ATLANTA (Interstat) — Hampton and Georgia Tech will meet in a men’s NCAA Division I basketball game Tuesday, with the Pirates visiting the Yellow Jackets at Hank McCamish Pavilion. Both teams enter the matchup with 0-0 records and will be opening their seasons in Atlanta. The contest is the first of several early nonconference games for each program.

Hampton is coming off a 74-68 loss at Towson in its most recent game. Georgia Tech is coming off a 79-76 loss at Clemson in its most recent game. The Pirates and Yellow Jackets will look to begin the new campaign on a positive note in an early test.

Georgia Tech will remain at home for several upcoming games after facing Hampton. The Yellow Jackets are scheduled to host Eastern Kentucky, UNC Asheville, Norfolk State, Georgia, Samford, Alcorn State and Citadel. Their road slate includes trips to Mississippi State and Murray State, with the Murray State game set for Nashville, and a neutral-site meeting with Florida in Orlando. The Yellow Jackets will also face Georgia in a home game that highlights the early portion of their schedule.

Hampton’s upcoming schedule includes a road game at George Washington, home contests against Apprentice and Norfolk State, and road matchups at Navy, Old Dominion, American and Wake Forest. The Pirates also are set to play Massachusetts-Lowell, Radford and Howard in Washington, D.C. Those games are part of a busy opening stretch that will send Hampton through a demanding run before conference play.

The game offers each program an early opportunity to establish momentum before the schedule deepens. Hampton will seek to use its trip to Atlanta as a measuring stick against an Atlantic Coast Conference opponent, while Georgia Tech will aim to protect its home court in the first of several games at Hank McCamish Pavilion. The Yellow Jackets will not leave Atlanta for their next several home dates, giving them a chance to settle into their home venue early.

Both teams are beginning with clean slates, and the matchup will count as the first result of the season for each program. Hampton will then turn its attention to a stretch of games that includes several road trips and a handful of home dates. Georgia Tech will move quickly into a busy homestand before heading away from Atlanta later in its nonconference schedule. The teams will carry 0-0 records into the game, with each looking to start the season with a win.

Interstat’s game simulator projects Georgia Tech to defeat Hampton 79-75.