UGA’s hoops epitaph: It gave itself a chance but lost anyway
It was both the end of the road and the story of the season. (AP photo)
Charlotte — “Losing in the tournament,” Mark Fox said, his voice a rasp as Friday night became Saturday morning, “there should be no shame in that.” There shouldn’t, and there isn’t. You could even describe the presence of Georgia in the NCAA tournament as a breakthrough. And yet …
The season that ended here didn’t feel quite that emphatic. Georgia won 21 games and made the Big Dance, yes. It also lost 12 games and was gone from the NCAA after 40 minutes that could stand as the season in miniature.
The Bulldogs got what they wanted against Washington — the game, the pace, the score. They just couldn’t win it. “Yes,” said Fox, the Georgia coach, “that was frustrating.”
Two years ago it was possible to wonder if the Bulldogs would ever again grace the only tournament that matters. That they made it in their second try under Fox says much about this coach, and in a different era we would look on Georgia and foresee, to borrow from the late Al McGuire, only seashells and balloons. But we live in a colder time, where this season’s team can bear little resemblance to next’s.
There’s a chance we might have watched one of the more talented Bulldog assemblages come and go without registering even one NCAA tournament win. Not since the early ’80s, when Dominique Wilkins and Vern Fleming worked in tandem, has Georgia had a duo as gifted as Trey Thompkins and Travis Leslie, but what are the chances we’ll see either or both of these juniors play another collegiate minute?
Said Fox: “They could come back and we could have a great team. They could leave and we could have a young team. One could stay and one could go.”
Fox has signed Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, a shooting guard from Greenville High who should become Georgia’s first McDonald’s All-American recruit since Carlos Strong in 1992. (Louis Williams was a McDonald’s All-American but didn’t enroll; Damien Wilkins was, but arrived as a transfer.) Put Caldwell-Pope alongside Thompkins and Leslie and you’d have a Top 10 team. But the probability is that Thompkins will leave, and with him would go any hope of such a lofty ranking.
Georgia left so many winnable games on the table this season they needed an extra leaf to accommodate them all. Friday’s was just the last of a series. The Bulldogs led by seven in the first half, saw Washington tie it at the break, fell behind by 10 with 12 1/2 minutes left and still trailed by eight with 36 seconds remaining. But they cut it to two and had a chance to tie on Leslie’s fling off a deflection at the buzzer.
Afterward Thompkins didn’t care to ponder missed opportunities. “We gave it every shot we had,” he said. And then: “I don’t regret anything. We’re a tough bunch.”
But they weren’t tough or clever enough to turn a good season into something more. Big men Jeremy Price and Chris Barnes were inconsistent. Guards Gerald Robinson Jr. and Dustin Ware were too much alike — neither a true point guard, neither a knockdown shooter. And there was nothing beyond Barnes in the way of depth. Said Fox after Georgia’s full-tilt rally that fell one basket short: “We’re just not deep enough to play that way all the time.”
Georgia scored 65 points against Washington; Thompkins and Leslie accounted for 38 of those. And now their partnership could end after three seasons, and if it does, Fox will have a hard time finding a starting five, let alone filling out his bench.
And that’s why college basketball has become such an ephemeral thing: You must win big when the opportunity arises, for next season holds no guarantee. (Indeed, who’s to say Caldwell-Pope mightn’t be a one-and-done?)
There was no dishonor in anything Georgia did this season: Its losses were all close, all to worthy opponents. But it would be wrong to suggest there wasn’t disappointment. The Bulldogs gave themselves a chance against Washington, same as they’d given themselves a chance against everybody. Chances, alas, aren’t the same as victories.
By Mark Bradley
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HickoryDawg
March 19th, 2011
2:11 am
First
Good Job!!
March 19th, 2011
2:12 am
First!!
Good Job!!
March 19th, 2011
2:13 am
Second!! haha
Mark Bradley
March 19th, 2011
2:13 am
Kudos, HickoryDawg. But why are you — and you, too, Good Job! — still awake?
