====== December 21, 2023 - UMass vs. Georgia Tech ======
  * Season: [[season_2023-24|2023-24]]
  * Date: Thursday, December 21, 2023
  * Opponent: [[opponent_georgia_tech|Georgia Tech]]
  * Start Time: 9:00 PM ET / 4:00 PM HT
  * Site: [[wp>Stan Sheriff Center]], Honolulu HI
  * Special Event: [[https://espnevents.com/hawaiian-airlines-diamond-head-classic/|Diamond Head Classic]], First Round
  * Television: [[https://www.espn.com/watch/|ESPN2]]
  * Stream: [[https://plus.espn.com/|ESPN+]]
  * Radio: WEEI 105.5 FM, WCRN 830 AM
  * Spread: UMass -2½((per ESPN https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/game/_/gameId/401581339))
  * UM personnel report: All players dressed

  * **Result: Georgia Tech 73, UMass 70**
  * Attendance: N/A

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===== Previews =====
  * Game notes: [[https://umassathletics.com/news/2023/12/20/mens-basketball-massachusetts-begins-diamond-head-classic-with-clash-against-georgia-tech|UM]], [[https://ramblinwreck.com/tech-takes-on-umass-in-diamond-head-classic-122023/|GT]]
  * Atlanta Journal Constitution: [[https://www.ajc.com/sports/georgia-tech/georgia-tech-opens-diamond-head-classic-against-umass/HEAMUL5AURGVNL4ODSKQ42YXTQ/|Georgia Tech opens Diamond Head Classic against UMass]]

===== Game Thread =====
See the UMassHoops.com [[https://www.umasshoops.com/newboard/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=17018|Message Board thread]] for pre-game and post-game discussion.

===== Recaps =====
  * UM: [[https://umassathletics.com/news/2023/12/21/mens-basketball-georgia-tech-recap|Minutemen Lose Heartbreaker To Georgia Tech On First Day At The Diamond Head Classic]]
  * GT: [[https://ramblinwreck.com/recap-georgia-tech-vs-massachusetts-122123/|Tech comes from behind to beat UMass]]
  * GT: [[https://ramblinwreck.com/photos-mens-basketball-vs-umass-122123/|Photo gallery]]
  * Daily Hampshire Gazette: [[https://www.gazettenet.com/UMass-Georgia-Tech-men-s-basketball-in-Hawaii-Thursday-night-53459586|UMass men’s basketball falls to Georgia Tech in Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic]]
  * Mass. Daily Collegian: [[https://dailycollegian.com/2023/12/umass-mens-basketball-falls-to-georgia-tech-73-70/|UMass men’s basketball falls to Georgia Tech 73-70]]
  * AP / AJC: [[https://www.ajc.com/sports/georgia-tech/georgia-tech-edges-umass-in-diamond-head-classic/YPCCCR4GWJCQXASXS6WVWPRK2M/|Georgia Tech edges UMass in Diamond Head Classic]]

===== Video =====
  * UM clips: [[https://twitter.com/UMassMBB/status/1738023904717963448|Diggins for 3]], [[https://twitter.com/UMassMBB/status/1738037685238026318|Cross for 3]], [[https://twitter.com/UMassMBB/status/1738041293610328468|Cross finds Cohen for the short jumper]], [[https://twitter.com/UMassMBB/status/1738090287774450134|compilation]]
  * GT clips: [[https://twitter.com/GTMBB/status/1738025467683524780|Miles Kelly steal and score]], [[https://twitter.com/GTMBB/status/1738028708240433351|Cross denied]], [[https://twitter.com/GTMBB/status/1738040793720557944|Sturdivant for 3]], [[https://twitter.com/GTMBB/status/1738047186452287645|Reeves finishes]], [[https://twitter.com/theACCDN/status/1738064859126694310|Sturdivant puts Tech ahead]], [[https://twitter.com/GTMBB/status/1738061758655607020|Sturdivant compilation]], [[https://twitter.com/accmbb/status/1739745005919436903|Baye Ndongo compilation]], [[https://twitter.com/GTMBB/status/1738265734235529415|team compilation]]

===== Audio =====
  * [[https://thevarsitynetwork.com/feed/source/oas-1218?audioPlayer=umass%3Aallaccess-Archive-8617|Game recording from Varsity / WEEI Springfield]]

===== Box score =====
[[https://umassathletics.com/sports/mens-basketball/stats/2023-24/georgia-tech/boxscore/14988|Standard]], [[https://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=494420|StatBroadcast]], [[https://dxbhsrqyrr690.cloudfront.net/sidearm.nextgen.sites/umassathletics.com/stats/mbball/2023/pdf/20231221111056-2339865.pdf|PDF]]

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