up of the schedule Tech really needs to do well here to boost their chances of making the tournament.
There is only one loss that will be considered acceptable by the committee. That is the game against Kentucky at State Farm Arena downtown. Kentucky comes into the season ranked #10 with the usual high expectations. As usual Kentucky is a bit tough to read due to the fact they have such high turnover. They lost their top 6 scorers and will have an almost entirely new rotation this year.