In beating the regal Big Blue, UGA proves it’s big-time, too
Gerald Robinson and Trey Thompkins: Some darn good Dawgs. (AJC photo by Jason Getz)
ATHENS – We might have seen the eventual SEC champion here Saturday, and that team mightn’t be the one you’d think. The Georgia Bulldogs looked snooty Kentucky in the eye and weren’t overly impressed by what they saw. The Bulldogs, see, have reason to believe they’re the class of this league, and this result did nothing to dissuade them.
Said Trey Thompkins, surely the SEC’s best player: “We expect to play with teams like Kentucky and Tennessee and Florida. … We feel like we can play with anybody.”
Georgia beat Kentucky 77-70, and it was no home-court fluke. Georgia was the better side for 35 of the 40 minutes. It built an early lead, saw it disappear not long after halftime and then rebuilt it. It was just as Mark Fox, the canny Georgia coach, said it would be.
Here’s what Fox said he told his Bulldogs, who led by 11 at halftime: “[That] we were mature enough to play 40 minutes, mature enough to withstand the run we knew they were going to make. We’re an older team now, and we should be able to finish this type of game.”
And there’s the key reason — one of two key reasons, actually — that Georgia has a chance to serious damage: The Bulldogs are seasoned in a way most big-time college teams aren’t. They start a senior and four juniors. Most of these guys suffered through the final days of Dennis Felton and have found in Fox the man who could maximize their potential.
It’s also clear, in the cold light of hindsight, that Felton’s final recruiting class was his best: Thompkins was in it, and so were Travis Leslie and Dustin Ware. Thing was, Felton’s grind-it-out style would never have showcased their talents. Georgia needed a tactician for that, and Damon Evans, then Georgia’s athletic director, found a Fox for his Hounds.
This correspondent trashed the Fox hire, and this correspondent was as wrong as he has ever been on anything. (Which is saying something.) Fox can sketch X’s and O’s with anybody, and Saturday he outdrew the head Wildcat. John Calipari’s methodology is to recruit one-and-dones and let them freelance off his dribble-drive offense. Fox runs Tex Winter’s old triangle — most know it as Phil Jackson’s triangle — and in this team he has the requisite three sides.
Georgia got the ball where it wanted more often Saturday and found better shots. (It made 44.9 percent of its shots to Kentucky’s 38 percent.) It fed Thompkins early — he had 14 points in 17 first-half minutes — and allowed its guards to shoot when Calipari switched to a zone to keep Thompkins from setting some sort of record. But come the game’s biggest possession, Georgia up five inside the final three minutes, guess where the ball went?
Thompkins on the right baseline. Thompkins turning for a half-hook. Thompkins making it a seven-point game.
Fox: “It was a called play and a big basket. We were going to him, and he made a player-of-the-year-type play.”
Some coaches outsmart themselves by eschewing their main man for fear of a defense overload. Fox sees it more simply: When you’ve got the best player on the floor, you get him the ball.
Thompkins: “He drew up the play. He’s a mastermind.”
Does the play have a name? Said Thompkins, smiling: “It does, but I can’t tell you.”
Whenever Kentucky comes to town, there’s going to be top-shelf talent on display. What was revelatory Saturday was that Georgia had just as many good players as the big-ticket Big Blue. Asked if this was an upset, Leslie said: “Not really. I knew had the tools to compete.”
Asked what he thought after he had watched tape of Kentucky: “I didn’t think we’d be totally outclassed.”
This team won’t be outclassed by anyone it sees. It has the players, it has the blend, and it darn sure has a coach. Georgia could/should be in the SEC East chase until the last dog dies, and don’t be surprised if the last dog standing is a Bulldog.
By Mark Bradley
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todd grantham
January 8th, 2011
7:48 pm
youre a helluva classy guy Mark
Hummon
January 8th, 2011
7:49 pm
Never done this . . . 1st?
Hummon
January 8th, 2011
7:50 pm
D’oh!
todd grantham
January 8th, 2011
7:50 pm
the free throw shooting by Georgia was madness. they can’t always depend on that for wins though
D A Double U G
January 8th, 2011
7:51 pm
Good work by Fox and the Hounds.
Now how many days til’ Footballl??
D A Double U G
January 8th, 2011
7:52 pm
Did Tech win today????
NOPE. They lost to Mighty Boston College.
Hummon
January 8th, 2011
7:53 pm
But can we keep him?
todd grantham
January 8th, 2011
7:53 pm
I’ll bet Kentucky doesn’t win a game this year when Lamb fouls out.
Remarkable
January 8th, 2011
7:55 pm
Mark, Isn’t it obvious that UGA is a basketball program on the rise and that Ga. Tech is a program spiraling down and out of control?
Boise Dawg
January 8th, 2011
7:55 pm
Congrats hoops dawgs! Great win over UK. I agree with your opinion Mark, it was a must win given the lack of any big non-conference wins. They will need to beat Tennesee and Florida at home was well and then steal a couple of road games… but this was big step towards March.
todd grantham
January 8th, 2011
7:56 pm
free throws and defense were the keys to Georgia’s win today.
todd grantham
January 8th, 2011
7:59 pm
and Mark Fox outcoached John Calipari
Curious George
January 8th, 2011
8:00 pm
Do we need to put you on a suicide watch after this loss, Mark?
todd grantham
January 8th, 2011
8:02 pm
Hey, Georgia had 2 Marks in the Steg. One of them is a winner. the other, just sayin…
Headley Lamar
January 8th, 2011
8:02 pm
Get back to the ATL MB.
Storms a comin.
todd grantham
January 8th, 2011
8:02 pm
curious, if you are referring to Richt, probably so
Bryan G.
January 8th, 2011
8:03 pm
Great win for Fox. Go Dawgs
todd grantham
January 8th, 2011
8:04 pm
even Kathryn Richt isnt taking the calls from Marks Ford
Headley Lamar
January 8th, 2011
8:05 pm
Georgia basketball up
Football down
Who wudda thunk it?
LADawg
January 8th, 2011
8:06 pm
Careful now, we were ready to give Richt a lifetme contract after the first SEC championship with Donan’s player’s. OR, let’s pay Fox $3,000,000 per and become a basketball school.
Headley Lamar
January 8th, 2011
8:08 pm
Fox is a great X O guy.
Weve been saying for years. All that talent in the state of Georgia. If Fox can turn this thing around long term. Get kids wanting to go to UGA.
There is no ceiling for this program.
padre
January 8th, 2011
8:09 pm
wow-we are a basketball school—we must keep fox–no doubt other basketball schools will seek to snatch him away- imagine what this will do for recruiting. unbelievable turn around. all due to coaching.
J Clay
January 8th, 2011
8:09 pm
Great win today…think we need 9 more to get a bid….need to go 10-6 in conference considering our OOC schedule was not very tough (lost to the 2 best teams)…Regardless, a great day to be a Dawg – which we have not been able to say much lately
todd grantham
January 8th, 2011
8:09 pm
McGarity saw what a winner can do today
oldbird
January 8th, 2011
8:09 pm
I remember when 4 of the 5 players on the first team all SEC team were from Georgia, and none of them went to UGA. Making the NCAA tourney a few years in a row will change that. If we can keep Fox, we will become a powerhouse. Tons of BBall talent in this state.
