The Yellow Jackets is the name used for all of the intercollegiate athletic teams that play for the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, Georgia, and they have been nicknamed the Ramblin' Wreck, Engineers, Blacksmiths, and Golden Tornado. There are 8 men's and 7 women's teams that compete in the NCAA Division I, and are members of the Coastal Division in the Atlantic Coast Conference. Their official uniform colors are white and old gold and their mascots are Buzz & Ramblin' Wreck. The Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets men's basketball team represents the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets in NCAA Division 1-A basketball, and plays its home games in the 9,191 capacity Alexander Memorial Coliseum.

Georgia Tech established itself as a national force in basketball, under the tenure of Bobby Cremins. He led his team to the first ACC tournament victory in school history in 1985 and in 1990 he took Georgia Tech to the school's first Final Four appearance ever. Cremins retired from Georgia Tech in 2000 with the school's best coaching win percentage. The team has won 1,169 games and lost 1,026 games, a 53% win percentage. Recently, head coach Paul Hewitt helped to revitalize a stagnant program and Georgia Tech experienced a Cinderella Season in 2004, earning the school's second ever berth in a National Title Game in any sport, and the 2003-2004 team won the Pre-Season NIT tournament, ended Duke's 41 game home-winning streak, and finished its season losing by only 9 points in the National Title game to UCONN.