ATLANTA (AP) Georgia Tech and Georgia State announced Wednesday that the city rivals will play a three-game men's basketball series beginning in December, their first match-up during the regular season since 2008.

The Yellow Jackets will host Georgia State on Dec. 16 at McCamish Pavilion, followed by another game on the Georgia Tech campus during the 2021-22 season. The Panthers will host the Jackets in 2022-23, when the school may have completed its planned 7,500-seat convocation center.

The Atlanta schools are only about three miles apart and have forged closer ties in recent months.