J Clay
January 8th, 2011
8:10 pm
Unfortunately, I am guessing we lose Coach Fox after this season. Hope McGarity will give him some serious $ to stay
lagdawg
January 8th, 2011
8:10 pm
Great win for the Dawgs. Now, I hope that the local talent and the talent all over can see how great of a coach Mark Fox is. I know it is early in the season but, the Dawgs look really good right now. We still have to work on holding onto leads but, it looks like we are finally on the right path to success. UGA needs to lock Coach Fox into a long term contract to keep him in place. With a couple of great recruting classes, we can be competing for a SEC title and a NC. GREAT JOB COACH FOX!!!!!!!
Herschel Talker
January 8th, 2011
8:11 pm
MB:
Indeed, very well said. At least one coach in Athens named Mark is a stud. Mark Fox is the man! FIRE MARK RICHT
HT
Biff
January 8th, 2011
8:11 pm
Time for DRad to get a real coach as well or go back to LSU
todd grantham
January 8th, 2011
8:11 pm
LA, Richt had Donnan’s players, state talent, and all the money in Georgia. Mark Fox started from zip. Chan Gailey could have won a few games as UGA football coach
Dannyboy
January 8th, 2011
8:14 pm
Remarkable, it pains me to say this as a GT alumnus, but you are correct. GT basketball is in BIG trouble, and we’ll have to pay 7+ million to get out of it.
There is no way UGA or GT should ever struggle in basketball. There’s too much talent in this state. Both our programs could be powerhouses on the talent in this state alone….just like in football. I’ve always thought that UGA b-ball is a sleeping giant because it’s academic requirements are not as hard at GT’s, and it has more academic selection than GT. Hopefully, both programs will benefit from all the talent that develops in this state one day.
rxdawg
January 8th, 2011
8:14 pm
Let’s not go too overboard just yet. This was a big win, but GA matches up well man to man with KY, probably will match up well with them again in 3 weeks unless Cal teaches the Cats to play zone…Let’s see how well we match up against teams like Vandy and Tennessee who are a little older and who rely on execution a little more and and rely on athleticism a little less. Hopefully UT will play us more like they did in their loss to Oakland than their wins against Nova and Pitt…
todd grantham
January 8th, 2011
8:15 pm
the Dogs made spam out of Lamb today
anotherdawg
January 8th, 2011
8:16 pm
It’s been a great day! Dawgs win big basketball game, and Dawgs get big football commitment. Plus, what happed to dem aints? Wonder if they posed for pictures on the Seahawk logo? lol
LADawg
January 8th, 2011
8:16 pm
Look what coaching players up can do if they are willing to compete. Recruits with lots of stars are great unless they are coming to Georgia to take dance classes so they can laugh and giggle on the sidelines like school children during games.
todd grantham
January 8th, 2011
8:17 pm
Jets vs Colts. who do you like Mark
St. Clarkston
January 8th, 2011
8:17 pm
I’ll be overjoyed with a 20 win regular season, a good conference tournament showing and a couple of wins in the NCAA ’s. Just keep moving forward.
D A Double U G
January 8th, 2011
8:18 pm
We will know if it’s for real after the game IN Nashville this Tuesday.
todd grantham
January 8th, 2011
8:19 pm
challenge by colts 90 seconds into the game
Carlton
January 8th, 2011
8:21 pm
Wow-way to go Dawgs..I hate Calipari and I’m glad he could eat some pompous Cat a$$ tonight. And about those Aint’s..it’s so glad to know we won’t be hearing from their fans on our blogs for the next 9-10 months, ahhh..relief!
LakeDawg
January 8th, 2011
8:22 pm
Mark, you are a very good writer. That’s why I like reading your columns. However, you’re rarely right about anything. When UGA was searching for a coach, you and everyone else thought they should go for the coach Bama got. I wasn’t that impressed with his offense at VCU. You trashed the Fox hire and I wondered why. He was an unknown, but a had a good resume. I had a gut feeling he was a good hire. When you and others trashed the hire, that automatically put me in Fox’s corner, because I knew none of you knew what you were talking about even if you all turned out to be right. Fox has turned out better than I thought he would. A great hire.
Carlton
January 8th, 2011
8:23 pm
Wow-great win by the Dags tonight! I’m glad Calipari could eat some pompous Cat a$$ tonight!! Now, about those Aint’s..I’m so glad we won’t be hearing from their fans on our blogs for the next 8-9 months. Ahhh, relief is sweet!
defactodawg
January 8th, 2011
8:24 pm
Mark,
You are at your finest when writing about hoops. Regardless of one’s loyalties, your knowledge of the game and passion for its intricacies is revealed once January arrives and we fans are the better for it.
Thanks for your great work and this is one case where I’m glad you were wrong on the hire.
And oh yeah, Go Dawgs!
todd grantham
January 8th, 2011
8:25 pm
no offense so far
J Clay
January 8th, 2011
8:25 pm
He’s only a great hire if he stays…Don’t get me wrong he is a great coach and doing a wonder at Georgia BUT to be a great hire he needs to stick around a while
UGA Student
January 8th, 2011
8:26 pm
I think the announcers could have married and made love to Calipari with the way they were talking about him.
Finally, Georgia gets the credit they deserved. Fox finally brought discipline to these boys… something Felton never did!
kral
January 8th, 2011
8:27 pm
just one word off. coord.. 96 is quite afew..comparing richt down years to Foxes momentum is cheap chiiit..thank you Dawgs for a great win hope all our athl.. teams are successful..i am not a fly-by -nite urr
kral
January 8th, 2011
8:28 pm
oh, i’ sorry you are the def.. corrdinator..bullll chittttttt
Hoops Dawg
January 8th, 2011
8:29 pm
Don’;t know whether anyone caught it Mark but Price (unfortunately) is a senior and, hence, not in the same recruiting class as Trey, Travis and Dustin. Our guard play exceeded my expectations today and was a huge reason we won the game. We were so outsized up front that I had thought the Catz would rain 3s on us. DIDN’T HAPPEN!!!
Bravesfan79
January 8th, 2011
8:31 pm
As a longtime hardcore GT hoops fan, i gotta say its nice to see a good coach in the state getting the best of his players. Go UGA.. win the SEC! And i dont think ive really
Bravesfan79
January 8th, 2011
8:32 pm
As a longtime hardcore GT hoops fan, i gotta say its nice to see a good coach in the state getting the best of his players. Go UGA.. win the SEC! And i dont think ive really followed UGA since they had Damien Wilkens.
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TampaDawg
January 8th, 2011
8:33 pm
Good point rxdawg. It was a nice win, but gotta do well against Tenn, Fla, Vandy, and USC too. Have to play better on the road and be conistant every game and not just ones they are fired up for.
marseilles, mutt
January 8th, 2011
8:34 pm
Hey McGarrity, maybe you ought to get Hewitt’s attorney to draw up Fox’s new contract…or then again…
Boy we needed that! Go Dogs!