HickoryDawg
March 19th, 2011
2:14 am
I just got back from the game. We coulda, shoulda won, but that has been the story all season. Too little too late in the last minute and 30 seconds. Where was the sense of urgency in the team down the stretch. Fox needs to learn to Finish the Drill, just like Richt. Leslie isn’t ready for the NBA, he needs another year to develop. Hope Thompkins stays but i doubt he will
J Clay
March 19th, 2011
2:17 am
Just home from the game. Could have won, but sitll proud of the team. That offensive interference call was bogus and momentum shifted from that point on (we had 4 trips in a row with no points)…
Hope Coach Fox stays
HickoryDawg
March 19th, 2011
2:18 am
Mark “FM” Bradley,
what are the chances Thompkins returns, and also what about Leslie’s chances? and if they leave, who is the next stud that UGA has to replace either one?
merbertmoover
March 19th, 2011
2:25 am
man, so close! but im proud of our dawgs….that was a tough game and we came really close. wasn’t really expecting us to win, but im glad i could watch the game with interest until the last second. even if thompkins and leslie leave, i still have high hopes for the future with Fox.
merbertmoover
March 19th, 2011
2:26 am
and im up, Mark, because it’s only 8:30 here in hawaii
Fulton
March 19th, 2011
2:27 am
Disappointing. Washington was the 3rd or 4th best team in a bad Pac-10 and yet they were clearly the better team tonight. That should tell us something about where UGA is.
But a tough loss? Not really. More like a tough season. This team had more talent and they never could put it together consistently.
JSS
March 19th, 2011
2:45 am
Robinson gets way too much grief… As you pointed out, he’s playing out of position. Paired with the right type of point guard, he could make a nice complimentary scorer. He could give you offense in bunches as a 6th man in a 3 guard set. Ware is more perplexing, he needs lot of picks or a solid compliment in a two man game where you screen to get him looks…
I’ll say it again, they need a guard who does need to shoot as much as they hand the ball and gets them in the offense deeper than crossing half court and immediately getting the ball out of their hand and not breaking down a defense… Georgia is horrible at that….
Chris
March 19th, 2011
2:52 am
It was really nice to see GA basketball on the national radar after such a long time.
I doubt either Thompkins or Leslie stay. AS you said Mark, if they both stay, we’re looking at a top 10, top 20 team for sure. But how many times have we seen superstar talent leave only for the remaining team along with newcomers gel into a true team? Re: The year after Dominique Wilkins left.
I thought there was too much standing around when rebounds were available. There was a point with less than two minutes left in the game when a Washington player missed a layup and one Huskie went after and put the ball in the basket while three GA players were just standing there watching under the rim. Rodman taught us rebounding is more about ‘want to’, drive and passion more than any skill set. I didn’t see the stats but they had to outrebound us tonight.
Also too much passing back and forth at the perimeter instead of taking it to the basket until the shot clock ran down to seven seconds and a wild shot was thrown up to beat the buzzer.
We looked discombobulated but I am a big Mark Fox fan. Here’s hoping that he doesn’t use the program as a stepping stone preferring to build something of substance here.
There are two kinds of columnists that post at 2 in the morning: The quick and the dead.
ONE AND DONE
March 19th, 2011
3:15 am
OUTFOXED
Ross
March 19th, 2011
3:15 am
“It’s UGA’s time.” Yeah right Mark. Woof woof.
RealTechEngineer
March 19th, 2011
3:21 am
Another mediocre season for Ga–but they’ll give fox a huge raise and bonus and act like losing in the first round is an “accomplishment.” It will be more mediocrity next year.
RomeDawg
March 19th, 2011
3:46 am
RealTechEngineer – Atleast we danced! I would be willing to bet we don’t give him a contract like the one that the genius Braine gave Hewitt. HAHA!
Mark Bradley`s Booster
March 19th, 2011
3:59 am
RealTechEngineer: Pitiful comment. Any trip to the NCAA means a team had better than a medicore season. Where were the Jackets?
CPH
March 19th, 2011
5:14 am
If I would’ve made the same “No shame” comments last year, you would’ve gone ballistic. I guess after underachieving this year, Mark Fox doesn’t walk on water after all.
Mulk
March 19th, 2011
5:27 am
There will be a poster on here later who will point out all the close losses UGAG had this year including this one. Of course, they will count them all as wins and will deduce that UGAG should have been 29-4 with a berth in the final four. They always somehow seem to forget aboutr all the close wins that could have been losses. they overachieved this season. Congratulations. But, don’t assume that they are a basketball power.
whats a three point shot worth ?
