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Both the SEC and ACC Tournaments start on Wednesday and both local teams need some big wins this week.  Georgia is most likely hosting a regional, but needs to do well in the SEC’s to be a top-8 seed guareenting home field advantage if they win the regional.  Georgia Tech needs some wins to get good placing in the regional and if the win the ACC, maybe they could host a regional.

The Bulldogs are the number one seed in Birmingham this week and will be playing Ole Miss first at 6:00 pm et (the game will be much later, the times will be pushed back). 

Here is how Georgia did against the teams in the tourney this season and how they fared against them all-time in the SEC Tournament…

Ole Miss: 2-1 this season (first meeting in SEC tournament)

Alabama: 1-2 (1-1)

Kentucky: 3-0 (3-2)

Florida: 1-2 (7-4)

South Carolina: 3-0 (2-1)

LSU: 2-0-1 (2-7)

Vanderbilt: 2-1 (1-5)

— the Dawgs are a combined 23-32 in the SEC Tournament with 0 titles and 3 2nd place finishes (1985, 1986 and 1989)

Georgia Tech is the 5th seed and will play NC State in Jacksonville early Wednesday morning.

Here is how the Yellow Jackets have fared against teams in the ACC Tourney…

NC State: did not face them this season (10-11 in ACC Tourney)

Miami: 0-3 (2-0)

Clemson: 2-1 (9-13)

Florida State: 0-3 (5-6)

Wake Forest: 2-1 (9-4)

North Carolina: 1-2 (11-3)

Virginia: 2-1 (6-3)

— Georgia Tech is 64-44 all-time in the ACC Tournament and has won it all 7 times.  The Jackets won 4 straight from 1985 to 1988 under current Miami head coach Jim Morris, but the last 3 were all under current skipper Danny Hall when he won it all in 2000, 2003 and 2005.

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