THE FLATS -- Kick-off times for Georgia Tech's first two games of the 2013 football season were released Thursday afternoon by the Atlantic Coast Conference.

The Yellow Jackets' season opener, Aug. 31 against Elon at Grant Field, will begin at noon. That game is slated for broadcast by ESPN3, although there is a possibility an over-the-air network could pick up that contest at some point this summer.

Following an open date the second week of the season, Georgia Tech's ACC opener Sept. 14 at Duke will begin at 3:30 p.m., and will be televised by ESPNU.

Georgia Tech has two ESPN Thursday night games on the schedule - Sept. 26 at home versus Virginia Tech, and Nov. 14 at Clemson. As previously announced, both of those games will kick-off just after 7:30 p.m.

Atlanta -- Morgan Stanley announced today that, Brian Frank, a Managing Director - Wealth Advisor, with the Premier Wealth Management Group in the Firm’s Atlanta Wealth Management office, has been named to The Financial Times’ inaugural list of America’s Top 400 Advisors.

The “Financial Times’ Top 400 Advisors” is a select group of individuals who have a minimum of $250 million in assets under management (AUM) and ten years of industry experience. Qualified financial advisors were scored on six attributes: AUM, AUM growth rate, compliance records, experience, industry certifications and online accessibility.  Financial advisors also had to commit to complete anonymous quarterly sentiment surveys for the FT.

Urbana, Ill. -- Georgia Tech's Juan Spir bowed out early in the NCAA Singles Championship Wednesday morning, and the Yellow Jacket senior now looks ahead to the doubles draw which begins Thursday at the Khan Outdoor Tennis Complex/Atkins Tennis Center in Urbana, Ill., hosted by the University of Illinois.

Spir, ranked 44th in the ITA national singles rankings, dropped a 6-3, 6-2 decision to 30th-ranked Andre Dome of Cal Poly in the opening round at 8 a.m. local time Wednesday morning. The senior from Medellin, Colombia finished the 2012-13 year with a 21-16 singles record, and completed his singles career at Georgia Tech with a 75-53 mark.

Spir and sophomore Vikram Hundal will face Colin Roller and Joran Vliegen of East Carolina in the opening round of the doubles draw Thursday. The winner of that match advances to face the winner of a first-round match between Junior Ore and Jackson Withrow of Texas A&M and Stefan Fortman and Cameron Silverman of Elon.