They were led by first-year head coach Damon Stoudamire and played their home games at Hank McCamish Pavilion as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference.

The Yellow Jackets started the season with two wins and two losses before completing two major upsets.

Duke defeated them while ranked eleventh in a rematch of their earlier game, and they pushed Notre Dame to over time, but could not prevail.

An upset win over Clemson in double overtime broke the losing streak, but the team lost eight of their next nine games.

Their losses were to Clemson in a rematch of the previous upset and to Virginia on the final day of the season.