The Notre Dame Fighting Irish may have lost two of their last three against Ball State and Indiana, but make no mistake about it: they’ll be one of the season’s toughest tests for your struggling, worn out Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets.
On a regular day, Tech likely wouldn’t match up well against the Irish. Today the Jackets simply don’t match up at all, in large part because much of the roster is dealing with an absurd number of lingering injuries. Backup point guard Josh Moore will not be present due to a death in the family, neither Sylvester Ogbonda nor Abdoulaye Gueye (who account for roughly all of Tech’s frontcourt depth) played last time out against Coppin State, forward Curtis Haywood II is still dealing with a shin injury, center Ben Lammers hasn’t fully recovered from his early-season ankle injury, starting point guard Jose Alvarado remains questionable with an injury of his own, and U-18 Team USA member Josh Okogie is still in the early stages of returning to game action following his hand injury.