Chris
January 8th, 2011
8:35 pm
I SAID IT’S GREAT TO BE A GEORGIA BULLDOG! Good win guys…keep it going!
THOROUGHBRED
January 8th, 2011
8:36 pm
@ Todd grantham your right UGA can’t rely on free throw shooting like that. UGA shot 34 free throws to UK’s 16. UK won’t win a game when Lamb fouls out? Wrong UK won’t win any games when Terrance Jones get in foul trouble. UK will struggle every game if they get in foul trouble without any depth. Jones was in foul trouble all game and still had 24pts only playing 23 mins. Not so sure Fox out coached Calipari even though Fox is really good coach. UK missed 6 free throws, shot 6 of 20 on 3’s. If UK hits a few more free throws and another 3 pointer or two drops it’s a different story. Plus any team that shoots 18 more free throws than the other team when the rebounds and turnover margins were close like they were you should win. Can’t really give Fox credit for out coaching Calipari in this victory.
Mark Bradley yeah yeah we know you are a UK grad but we know you are a louisville fan.
Whopper Dawg
January 8th, 2011
8:39 pm
Damnation, isn’t good to have a program that is going in a very positive direction. Loving it!!!!!!
kral
January 8th, 2011
8:40 pm
I am excited about this win as anybody but markie do not go overboard it is a loong season…injuries, away games ..we have a great bb coach, but I still think we have a great fb coach…time will tell..but i loved Coach Fox and players
Whopper Dawg
January 8th, 2011
8:41 pm
I live right outside of Memphis unfortunately. Cal never, ever stresses the fundamentals especially free throws. His teams in Memphis were atrocious at the line, his response to this and this is a quote from radio “Why should I stress free throws, we can just make another three and make it up”. Seriously.
kral
January 8th, 2011
8:43 pm
good-nite all pledged not to blog and let fartheads writers and bloggers get under my skin for 2011..not worth the effort
eddie willers
January 8th, 2011
8:50 pm
The Dogs won and the Saints lost.
Great day!
NRBQ
January 8th, 2011
8:50 pm
Funny. It’s almost 9pm, and there’s not one link on AJCSPORTS.com about Tech’s shameful performance vs B.C.
Not even a tweet.
Meanwhile, dweebs are bemoaning basketball “academic standards” at Tech.
Priceless.
DawginOH
January 8th, 2011
8:50 pm
Congrats on the big win, hoop Dawgs!
5150 P.O.A.D.
January 8th, 2011
8:52 pm
Mark
I think some Dawg fans would this was Karma for you picking on coach Richt and the football dawgs.
LongSufferingDawg
January 8th, 2011
8:53 pm
I try not to feed trolls, but D A Double U G, would you and all your buddies who insist on bringing football into basketball posts, go fondle your Vince Dooley and Hershel Walker signed balls or something. Believe it or not, a few (and I know it is very few) UGA alums prefer basketball to football.
After being at Florida, McGarity has seen that you can have a successful football and basketball program. He saw a lot of money going to keep Billy Donovan, so I’m sure he will pony up the cash to keep Coach Fox if he needs to.
And before you even start with “football pays the bills” I know, but I still don’t care. In fact, ya’ll keep sending in that money so we can pay to keep Mark Fox.
cptzzggyy
January 8th, 2011
8:54 pm
Damien Wilkins??????????????
From Where I Sit
January 8th, 2011
9:00 pm
Funny, Mark, Funny.
UGA Basketball or Sports in general, what a JOKE! LMAO!!!!
D A Double U G
January 8th, 2011
9:06 pm
Fun Fact:
Georgia Tech has only won 1 football game since the Cam Newton saga began…… Against Duke
dbc
January 8th, 2011
9:09 pm
When is the last time anyone read a sentence with these three words in it — maximize, potential, Mark.
MontyP
January 8th, 2011
9:10 pm
Honestly, McGarity is not letting Fox slip away. A lot of big recruits at the game today. Great impression on them I’m sure! Go Dawgs!
JB
January 8th, 2011
9:20 pm
Soooo, Richt won the SEC with Donnan’s players…….what about the 2nd time in 2005?
SoCal Dawg
January 8th, 2011
9:22 pm
After I read up on Fox and saw his first interview I posted we would be playing in March in 3 years… looks like it may be 2. Great game! Go Dawgs!
bruce mac
January 8th, 2011
9:24 pm
What is with all the paranoia. We have lost one coach in 40 years and he went to Kentucky. Of course if KY, or Duke, or NC want Fox they will get him. Otherwise, he is set to make a bunch of money and establish the Dawgs as legit. He is not leaving for Austin Peau for goodness sake. I am gonna sit back and enjoy the ride. Is UGA now on par with KY or Duke? Of course not, but we are in the conversation. GO DAWGS, love me some CMF.
SoCal Dawg
January 8th, 2011
9:35 pm
bruce mac- Agreed. A “non basketball school” becomes a basketball school when you put out a good product. UGA will never have the fan base of Duke or the Wildcats but there are plenty of bb fans in GA you just have to give us a competitive product. Felton’s last year I watched a hand full of games and never would have traveled 2 hours to a game. Last year under Fox (with a losing season) I watched every game I could. Go Dawgs!
Georgia Girl
January 8th, 2011
9:36 pm
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Georgia Girl
January 8th, 2011
9:37 pm
Mark Fox is a family friend. SO proud of him and what he is doing with Georgia Basketball! GO DAWGS!
82Dawg
January 8th, 2011
9:38 pm
@HT….that is probably what you were saying after Richt won his first SEC championship. Either your a UGA fan or not. You have to support who is part of the team not just the people you like..oh yea BAN HERSCHEL TALKER
Upstate Dawg
January 8th, 2011
9:43 pm
Great game today in Athens…the atmosphere was electric and the team hunkered down to pull away at the end. To me, the keys to the game were free throws and turnovers. At 88%, we definitely came through from the line. The turnovers in the second half allowed UK to get back in the game. The close games played up to this point gave the team confidence to prevail. SEC Champs? A little pre-mature for that but we should be in the hunt. GO DAWGS!
Herschel Talker is a girly man
January 8th, 2011
9:51 pm
How can such a loser as the turd calling himself Herschel Talker have enough gall to even use the name of Herschel? He obviously is not a UGA fan as evidenced by his constant whining about Coach Richt. I think he has a crush on the coach but since Coach Richt is a married man of high Christian values there is no chance of Herschel Talker getting a date. This must torment this loser and his only recourse is to strike back at the coach.. Mr talker man you need to hang out in the gay clubs in Atlanta and stay off the blogs. You will give the AJC a name worse than it has by continuing your rantings about your being rejected by your idol. The real Herschel should get you in the ring and whip your bony butt until you stop abusing his name,
collegeballfan
January 8th, 2011
9:53 pm
UGA has one of the best basketball coaches in the SEC. The best in the State. Yet Coiach Fox has a problem at UGA this is his problem. The day before the 10th rated Kentucky Wildcats arrive in Athens to play the Bulldogs, the “Junkyard Blawg” blog does a column on the football team. With “friends” like Bill King Coach Fox does not need any enemies.
I consider this a disgrace.