March 19th, 2011
6:06 am
after all that talk about how UGA matches up with UNC, and Ga falls in their first game of the Tourny…lol
Football Guy
March 19th, 2011
6:09 am
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
What about Uga vs UNC
Hahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahahaha
What Uga COULD go far
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
What about Uga on your bracket
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
‘
Turnt_Up
March 19th, 2011
6:27 am
From a Tech fan, congrats to UGA on their trip to the dance. While many said that they didn’t belong in the dance, they were competitive to the end. If those two come back next year, you will have what GT and most ball clubs don’t have in this era, high-caliber seniors. I think the trick in these times is to recruit guys who aren’t good enough to be NBA, but good enough to have great college careers and stick around as seniors. Trust me, the one and done thing is over-rated, see GT…
Vince
March 19th, 2011
6:32 am
Told ya, MARK BADLY! Georgia over North Carolina….BWAHAHAHAHAHA… BWAHAHAHAHA. You are just a mediocre home town reporter from a less then mediocre home town rag. Go Dawgs….BWAHAHAHAHAH!
gatorgirl
March 19th, 2011
6:32 am
Mark, do you still think Georgia wins the SEC? Kudos for your optimsm where the dawgs are concerned. But reality bites. The dawgs are good, but not good enough. Go Gators!
Georgia Fan
March 19th, 2011
6:34 am
Georgia will be alright. I’m proud of my dawgs. It takes a lot to beat the Bradley curse!!!
ejj
March 19th, 2011
6:35 am
If you stop making predictions, maybe GA teams can play to their own strengths, and acknowledge their weaknesses.
rustydawg
March 19th, 2011
6:39 am
Thanks Turnt_Up. Same bitter non-sense from other GT fans…. GT has woefully underachived for years…
Basketball Fan
March 19th, 2011
6:52 am
It’s amazing how close their records are over the last two years:
Out of Conference Regular Season:
Paul Hewitt 20-8 Mark Fox 19-9
In Conference Regular Season:
Hewitt 12-20 Fox 14-18
Conference Tourney:
Hewitt 3-2 Fox 2-2
NCAA Tourney:
Hewitt 1-1 Fox 0-1
Overall Record:
Hewitt 36-31 Fox 35-29
Fox was undefeated against Hewitt though, but so was the Kennesaw State coach and he’s in the unemployment line today.
Silly, Silly Bark Madly
March 19th, 2011
6:58 am
Didn’t you say UGA would beat Washington and later beat UNC? You failed, Bark. Stop letting your man crush on anything UGA cloud your picks.
Alabama Jack
March 19th, 2011
7:00 am
ho hum
juvenal
March 19th, 2011
7:00 am
the anouncment show, the brackets(last minute airline tix hurt, though, had to pay 1st class to get to Milwaukee last year), the idea, the HOPE you might be playing 3 weekends-the 2 FF’s weren’t as good as Orlando, but if we had won? congrats to making the dance, to that small% of dawg fans that cared enough to buy in, FB/BB, blondes/brunettes?
TROTTINGHOME
March 19th, 2011
7:04 am
THANK YOU DAWGS!!!!!!……all you got to do is watch the HAWKS and you will see the glory of the DAWGS.
zinc
March 19th, 2011
7:16 am
Eating your words today Bradley? It’s too bad that your dying devotion for all things UGA clouds your judgment as a sports writer. Care to comment on your previous statement about how UGA would pull upsets in the tournament? How about remind us how the SEC East was better than the ACC as a whole this season?
GT71
March 19th, 2011
7:21 am
Congratulations to UGA, the team and to Coach Fox. You got there and you’ll fare better next year.
Remember, getting there is the point – no disgrace in losing; at least you were invited.
A baseball analogy: you never hear baseball players talk about ‘winning’ the world series during the season. They always talk about ‘playing’ in the WS. The NCAA tourney is like that.
Coach Fox will build on this season, don’t ever doubt that.
So here’s to the ‘mutts’.
sacramento hokie
March 19th, 2011
7:29 am
Proof again that teams like USC,UAB,VCU and UGA were a joke to be invited to the Big Dance.The ACC only had four teams because of a bias against them by the so called “objective committee” .Yet they produce the National Champ every year!The Big Least had 11 teams-all will be gone in a week!
Steve "The King" Spurrier
March 19th, 2011
7:36 am
I heard a lot of UGA football players were considering transfers to Auburn. Apparently they have a new certificate program in breaking and entering there. You’ll never find that level of ‘edutation sofistication’ in Clarke County.
UGA is a state champion football power.
