Over the break, the Jackets men’s basketball team began conference play with the toughest three-game stretch of any team this season. In a span of eight days, they faced three of the top ten teams in the country.
On Dec. 31, they played the North Carolina Tar Heels in Josh Pastner’s first ACC game. By all accounts, the team faced a huge uphill battle in each game. Early season polls had Tech as the second or third worst team in arguably college’s best basketball conference. However, in a very ugly, hard-fought game, the Jackets prevailed 75-63 in a shocker to start the conference slate.