The Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets women's basketball team represents the

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. The team plays its home games at

McCamish Pavilion Hank McCamish Pavilion, nicknamed The Thrillerdome and originally known as Alexander Memorial Coliseum, is an indoor arena located on the campus of the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, Georgia. It is the home of the Georgia Tech Yellow ...

Players

Notable players who have played with the Yellow Jackets include

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, and Chioma Nnamaka.

Stadium

McCamish Pavilion (also nicknamed "The Thrillerdome") is an

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located in

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. It is the home of the Georgia Tech

teams and hosted the

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of the

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from 1968 to 1972 and again from 1997 to 1999. Tech's women's volleyball team has occasionally used the facility as well, primarily for NCAA tournament games and other matches that draw crowds that would overflow the O'Keefe Gymnasium. During the 2011–12 basketball season, Alexander Memorial Coliseum was rebuilt as McCamish Pavilion. Except for the final home game, the Georgia Tech women's basketball team played its home games at The

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in suburban

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Year by year results

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NCAA tournament results

References

External links

* {{Atlantic Coast Conference women's basketball navbox