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Jackets Dancing In NCAA Tournament

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March 16, 2025

THE FLATS – Georgia Tech women’s basketball will be dancing in the NCAA Tournament, as the Yellow Jackets received an at-large bid Sunday night when the field of 68 teams was announced during the 2025 NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Tournament Selection Show. This marks the third trip to the Big Dance under head coach Nell Fortner, first since 2022 and 12^th in program history.

The Yellow Jackets (22-10 overall, 9-9 ACC) earned the No. 9 seed and will face No. 8-seeded Richmond on Friday, March 21 in Los Angeles. Richmond, a member of the Atlantic 10 Conference, posted a 27-6 overall ledger to go with a 17-1 conference record to claim the regular season conference title. The Spiders fell in the A-10 Tournament semifinals to Saint Joseph’s.

Georgia Tech looks to continue its storied year in the postseason. Coming off an ACC Tournament quarterfinal run where they took top-seeded NC State to the wire, the Yellow Jackets opened the 2024-25 campaign with the best start in program history at 15-0. They were the first ACC team to open a season 15-0 overall since 2017-18. Georgia Tech has faced 15 teams ranked in the top 50 NET rankings, recorded three wins over top-25 opponents and spent 11 weeks national ranked in the top 25.

The Yellow Jackets capped the regular season earning some prestigious honors as Kara Dunn was named all-ACC first team, while Tonie Morgan earned a spot on the all-ACC second team. Five-time ACC rookie of the week, Dani Carnegie was selected to the ACC all-freshman team and voted the ACC Sixth Player of the Year.

The trio of Jackets are all averaging double-figures on the season paced by Dunn’s 15.8 points per game. Morgan follows contributing 13.8 points, while Carnegie adds 13.1 points per game. Graduate transfer Zoesha Smith leads Tech with 6.0 rebounds per game.

The 2025 championship will be the fourth to have 68 teams. First Four games will be played Wednesday, March 19, and Thursday, March 20 at four of the top-16 host sites. First- and second-round games will be played Friday, March 21, through Monday, March 24, on the campuses of the top-16 seeds. The championship will be utilizing a two-site regional format, with eight competing teams playing at Legacy Arena in Birmingham, Ala., and eight teams playing at the Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena in Spokane, Wash. Regional play in Birmingham and Spokane will take place March 28-31, with each site hosting two regional semifinal games on March 28 and March 29. Each site will also host a regional championship game on March 30 and one on March 31.

The 2025 Women’s Final Four will be played April 4 and 6 at Amalie Arena in Tampa, Fla.

Game times and television coverage will be announced at a later time.

Below is the schedule of play for the tournament:

First Four                                        March 19-20
First Round                                     March 21-22
Second Round                                March 23-24
Sweet 16                                         March 28-29
Elite Eight                                        March 30-31
Final Four                                        April 4
National Championship               April 6

GEORGIA TECH’S NCAA TOURNAMENT HISTORY
Georgia Tech’s 2025 berth into the NCAA Tournament marks the 12^th appearance by the Yellow Jackets. Tech made its first appearance in 1993, but would not return again until 2003. From 2007-2012, the Yellow Jackets made six consecutive NCAA Tournaments, highlighted by the program’s first-ever run to the NCAA Sweet 16 in 2012. Georgia Tech’s highest seeding in the NCAA Tournament has been No. 4 in 2012.

In 2021, Georgia Tech advanced to the Sweet 16 for just the second time in program history. As the No. 5 seed, the Jackets uprooted 12^th-seeded Stephen F. Austin in overtime and No. 4-seeded West Virginia to meet No. 1 South Carolina in the Sweet 16.

Tech has won five first round games dating back to its first NCAA Tournament victory in 2007.