JD
January 8th, 2011
10:02 pm
You are so predictable. Jump on the wagon and ride it as long as you can..Just as soon as the team has a bad run your will trash them. Go ahead and write your article and just fill in the team or teams as they play the schedule….Consistancy is needed. Wait until the dawgs win in the SEC consistantly and win the tournament before you crown them SEC Champions. You seem to have been listening too much to the football fans or espn when they rank the football dogs #1.
Jay
January 8th, 2011
10:02 pm
Please who cares about college basketball. Write about how the packers will beat philly and the falcons get stuck playing the packers and not an easy out with the seahawks.
this is why the seeding needs to be based on record. some moron on the ajc wrote that seattle’s win puts an end to reseeding. huh? the opposite is true. what need to happen is seattle should have been the home team for winning their division but the 6th seed based on record. cause record is what it’s all about. then they would be coming here. the bears likely just got an easy out. never thought i’d be rooting for vick and philly.
Norman Cowans
January 8th, 2011
10:04 pm
Any chance Fox can coach football or play tailback?
Lakedawg
January 8th, 2011
10:04 pm
Great win today for basketball and football teams, several recruits at game for both teams. Mark Fox we need to keep around for many years. 2011 SEC champioship in BB and FB, could happen.
Herschel Talker you need to get together with that other wuss Fran Tarkenton and take a romantic trip back to wherever you came from.
Inlet Dawg
January 8th, 2011
10:07 pm
Finally some good news
Paul Hewitt
January 8th, 2011
10:11 pm
If Atlanta showed me and my team the love they show the Braves and the Falcons, we would have won today.
Farnsworthy
January 8th, 2011
10:14 pm
I’m glad the bulldogs beat that cheatin Calipari.
Mark Bradley
January 8th, 2011
10:16 pm
Sorry to have been distant, but I ducked out quick after filing. I was needed at home. But here I am, needed no more.
ruppcat
January 8th, 2011
10:23 pm
uga shoots 30/34 (88%) free throws compared to 10/16 for UK. ummmm…..just saying.
this is the same team that had been making 62.2% of its free throws for the season.
prediction….dawgs lay an egg at vandy on wednesday.
ssidawg
January 8th, 2011
10:39 pm
So nice for the Bulldawg Nation to finally have some to be proud of!! Way to go Fox and the Hounds!!
Herschel Talker
January 8th, 2011
10:42 pm
TO ALL THE IDIOTS OUT THERE, NOTABLY 82DAWG:
HOW IS IT THAT WHEN YOU COMPLAIN ABOUT A PATHETIC COACH WHO HAS TURNED OUR PROGRAM INTO A MEDIOCRE LAUGHINGSTOCK, ALL OF A SUDDEN, YOU’RE “NOT A REAL FAN”?
HERE’S THE FUNNIEST LINE OF THE YEAR BY THAT CLOWN 82DAWG, WHO OBVIOUSLY FLIPS FRIES FOR A LIVING AND MAY BE ONE OF THE FIVE DUMBEST PEOPLE ALIVE: “EITHER YOUR A DOG FAN OR NOT” REAL BRILLIANT COMMENT. I GUESS ONLY “REAL” UGA FANS DON’T CALL FOR THE TERMINATION OF UNDERACHIEVING COACHES.
ALL YOU FOOLS WHO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT MARK RICHT ARE BUFFOONS. INSTEAD OF US GOING OUT AND GETTING A WINNER OF A COACH, YA’LL ARE STILL ENJOYING 2002. GET A LIFE YOU FOOLS.
HT
BoWeevil
January 8th, 2011
10:43 pm
Kentucky is not as great a team, because it is so young. They also do not have as much depth on their team as we do.
Darius Miller is not a good shooter. He can make free throws; and that is about it.
DeAndre Liggins would not start for Mark Fox. Mark Fox would not even recruit DeAndre Liggins.
That those guys both start for John Calipari instead of Doron Lamb tells you all you need to know about John Calipari.
10,523 in attendance on HDTV.
Now, there is a difference between the 2 men’s basketball teams. A Cow Palace in the School of Agriculture is not what Mark Fox should have to play in. We need a gym with twice that seating. We have held back both our men’s and women’s basketball, unwilling as Damon Evans was to spend money he didn’t have. Pardon me, there is something called a 30-year loan. A mortgage. A loan. This entire nation lives on that dream.
Mark Fox has recruited very well. He has a ton of talent.
Terrence Jones doesn’t shoot free throws well and he doesn’t shoot 3-point shots well. But, his real issues also include that he has fouled way too much and John Calipari has done nothing about it all season long.
Josh Harrellson is gangly and awkward. The only area of his game that is great is rebounding position and free throw shooting.
Brandon Knight is a fine basketball player.
7-Deep, Mark Fox has recruited us better basketball players. He also has kept them here, having them buy into his system. He has taught these players how to play as a team. He has taught them each skills they will use the rest of their lives. He is a proven men’s basketball coach who is a far better coach in his game, than Mark Richt is in his. Mark Fox’s program is better off than Mark Richt’s as well.
He has better players and they are better coached.
Trey Thompkins is a great basketball player out of Lithonia, who in his 3rd year here, has become a better shooter every year.
todd grantham
January 8th, 2011
10:44 pm
back at unfashionable south cobb
Dawg Whisperer
January 8th, 2011
10:48 pm
Let’s hope Kentucky keeps their paws to themselves and allows UGA to hang onto it’s coach for a few years. Fox may be the best coach in the SEC.
Arthur Redding, Jr.
January 8th, 2011
10:49 pm
As Jeff Schult wrote, Fox has changed the psychology in the UGA basketball program. That’s a big and necessay first step. Felton is a good guy, but by the time his last season was ending, “the psychology” was dismal. Fox and his coaches and players deserve a lot of credit.
According to the TV announcers, there were plenty of potential recruits at the game–I hope so. The state of GA produces plenty of top basketball talent. There’s reason to believe, with this changed atmosphere, that more of them will choose to stay home. And since I’m that rare bird who likes to see GT do well also–I went to UGA; my father went to GT–I’d like to see the 2 schools sweep up the state’s best talent.