Basketball is for sissies anyway…
Will
March 19th, 2011
7:36 am
Just as I have consistently tried to get you to see the bigger picture related to UGA Bbal (a good season, nothing more, nothing less – Mark Fox – a good coach, nothing more nothing less), let me get on record for next year.
Thompkins will leave – even if Leslie returns, Leslie will continue to be, just like Robinson, a great athlete is plays backetball, not a great basketball player. Ware is not a nationally competitive point guard. The highly touted youngster will either live up to his billing and be a “one and down” or he will not. One of the most glarind failures of the coaching staff was not developing any type of bench strength this year – remember the bench was largely recruting by this staff – the starters by Dennis Felton. If the bench strength is misisng because the bench is not SEC caliber, then the coaching staff has no one to blame but themselves.
Too much priority on “ESPN 10 Ten Plays” and too little priority on team ball from Leslie and Robinsion – neither can lead a TEAM.
UGA will take a step back next year in wins. The sports media will scratch their heads and wonder, “what’s wrong?” – toward the end of the season this same media will begin to write and post – Mark Fox is surely not on any hot seat but if next year does not improve, the following year will be important to Fox.
And that will be hogwash – Mark Fox is a good, not great coach this year and will be the same good coach next year and the next.
If I am wrong and UGA exceeds this year’s win total next year, then Mark Fox will become a hot commodity for teams looking for a new coach. UGA has the money to keep Fox around but does not have the basketball culture to do so. Schools with that culture, money and perception can take Fox from UGA.
Beast from the East
March 19th, 2011
7:38 am
The Dawgs just don’t have the depth. After Leslie and Thompkins, the rest of the supporting cast is just mediocre. If they had something (anything) off of the bench, they could play at a much higher level for 40 minutes. Oh well, at least you made the dance. Nothing to be ashamed of considering the state of the program just a couple of years ago.
Marc Herold
March 19th, 2011
7:42 am
The dawgs lose to the Dawgs…It could have gone either way..each team has its talented players and each University should be proud of them. I was more worried when the dawgs and the Dawgs faced off in the Women’s College Softball World Series…The NCAA promotes an even playing field and seems to have acheived it- Two Powerful Conferences,the same two Universities so far apart, playng “for all the marbles” in such different sports really displays the American Spirit at its best…No shame in a loss, no gloating in a win…Hats off to all the atheletes…better, more glorious days ahead for all . PeAce (a Dawg fan from Shoreline WA)
Cheech
March 19th, 2011
7:54 am
Mark—-I told you about smoking that stuff before you make your wild predictions—–I guess this means UGA won’t beat UNC? The two best jobs in the world—-a weather man and writing for the AJC—neither has to right and they still get paid.
TROTTINGHOME
March 19th, 2011
8:02 am
@ WILL…I quit reading that shyt…worse than Bradley
BYRDDAWG
March 19th, 2011
8:05 am
OH THE PAIN THE PAIN!!!!!!!
reddawg
March 19th, 2011
8:13 am
Brad you got to give Fox a break. He is in his 2 year and you act like he could have gotten uga to the final four.All year he had bench issues and had to play his straters to long.At least for the system he runs.You sit their and take a shoot or two ,that’s fine.But this man is going to sign another Big man maybe get a transfer from tennessee and he has his 5 for next year.Out.
Buzz 2010
March 19th, 2011
8:14 am
Dawgs to the final four, right Bradley? They shouldn’t have even made the dance.
Alabama took them twice and were not picked. The Dogs better be thankful they don’t
have to face the ACC Tar Heels Sunday..How much you you expect Washington yo win that one by Mark??
Yellow Jackets…………………………..
dawgerbrown
March 19th, 2011
8:24 am
Georgia played a good game but it was so frustrating to see the DAWGS have to work so hard to get a shot compared to Washington. Our offense was pushed so far out from the basket, and our gurards pick up the dribble too soon. We end up having to make tough passes and committing way too many turnovers. Having Price in the first half would have made a big difference. Missed too many easy shots around the basket in the first half. In the secon half we just gave them too many easy offensive rebounts and put-back. Didn’t rebound as well and get after loose balls. It will be interesting to see what happens next year.
uga homers
March 19th, 2011
8:24 am
bradley and other uga suckups at the ajc will be predicting big things for uga in football and basketball next year, as usual, and uga will choke again, as usual. Some things—they never change.