GEORGIA TECH WOMEN’S BASKETBALL CELEBRATES 50 YEARS
Georgia Tech is celebrating the 50^th anniversary of women’s basketball on The Flats this season. Under the direction of coach Jim Culpepper, Georgia Tech competed its first year in the Georgia Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (GAIAW) in 1974-75 before joining the ACC in 1979-80. Tech has seen many highlights over 50 years, including playing in the NCAA Tournament 11 times, with two Sweet 16 appearances (2012, 2021), and producing nine WNBA draft picks, featuring first round draft picks Alex Montgomery and Sasha Goodlett. In its first postseason berth in school history, Georgia Tech captured the 1992 National Women’s Invitational Tournament. Currently in its sixth season under head coach Nell Fortner, the Yellow Jackets have reach postseason play three times in the last five years.

Full Steam Ahead

Full Steam Ahead is a $500 million fundraising initiative to achieve Georgia Tech athletics’ goal of competing for championships at the highest level in the next era of intercollegiate athletics. The initiative will fund transformative projects for Tech athletics, including renovations of Bobby Dodd Stadium at Hyundai Field (the historic home of Georgia Tech football), the Zelnak Basketball Center (the practice and training facility for Tech basketball) and O’Keefe Gymnasium (the venerable home of Yellow Jackets volleyball), as well as additional projects and initiatives to further advance Georgia Tech athletics through program wide-operational support. All members of the Georgia Tech community are invited to visit atfund.org/FullSteamAhead for full details and renderings of the renovation projects, as well as to learn about opportunities to contribute online.

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Patrons under the age of 30 to be barred from entering Georgia Street Lounge in downtown Indianapolis

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December 22, 2025

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Patrons under the age of 30 to be barred from entering Georgia Street Lounge in downtown Indianapolis

INDIANAPOLIS — A nightclub in downtown Indianapolis is planning to implement new age restrictions.

In a post on Facebook, Georgia Street Rhythm and Blues Lounge indicated that it will no longer accommodate guests under 30 years of age. Georgia Street Lounge posted a statement on its decision on its Facebook page.

In the post, the lounge’s management team indicated that it is planning to add new age restrictions because younger patrons “do not know how to conduct themselves in a grown and sexy environment.”

Georgia Street Lounge has indicated that it is willing to make exceptions to the rule for its staff and marketing team’s special guests.

“Georgia Street Lounge will now be age restricted to 30 and over,” the business’ management team wrote in its statement. “Unless you are a special guest of our staff or marketing team, you will not be allowed entry!!!”

In its statement, Georgia Street Lounge also suggested that it will no longer host any birthday parties for individuals under the age of 30.

“Do not contact us for any under-30 birthdays or special events, because the answer will be no,” Georgia Street Lounge management wrote in its statement. “Go somewhere else!!!”

FOX59/CBS4 checked public police reports to see how many times IMPD has been called to 28 W. Georgia St. — the address listed for Georgia Street Lounge — in the last six months. That search revealed that police published reports at the address three times between July 23 and Dec. 7.

Two of the times IMPD was called to Georgia Street Lounge over the last six months were for “disturbances.” On the other occasion officers went to the business over the last six months, IMPD took a report for a “simple assault.”

In total, IMPD filed seven reports from 28 W. Georgia St. between Jan. 1, 2025, and Dec. 21, 2025. Officers filed five reports from there in 2024 and six reports from there in 2023.

Those reports do not indicate whether or not police were called to the address to investigate complaints directly involving Georgia Street Lounge or if the address was just closest to where an incident that occurred outside the business happened.

FOX59/CBS4 has reached out to Georgia Street Lounge for more information on its decision to change its age requirements. As of this article’s publication, the business had not responded to requests for comment.

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Our early Ole Miss vs Georgia Sugar Bowl predictions for CFP bracket

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December 21, 2025

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Our early Ole Miss vs Georgia Sugar Bowl predictions for CFP bracket

This story has been updated with new information

OXFORD − Ole Miss football has a chance to avenge its only loss of the season in the College Football Playoff.