Note: Luke Wynn over on Sports Illustrated’s site just put out an article on the game and UGA basketball.
jwall
January 8th, 2011
10:50 pm
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jwall
January 8th, 2011
10:54 pm
@ todd grantham You keep saying mark won with donnan’s players, but mark has been here for ten years.
todd grantham
January 8th, 2011
10:54 pm
great game between jets and colts
todd grantham
January 8th, 2011
10:55 pm
jwall, check Richt’s record and learn
charliecole
January 8th, 2011
10:57 pm
http://www.secsportsworld.blogspot.com for sec news
todd grantham
January 8th, 2011
10:57 pm
its like watching a football game like you Mark. dont care who wins, just enjoying the game
athdog
January 8th, 2011
10:58 pm
About as loud as I seen the Steg since Florida came to town with Noah, Horford and the rest, seemingly so long ago. Great game, a coach that deserves an extension with a HUGE buyout, and fans that were wide open, start to finish. Total opposite of the Memphis Rib Eater Bowl game we lost to the Sun Belt team.
todd grantham
January 8th, 2011
10:59 pm
how come all kickers are fat and dont wear wrist bands
todd grantham
January 8th, 2011
11:00 pm
jets will win on a field goal
todd grantham
January 8th, 2011
11:02 pm
Nick Folk, not Rick Volt wins the game
todd grantham
January 8th, 2011
11:02 pm
rick volk
todd grantham
January 8th, 2011
11:03 pm
folk almost folked that kick
The Fan
January 8th, 2011
11:04 pm
I want a football team the basketball team can be proud of. GREAT game, Dawgs and COACH Fox.
jwall
January 8th, 2011
11:06 pm
ok since he started in 2001 and recruited that class late i’ll start in 2004 (10-2), 2005 (10-3) SEC CHAMPS, 2006 (9-4), 2007 (11-2), 2008 (10-3), 2009 (8-5). so t. grantham shut up you have have the dumbest argument on here and there is some stupid ones on here.
jwall
January 8th, 2011
11:08 pm
oh yeah he won with donnan’s recruits too
jwall
January 8th, 2011
11:11 pm
we turned the ball over too much in 2009. in 2010 we started a true freshman at quarterback and put in a totally new defense. the man has done nothing put win and now he doesn’t know how to coach?
He Hate Gator
January 8th, 2011
11:12 pm
Great Win! Go Dawgs! ….sure feels good to say that! Thank you Mark Fox!
jwall
January 8th, 2011
11:14 pm
anything todd grantham? or any other of you so call dumb ass UGA fans?
jarvis
January 8th, 2011
11:19 pm
I – am – waiting – for – Vizzini.
You surely are a meanie.
Dawg 1
January 8th, 2011
11:20 pm
How many of you guys hated this hire? And wins help recruiting. The crowd is in the game, first class facility and they smoke Big Blue. Need to get those season tickets now; down the road, this is going to be a tough ticket. Great for UGA. Need to lock CMF up folks, he’ll be a hot commodity by the end of this season.
Cigar Guy
January 8th, 2011
11:23 pm
If the Dawgs keep winning, I may cross the pond and come see Tiger and a game at the Steg.
Real Ga Fan
January 8th, 2011
11:25 pm
JWall go back to the Tech blog and blog on your Jackets…
GTBob
January 8th, 2011
11:33 pm
Pretty good win for UGA. Seems they took advantage of the lack of experience at UK. Giving up 24 personal fouls, 34 free throws, and having 3 guys foul out isn’t going to get it done against anyone. Calipari has his work cut out for him. The timing of this game was kind of bad though. UGA beats Kentucky. At the same time the NFL playoffs are on and UConn was in overtime against Texas. I’m not sure anybody even saw the UGA game.
kral
January 8th, 2011
11:35 pm
I just read all your blogs jwall and I appreciate what you had to say..do not listen to tg…he has an inferiority complex so he assumes the name of well known personages in order to raise his self- esteem..you know,looks like an expert, sounds like an expert,but online you can easily be a fake about everything
5150 P.O.A.D.
January 8th, 2011
11:43 pm
I guess this game was like the UGA v Colorado football game. Every now and then a Loser comes out the Winner. Be proud today DAWGS your basketball is Colorado Football.
kral
January 8th, 2011
11:47 pm
preeetttyyygood win gtbob,,,do not realize that no caliparie team will ever be considered experienced
82Dawg
January 8th, 2011
11:48 pm
@5150 then your basketball team must be?????
kral
January 8th, 2011
11:49 pm
toad,toad toad can you not let us bask in the glow of beating ken.. no I guess a loss to BC just makes you to bitter
kral
January 9th, 2011
12:02 am
so if our basketball is colorado and they might have good team ..I do not know.. your team must be Kennsaw ST.. Ga St.. Shorter Cooollege…I would say VSU..but I do not think you want to play them…
Chuck
January 9th, 2011
12:03 am
So glad you recognize Tex Winter as the genius behind the triangle and not the over-rated hack Phil Jackson. Far too many “journalists” fail to get that right. Phil Jackson wishes he was half the coach Greg Popovich is. He is the absolute definition of over-rated. (And don’t give me this bs about the rings. Robert Horry has as many rings as the “genius” Jackson. Take Jordan and Kobe away from Jackson and he has nothing–nothing!)
kral
January 9th, 2011
12:12 am
I can not touch that Chuck..but thanks for the info
GTBob
January 9th, 2011
12:15 am
@kral, yeah, it’s a pretty good win. UK isn’t exactly world beaters this year. They lost to a mediocre UNC team and have looked lost a few times. They are a young team without a dominant star like John Wall. They will get better and better as the year goes along but right now they are a little overrated. It’s not really a stunner that UGA beat them. They have the ability to lose to teams they shouldn’t and beat teams they shouldn’t. Its going to be a roller coaster season for them.
Headley Lamar
January 9th, 2011
12:16 am
Robert Horry hit the most clutch shots in the Finals
Headley Lamar
January 9th, 2011
12:18 am
They have the ability to lose to teams they shouldn’t and beat teams they shouldn’t. Its going to be a roller coaster season for them.
Nice jab GTBob
5150 P.O.A.D.
January 9th, 2011
12:24 am
kral
Actually is was a good win. I am saying you won a game UGA probably should have lost. I gave up on TECH basketball a few years back and will not return until Hewitt is gone. I don’t even watch college basketball much anymore. I sure will not watch until the NFL is over.
kral
January 9th, 2011
12:24 am
very true GT but they probably will not expect to hang around to long…not agreeing with markie…I loved it,but the schedule is long..great win but who knows..Hope it is a sign of things to come…believe we have good team not really affraid of anybody,,, but not a fool ..waiting to see how it plays out..hoping..wishing..dreaming..that’s all I can ask for…
gadawgs
January 9th, 2011
12:28 am
Great game!! Love this team! Keep it up all the way through March!
kral
January 9th, 2011
12:34 am
I to somewhat take offense to the pretty good win opening…it would be like me saying the same thing to you if you beat duke in the ACC gt bob..yes history of conferences makes it comparable
GTBob
January 9th, 2011
12:52 am
If GT beat Duke I wouldn’t call it a pretty good win I would call it an enormous meltdown by Duke of epic proportions. The gap between Duke and GT is much wider then the gap between UK and UGA. Duke is the unanimous #1 team in the country right now. GT got slaughtered by Kennesaw State.
AFDawg
January 9th, 2011
1:07 am
Oh come on Danny Boy — you don’t think GT basketball players meet the same entrance standards as the rest of the student body — do you? Just like Georgia’s palyers don’t either. You need to study up on how things work. Players from both schools only have to meet NCAA minimum entrance requirements. It’s like that across the entire country. Now quit bringing up that stupid academic argument please — it doesn’t exist!
Mark Bradley`s Booster
January 9th, 2011
3:06 am
Since the Buldogs beat KY by seven and only beat GT by one point, this can now be a true moral victory by GT.
OldTimer
January 9th, 2011
3:36 am
The Dawgs are becoming increasingly irrelevant. They won a home game against Kentucky. Whop-pity do. Tonight’s news is that the Saints got their arses handed to them.
