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Georgia Tech head coach Josh Pastner coaches his team from the sidelines in an NCAA basketball game against Wake Forest on Saturday, Feb. 4, 2017, in Winston-Salem, N.C. A Syracuse fan called Pastner to complain about the behavior of the Georgia Tech student section.

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Syracuse, N.Y. --Syracuse University basketball point guard John Gillon fired up an airball during the first half of SU's 71-65 loss to Georgia Tech on Sunday night that the Yellow Jacket fans never let him live down.

Gillon was showered with chants of "air-ball, air-ball" by the Georgia Tech student section for the rest of the night as he was held scoreless for 36 minutes, finishing with just seven points on 2-of-10 shooting and nearly as many turnovers (5) as assists (6).

One Syracuse fan was so offended by the "air-ball" chants, they decided to go right to the top with a complaint.

Georgia Tech head coach Josh Pastner shared the story on his radio show on Monday.

"I got an interesting phone call, it was a funny phone call, someone called to leave me a message and they needed to talk to me," Pastner said. "It was a Syracuse fan and they said they were very upset at Georgia Tech. They felt there was something very unclassy about Georgia Tech and just not right."

Pastner revealed that when he called the Syracuse fan back, they were upset with the "air-ball" chants the Yellow Jacket student section directed at Gillon, saying they were unclassy.

"I said, sir, a few things with all due respect," Pastner said. "This is not intramurals nor is it the 'Love Boat' where everyone gets served cocktails at 4 p.m. I said this is men's elite college basketball and I said the air-ball chant has gone around since Dr. James Naismith invented the game. I said, I guarantee you if one of our guys airballed the ball at the Carrier Dome in Syracuse, thirty-thousand people would be chanting airball for the entire game."

Pastner continued to describe the interaction with the Syracuse fan via phone.

"Sir, I appreciate the enthusiasm for your team, however we will have to agree to disagree on that being anything offensive," Pastner said.

The fan then told Pastner that while the coach made some good points, he felt the Georgia Tech fans didn't need to chant "air-ball" the whole game at Gillon.

"I said, sir, this isn't little league," Pastner said. "This is men's college basketball. I would agree with you if this was the intramurals for the local YMCA league for sixth grades. This is men's college basketball and the ACC. This is the elite level."

With that complaint in mind, Pastner reminded that Georgia Tech will visit the Carrier Dome on Mar. 4 for the ACC regular season finale for both teams. It could be a critical game for the NCAA Tournament chances of both teams.

"I asked the guy, will all the fans at the Carrier Dome when we shoot free throws, will they be quiet and silent? That would be a fair trade off," Pastner said. "Can you somehow organize that?"

We'll see if Orange fans oblige with silence when the Yellow Jackets visit the Dome next month.

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