THE FLATS – Spring and summer is the time for Georgia Tech’s men’s basketball team to begin ordering equipment, workout apparel and uniforms for the next season. That happens, the Yellow Jackets have to assign jersey numbers to newcomers, and in some cases returning players change theirs.
Georgia Tech’s 10 incoming players – six freshmen and four transfers – have been assigned jersey numbers for 2025-26. The process for gathering the players’ preferences can take some time during the course of the spring, and in some cases, they don’t get their first choice for a variety of reasons.
Many times it is because Tech has retired seven numbers – Dennis Scott (4), Matt Harpring (15), Tom Hammonds (20), Roger Kaiser (21), John Salley (22), Mark Price (25) and Rich Yunkus (40). When players sign with the Jackets, they choose from the numbers available. Their choices have more than doubled in the last two years since the NCAA rescinded restrictions which previously prohibited the wearing of numbers with the digits 6 through 9.
All five of the Yellow Jackets’ returning players are keeping the jersey numbers they wore in 2024-25 – sophomore guard Jaeden Mustaf (3), junior forward Baye Ndongo (11), senior guard Kowacie Reeves, Jr. (14), junior guard Marcos San Miguel (33) and sophomore guard Dyllan Thompson (32).