UGA owns you tasty bees..
January 9th, 2011
4:39 am
We all know how Gt lives off of those moral victories..
BoWeevil
January 9th, 2011
4:58 am
Every team we beat in football this entire season, all have a
LOSING RECORD.
UGASlobberknocker
January 9th, 2011
5:11 am
the sellout crowd was nice to see. Dawg fans proved under Smith and Harrick that if the Dawgs are competitive, the fans will come and they will be enthusiastic. I can see it happening again this year. I also thought Fox hire was a reach ..man was I wrong.
Ted M
January 9th, 2011
5:33 am
If the Dawgs don’t crack the top 25 this week they will next week.
GT has long since cracked the bottom 25.
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Thundering Flea on a Dawg
January 9th, 2011
6:46 am
Great win for Coach Fox and the Dawgs. Just hope Coach Richt is paying attention.
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jc_dawgs
January 9th, 2011
8:24 am
Impressive win….I’ll be going to see the Dawgs take on Vandy in Nashville. Hope a lot of Dawgs fans will be there!
Cletus Dooley Earnhardt SR.
January 9th, 2011
8:28 am
Whhen doz foitballl seison starrt??? I wannna seee thatt 6 ft 4 kiid froomm Troopes Countey i hurd he runs a 4.3 in the fourty yard dash! I ddont have thee stommach to tollerate anyy otherr sportt otherr than foitball!
-GO UGA! (onnly foitball pleese!)
JTDawg
January 9th, 2011
8:53 am
Let’s see if they can do what they couldn’t last season – win a conference game on the road before we hand them any throphies.
I sure like our coach, though
Jborodawg
January 9th, 2011
8:56 am
Yes, a great win. And way to go Mark by manning up to your mistaken evaluation of the Fox hire. I’m sure you weren’t the only one doubting it.
Yes, a great win. BUT, it’s only one win and the first SEC game of the season. There’s plenty o’ BB yet to be played. We’ll have a better idea in a couple weeks; several SEC games in that time span. But, yes, it appears Fox has this team ready to compete with anyone. Don’t forget also that he has 5 guys playing 90% of the minutes.
Any mention of a NC is absurd. Making it through the SEC tournament is the first goal. Then making the NCAA tourney is next. A ’sweet sixteen’ would be glorious. Don’t put the chicken before the cart just yet.
Any talk of losing Fox is a little premature also. No doubt he’ll get an extension; he’s pretty much turned the program around.
Yes, a big win. Now, let’s get ready for #22 Vandy on Wednesday night.
Goooo Dawgs!
Let's Go
January 9th, 2011
9:02 am
Let’s don’t get too carried away just yet. Georgia still has a long way to go but it does look like they have turned a corner and are improving. They are 12 and 2 but could have very easily have lost to some lesser teams this year had things not gone just the right way. Calipari teams seem to always lose to a lesser opponent every year and this was probably that game for them this year. Remember SCarolina beat them last year when they were ranked #1.
Bark Madly
January 9th, 2011
9:05 am
I don’t believe it, Mark is never wrong about a coach! He is right that Paul Johnson is the greatest coach ever. NO ONE can stop his offense!
GT
January 9th, 2011
9:05 am
There must be some scientific terminology for it. When more energy goes into a operation than the operation produces. Both Georgia football and Tech basketball are eaten up with this. The Georgia basketball program is the opposite. It mainly recruits in Georgia, competes for oxygen with a extravagant football program and in the end is a formula for other schools to follow. I think the fact that Thompkins might walk through the Georgia campus unnoticed since he is not a football player and he is about as humble as I have ever seen a kid may be two places to start looking for the reason of success. Lattimore the football player at South Carolina has some of these same wonderful characteristics. We all could learn from these young men. Great coaches in all sports look for that, I don’t think Fox is lucky, I think he is very good. Bobby Knight use to send em home by the bus loads but the ones that stayed were winners, same with Bear down in Alabama. Gary Patterson at TCU is a modern day version of these coaches.
SimpleDawg
January 9th, 2011
9:08 am
The football team could use a smart, young energetic coach to lend them back from despair and disrepair.
Buzz 2010
January 9th, 2011
9:08 am
Dawgs are the best in the mighty SEC basketball conference!! My gosh they have won more games this year than the past three years combined…
DAWGHATER
January 9th, 2011
9:12 am
Gawga basketball big time..you are joking…Not a big time win since 1983 yawn..stick to football or boiled peanuts..UK will win SEC without the home cooking refs…at Rupp It will be embarassing..
Back to UGA and whatever..
DAWGHATER
January 9th, 2011
9:15 am
GAWGA will end up 4th in SEC East..Is it Spring Football yet..snicker?
boots
January 9th, 2011
9:32 am
UGA and its fans are a strong basketball school. It was excited with the Final Four team. It got behind Tubby, big-time, and rallied around the team. And it even got excited with he-who-shall-not-be-named, before he destroyed our program through the NCAA. This is a football state and UGA is a football school, BUT it is also a basketball state and a basketball school. It really is. UGA can do what may schools can’t – get behind both programs.
Mark Fox is the man. We need to keep him and, if we do, he will grow this program (and this job) in to one of the nation’s best. This team is awesome, and it will go far. It is also just the start of great things to come. Good work, Dawgs & Coach, and know that we are with you, we are excited, and we are loyal. Go Dawgs!
Sandman053
January 9th, 2011
9:35 am
@ boots: very well stated!! And yes he SHALL remain nameless lol). I think this team will do very well this year. Make the dance? probably. win the conference, doubtful, but make a good showing in the SEC Tourney. yep probably so. I am not sure that we are all the way there yet, but maybe so. I for one am going to get over to Stegman and watch them play. Go Dawgs!
DAWGHATER
January 9th, 2011
9:37 am
bet the next home game is 5,000 fans max…wanna bet?UK is the Draw not UGA
Sandman053
January 9th, 2011
9:40 am
@ DAWGHATER I doubt that since the next home game is vs. Tennessee. I’m sure they will have folks come down to the Steg and I think depending on what happens the next week or ten days there will be plenty of red and black in the house. Heck that is January 18th….maybe by the Georgia Tech will have won a game in 2011
BobDog
January 9th, 2011
9:42 am
Bad news for the Dogs. Everytime we beat Kentucky in basketball, they turn around and hire our coach at the end of the season!
jasont13
January 9th, 2011
9:45 am
DAWGHATER, your name clearly states your agenda. Were you there? (i’ll answer these questions for you) No. Did you see how many seats were filled with UK fans? Not many. There was over 11K seats filled and probably 500 UK fans there. UK was not the draw, its the fact that UGA basketball is on the rise.
Sandman053
January 9th, 2011
9:50 am
Was UK ranked? I really haven’t followed college basketball other than UGA lately, but with bowl season winding down I guess I should start.
bitter dawgs fan
January 9th, 2011
9:54 am
to COOL, who’s on top, the BIG dawg!!!!!!!!!!