The Rebels (12-1) face Georgia (12-1) in the Sugar Bowl on Jan. 1 (7 p.m., ESPN) in New Orleans. It’s the second round of CFP games.

The Bulldogs are the No. 3 seed in the CFP and got a bye week in the first round. Ole Miss, the No. 6 seed, beat Tulane 41-10 on Dec. 20 to advance.

Georgia is the only team that Ole Miss has lost to. The Bulldogs won a regular season game 43-35 on Oct. 18.

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Ole Miss vs. Georgia prediction

Expect a lower-scoring game that the regular season contest. It would be hard to repeat that game that featured 78 total points and just two combined punts.

It doesn’t seem like a matchup between top-five SEC defenses, but it is. Georgia has allowed 15.9 points per game (No. 2 in the SEC) and Ole Miss has given up 19.3 (No. 5 in the SEC).

The Bulldogs have allowed 10 points or less in each of their past four games, including a 28-7 win vs. Alabama in the SEC Championship. Ole Miss’ defense has high-end talent but less consistency.

Ole Miss vs. Georgia score prediction

Georgia 30, Ole Miss 21: Georgia already beat Ole Miss once, and it’s playing its best football of the season.

When does Ole Miss play Georgia in College Football Playoff?

The Rebels will face the Bulldogs on Jan. 1 at Ceasers Superdome in New Orleans (7 p.m., ESPN).

Ole Miss vs. Georgia tickets

You can find College Football Playoff tickets for Ole Miss vs. Georgia on StubHub.

College Football Playoff bracket 2025-26 dates

CFP quarterfinals

Wednesday, Dec. 31
- Cotton Bowl (Game 5): No. 2 Ohio State vs. No. 10 Miami | 6:30 p.m. | ESPN (Fubo)
Thursday, Jan. 1
- Orange Bowl (Game 6): No. 4 Texas Tech vs. No. 5 Oregon | 11 a.m. | ESPN (Fubo)
- Rose Bowl (Game 7): No. 1 Indiana vs. No. 9 Alabama | 3 p.m. | ESPN (Fubo)
- Sugar Bowl (Game 8): No. 3 Georgia vs. No. 6 Ole Miss | 7 p.m. | ESPN (Fubo)

CFP semifinals

Thursday, Jan. 8
- Fiesta Bowl (Game 9): Winner of Cotton Bowl vs. Winner of Sugar Bowl | 6:30 p.m. | ESPN (Fubo)
Friday, Jan. 9
- Peach Bowl (Game 10): Winner of Rose Bowl vs. Winner of Orange Bowl | 6:30 p.m. | ESPN (Fubo)

CFP championship game

Monday, Jan. 19 at Hard Rock Stadium (Game 11, Miami): 6:30 p.m.

Sam Hutchens covers Ole Miss for the Clarion Ledger. Email him at Shutchens@gannett.com or reach him on X at @Sam_Hutchens_

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Georgia Sugar Bowl opponent Ole Miss sees star tailback suffer shoulder injury

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December 21, 2025

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Georgia Sugar Bowl opponent Ole Miss sees star tailback suffer shoulder injury

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Kewan Lacy left Rebels’ win over Tulane in third quarter, will be further evaluated

Tulane defensive lineman Geordan Guidry makes a tackle against Mississippi running back Kewan Lacy (5) during the first round of an NCAA College Football Playoff, Saturday, Dec. 20, 2025, in Oxford, Miss. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

The status of Ole Miss All-American tailback Kewan Lacy is in question after he left the Rebels’ first-round playoff game against Tulane holding his left shoulder.

Ole Miss coach Pete Golding reportedly said after the game Lacy has a “bruised shoulder” and will undergo further evaluation.

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Mike is in his 10th season covering SEC and Georgia athletics for AJC-DawgNation and has 25 years of CFB experience. Mike is a Heisman Trophy voter and former Football Writers President who was named the National FWAA Beat Writer of the Year in January, 2018.

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