PS keep going young men—-on a side note, please dont visit the clarke county jail YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAW, BAD AS—-’s yaaaaw “R”
Vick=Dog killing Thug
January 9th, 2011
10:01 am
Great win. Go dawgs
Fan of the Game
January 9th, 2011
10:07 am
I heard they could have sold 30,000 tickets yesterday. A great day to have the big recruits in. If the Dawgs can shoot free throws like they did yesterday, great things could happen. In Coach Fox’s offense you are going to get fouled and you have to knock them down. Go Dawgs! Vandy is always a tough place to play.
DawgVoiceofReason
January 9th, 2011
10:09 am
Sandman053,
You really don’t know anything about basketball, do you? “Was UK ranked?” Get real. They are ALWAYS ranked.
Pope UGA XXIII
January 9th, 2011
10:12 am
Very nice article from a Big Blue fan – thanks !
Did anyone notice that there were no “Dancing with the Stars”
episodes going on during the game? These guys came to play,
stayed focused on the game and you see the results. Did you
happen to notice Coach Richt ? I saw Greg McGarity on the
front row at the press table – bet he was taking notes.
Sandman053
January 9th, 2011
10:15 am
Yeah I just looked that up Voice of Reason lol. Made myself look like a D.A. huh? Anyway, I thought they had lost more than they had for some reason.
Ben
January 9th, 2011
10:15 am
I was fortunate enough to attend this game. The fact that the name Gerald Robinson doesn’t appear in this column is a crime. That kid is a player. He gets to the basket at will, and is definitely the most important addition to this program in a long time.
UK IS SEC KING
January 9th, 2011
10:21 am
Question:
How mnay SEC Championships has Georgia won..1 UK 43
How Many National Championships has Georgia won..Zero UK 7
We can go on but useless..Nice win Georgia with refs help..Georgia basketball is a blip on the radar and entertainment til Spring Football..UK is The SEC end of discussion..Next..
harold
January 9th, 2011
10:24 am
GEORGIA IS GOING TO WIN THE SEC THIS YEAR AND COULD BE A FINAL FOUR TEAM. TOO BAD THAT THE FOOTBALL TEAM IS BELOW AVERAGE.
bruce mac
January 9th, 2011
10:25 am
Dawghater, your ignorance is showing. If you knew anythng about the game of basketball you would recognize the difference between the coaching and execution of UGA versus KY. And since UGA sold out 5 games last year you should realize attendance will be excellent all year. But don’t let the facts get in your way, idiot!!!!!
bruce mac
January 9th, 2011
10:28 am
UK is King, calm down there son. No one is saying UGA is now on par with UK. We still can get excited about our team, their effort, our coach, etc. UK is the King, no doubt there.
bruce mac
January 9th, 2011
10:37 am
College BBall is all about freshmen. Last year KY was all freshmen also, how did that work out?
ToccoaDawg
January 9th, 2011
10:43 am
This must be hard for Kentucky Mark to take.
John
January 9th, 2011
11:01 am
It was an upset. Nothing more. Nothing less. Let’s see how the Dawgs look with a bullseye on their back every, single game.
UK IS SEC KING
January 9th, 2011
11:01 am
Elite 8 tops Gawga since 1983……. Gulp…Nice try Bruce…No Cigar
THOROUGHBRED
January 9th, 2011
11:33 am
UK IS SEC KING… really relax man. I bleed blue but were not going to win every game. You must be part of the fan base that thinks when other teams see Kentucky across the jersey our oppenent should just roll over. Put down the big blue kool aid my friend. UGA fans should be pumped.
I want UGA and the other schools in conference to be good year in and year out. Don’t get me wrong I don’t like the dawgs at all. It is better if the SEC as a whole is better in basketball. I like it when we are the heavy favorites to win the SEC but also like when the SEC has a bunch of good teams like this year.
UK is going to struggle every game we get in foul trouble. We have no depth. UGA should of won the game yesterday when the free throw shooting attempts were so lop sided and the rebounding and turnover margins were similar for both teams. UGA shot 18 more free throw than UK. No I am not blaming the refs stats are stats. The East is going to be tough this year for us all.
Flatsdawg1
January 9th, 2011
11:36 am
Great game to watch. Maybe the first time ever we played KY first and won! I’m with Tompkins, they can play with anybody but when they go to the line, I cringe! IF they continue to get better at the line, they will have a shot at going deep in the NCAA tourney! Go DAWGS! I said WOW twice yesterday, after that win and when marshawn lynch shook off everybody but shaun payton. Is it still a good thing if seattle comes to the dome?
Rival
January 9th, 2011
11:46 am
Weird. A Mark Bradley column that didn’t take a dig at Mark Richt or praise the “genius” of Paul Johson…
Buzz Me
January 9th, 2011
11:52 am
As a GT fan I can honestly say I would much rather have the UGA hoops team and coach than Hewitt and the state of our program. Congrats to the Dawgs on a big win.
DAWGS GONE 46
January 9th, 2011
12:31 pm
GEORGIA ‘S BASKETBALL TEAM SHOWED HEART AND PRIDE ,NOT LIKE THE GEORGIA FOOTBALL TEAM . HAS SH OWED NO PRIDE AND LOYALTY TO THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA.
Coffee Bluff DAWG
January 9th, 2011
12:45 pm
Just returned from Athens and was impressed. Thompkins, Leslie, and Price, dominated the last 5 minutes of the game, particularly on the boards. UK has some great talent but you got the feeling that UGA wanted it more.
Convinced that this team will get an NCAA invite this year. Strong starting 5 plus some bench guys who can come in and give good minutes.
Mummy Head
January 9th, 2011
12:50 pm
It’s not my knife!!
Furman Bishop
January 9th, 2011
12:51 pm
I don’t know what Fox’s coaching salary is at UGA, but he ought to be making as much money as that bloodless, expressionless, mediocrity Richt.
marcus
January 9th, 2011
1:22 pm
you’re a fair weather guy i see, you have about as much loyalty as a wolf. kudos to uga on a quality win and the job they are doing in athens. heaven forbid if they would have lost, you’d have burned the whole team on a stake. have you ever attended a uga or tech game or just write
marcus
January 9th, 2011
1:23 pm
.. the b.s. for the sake of a deadline.
ga_tech_92
January 9th, 2011
1:27 pm
If we had fired Paul Hewitt years ago, we would have done it before UGA was on such a significant upswing. Way to go Tech. Fire Paul Hewitt!
Dawg Tired
January 9th, 2011
1:34 pm
Can this Mark (Fox that is) coach football? Just hoping.
Ted M
January 9th, 2011
1:41 pm
@Vandy Wednesday…I hope its on TV…a win there and that should definitely put the Dawgs in the top 25.
Looks like the Dawgs might not just be looking to make the Tourney but instead will be wrestling for a great seed in the Tourney.
lawzoo
January 9th, 2011
1:43 pm
You had to endure your alma mater getting beat in the spledor of the palatial Stegeman Autotorium? My sympathies!
Ted M
January 9th, 2011
2:06 pm
I understand Dan Radakovich has to spout all the clichéd vote of confidence crap, I just hope he doesn’t believe any of it. He couldn’t possibly look at his basketball program and think it is any good…could he?
Billy Jack
January 9th, 2011
2:39 pm
@ Ted M it is on TV
Ted Striker
January 9th, 2011
2:49 pm
Nice column. Good read, good analysis.
Silly, Silly Bark Madly
January 9th, 2011
3:16 pm
Way to go, UGA Basketball. Now if you could just find 10 UGA fans who cared!
Dawg Fan 1st
January 9th, 2011
3:35 pm
The remodeled coliseum was rocking yesterday. I know Mark Richt was there with some football recruits. I hope some basketball recruits were there to soak in UGA fans do for winning teams. The place was truely electric last night.
Go Dawgs !
UGA needs to up Fox’s pay ! He is a keeper.
UK IS SEC KING
January 9th, 2011
3:57 pm
AJ Green just broke all Bulldog hearts…Going Pro..Nobody in Georgia gives a rats arse about basketball..Leave that to UK..we’ve been doing it for 100 years..Now when does Spring Practice start?
Cats Meow
January 9th, 2011
4:01 pm
What was that stupid video I saw at Stegman about the Texas Western Game ..Isn’t Georgia racist enough without that crap…How about showing your EX AD sniffing those panties in his BMW after the DUI arrest..Now that would be “real” classy! You folks are a piece of work..
SID
January 9th, 2011
4:10 pm
Richt should take pointers from Fox on how to dicipline and motivate!!!!!!!!!!!!
Derrick
January 9th, 2011
4:24 pm
Its good to see when a wirter can give both perspectives and admit when he was wrong!
Go Dogs!
just a fan
January 9th, 2011
4:40 pm
Just a word of warning…let Fox recruit his own talent first, then see the product. AND, don’t sign Fox to a contract like Hewitt’s. GT will be stuck with him a long time unless someone comes up with $7 mil. I guess that’s his game plan…do poorly enough to be fired,then he can stay in ATL and keep his wife and family happy and not even have to work.
BG
January 9th, 2011
4:42 pm
GO DAWGS!!!!!!!!
bart
January 9th, 2011
5:01 pm
Just a fan, Fox is not Hewitt. I’m not sure UGA is in the big time yet, but thanks to Mark Fox, we’re on our way.
GaCracker
January 9th, 2011
6:12 pm
I think the two keys were drawing fouls on UK and then MAKING 18-22. I don’t know how you can overlook that Mark.
Smart like a fox
January 9th, 2011
6:13 pm
does that theory work for Central Florida as well since they pounded the dogs…ie Big Red? is that what one win does?
Fan of the Game
January 9th, 2011
6:20 pm
I am just so proud not only for the effort of the Dawgs, but also their appearance on the court. I saw what Auburn and Tenn look like and I be dang if I could pull for that. Nothing but a bunch of playground individuals. Thugs! UGA is a good sign that discipline still matters and is the foundation of a solid program.
waterdawg
January 9th, 2011
6:31 pm
Great win in the Fox Den. Do what we need to do to keep him around. Just like football, the state offers great B-ball talent. He could build quite a program.
JoeFan
January 9th, 2011
7:08 pm
UGA is a team on the rise until players Fox’s inherited jump ship for the NBA. Fox is still not recruiting at a level necessary to keep this program at the top of the SEC. Lets see where we are at two years down the line before anointing Fox the next Coach K.
Adolph Rupp
January 9th, 2011
8:11 pm
Cancel the season! No need to play anymore games this season! Georgia just won the SEC East! Your Big Blue hatred is showing again Mark. How about saving this article for the end of the season. GA wins the East and then I’ll start to believe
bbdawg
January 9th, 2011
8:48 pm
I have my fingers crossed but lets wait until after Tenn here next week and see if this great good performance is still ours. UGA can be great in my favorite sport–BB.
CEPH
January 9th, 2011
9:00 pm
I love this. When Fox was hired at UGA he said when anyone was talking about Mark the coach everyone knew there was only one Mark (Richt of course) I see it now, shortly when people talk about Mark the coach at UGA its going to be MARK FOX. I can see it now, Richt is probably in a fetal position on the couch saying, “What is this guy trying to do to me, he is trying to make me look bad”. Richt alibis and makes excuses while Fox walks the talk Hmmmm, I wonder if he could coach football?
Smartest Bulldog
January 10th, 2011
12:57 am
Let’s play the bulldog game! http://www.smartestbulldog.com
Notsp Fast
January 10th, 2011
5:43 am
Coach Fox deserves to be getting a lot more credit than he is getting. We spend so much time explaining what Coach R is going to do next year, that we forget what Coach Fox is doing this year. Any great highschool player in Georgia should want to go to Athens to play.
w s
January 10th, 2011
7:55 am
Great team effort by the hoops dawgs and a great win. Hope they get even better as the season goes on,,, J. Price need to play stronger with the ball in his hands,, other than that pretty close to a complete gamet,,,, take it one game at a time and stay focused… Go Dawg!!!
charliecole
January 10th, 2011
8:44 am
UGA team of the week at http://www.secsportsworld.blogspot.com
tenn.DAWG
January 10th, 2011
9:03 am
I just hope the fans that live in the area,the ATL included take advantage and support the team and coach.With this talent,the Steg should fill up for every SEC game.
Uk sux
January 10th, 2011
9:26 am
You hillbillys are about to be taken over. You will no longer be king of the SEC, the DAWGS will. The last thing you want is for UGA to be strong in basketball with all our instate talent and your having to buy players nationally and internationally. This is where you END and where the DAWGS BEGIN. Deal with it hillbillys! RuuF!
Jborodawg
January 10th, 2011
9:29 am
So, how ’bout the remodeled Steg? How does it stack up now with other SEC venues?
Randy
January 10th, 2011
9:45 am
Mark–disagree about Kentucky being “snooty”, but Georgia looked like a well-coached team in their defeat of the Wildcats.
Kudos for correctly crediting Tex Winter as the guru of the triangle offense.
WinderDawg
January 10th, 2011
9:49 am
Freethrow shooting has been UGA’s downfall for a number of years. The game against Kentucky we shot freethrows better than I’ve ever seen a UGA team. The confidence gained from that game should pass on to other games. UGA shoots over 70% from the charity stripe in the future games then you will see some banners hanging in Athens! Great job Hoops Dawgs!!!
Perry
January 10th, 2011
9:54 am
What, no Mark Richt dig? Did someone take the thorn out of your paw?
Too Easy
January 10th, 2011
10:36 am
And the Lady Dogs make it a sweep of KY this weekend (both KY teams were ranked around 10th). Turned KY to jelly.
Justin
January 10th, 2011
11:52 am
Richt to Standford? He’s the #1 choice.
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/565071-stanford-football-brady-hoke-and-10-guys-who-could-replace-jim-harbaugh#page/7
Dogs are ranked for first time in eight years | UGA sports blog
January 10th, 2011
1:42 pm
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ungawa
January 10th, 2011
3:26 pm
Curious–Is there any real, verifiable proof that the academic requirements (to get in and stay in and graduate) for athletes at Tech are tougher than those for Georgia athletes?
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January 11th, 2011
9:12 am
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DAWGSRTOAST
January 13th, 2011
9:20 pm
Oops Vandy just slapped the Dawgs back to reality….Sorry