RCB
March 19th, 2011
8:32 am
GREAT SEASON! Try on Tennessee for size if you want to have a pity party (or half the other SEC teams who went down in big time flames).
leroy
March 19th, 2011
8:36 am
If Thompkins is smart he will stay at Georgia. He is NOT NBA ready. I am an 22 year NBA season tix holder and I see a soft player who is out of shape. His game, his maturity and most of all his conditioning and competitive fire are substandard from a professional standpoint. He will get his lunch handed to him nightly by the likes of Dwight Howard, Kevin Garnett, Tim Duncan, Al Hortford, Pau Gasol, Danilo Galinari, Dirk Nowitzi, David West, Lamarcus Aldridge, etc.
As for Leslie, he MAY be a second rounder and will be in the D league playing in BFE or Europe.
UGA’s ouster was a Cliff’s Notes version of their season… competitive, but lots of dumb plays, turnovers, bad shots, and a close and frustrating loss of a winnable game. If the two players mentioned above stay at UGA and really dedicate themselves- and they get a decent PG- they have a chance to grow and learn and maybe in some of those close games next year.
Paul N Destin
March 19th, 2011
8:45 am
The power if the SEC East ? Vandy,UGA,UT and KY….Perhaps the SEC should just have games of horse to select the teams that go to the big show. UGA and UT didn’t deserve to be at the Dance.
Lowcountry Bulldawg
March 19th, 2011
8:51 am
dawgerbrown,
Great point. I was sickened by the way Fox allowed UW to press us for essentially the entire second half without coming back with some pressure himself. I understand wanting to control tempo, but UGA did that and still lost the damn game. The pressure UW put on UGA in the second half was the key in UGA not being able to get Thompkins good looks down low as he spent to much time helping push the ball upcourt. That imo is a coaching issue with Fox, seems very hesitant if not slow to make in game adjustments.
HickoryDawg
March 19th, 2011
8:52 am
I was first (look at top of the blog) and now I am awake and back! My house!
Brock-
March 19th, 2011
8:52 am
Mark- one big stat you forgot to mention. Wash had 28pts from their bench….UGA had 0.
GT71
March 19th, 2011
8:53 am
If UNC plays the next game like they did a very small but ferocious LIU squad, they, too, are OUT.
Zoeller with 32 isn’t the way the UNC offence is drawn up.
After a 1/2time verbal a$$-kicking, they did play the next 5 minutes well enough to put the Blackbirds away. But that was it.
And PLEASE give UGA credit, Techies. Show a little class.
Ted
March 19th, 2011
8:55 am
Coulda, woulda, shoulda…you didn’t think that UGA would actually win, did you? It doesn’t matter that it was a “close game” or that “it could have gone either way”. They lost.
eddiedawg
March 19th, 2011
8:59 am
Are Tech seriously on this blog talking smack? Seriously?? Get a life losers.
A good, not a great season. But Fox has it going in the right direction. All you can ask. And football season will be here soon…..
GO DAWGS
Get Real
March 19th, 2011
9:00 am
I was talking with some UGA fans earlier in the week and all they could talk about was that UGA could hang with UNC. I told them they better worry about Washington first. Looks like they were way ahead of themselves. But that attitude is typical of UGA fans.
David Granger
March 19th, 2011
9:02 am
Surprised me we got that close, Mark. Got some talent on the team, but still need a good point guard and a couple of players who can hit the jumper.
ormewood
March 19th, 2011
9:04 am
GT71, actually UNC’s offense has always been geared towards big guys. They look inside first and always. See Hansbrough, Tyler. So Zeller scoring a lot of points is not unusual. They had a height advantage in a very fast-paced game. Don’t you think it’s wise to seek to exploit such an advantage?
TURD FERGUSON
March 19th, 2011
9:06 am
Bradley,you got it wrong again.you had the dogs winning 2 games.you dont know sports at all.quit and go home.
DMR
March 19th, 2011
9:08 am
You hoped it wouldn’t happen. You thought it very well could. It did. Now, the Georgia Bulldog basketball program that has been on a two year rise will face some big obstacles. If Thompkins and Leslie both leave, Fox will be left with tons of youth and the program will inevitably take a step or two backward.
Fox has done a great job for the last two seasons in bringing this team along and building a solid foundation from the mess they were as Felton departed Athens. One thing fans cannot deny. Most of the talent Fox has had to work with was a product of Felton’s recruiting.
Fox has to go out and sell the program to the future talent that could take Georgia to the next level. If he can do that, he will be building something. If he doesn’t, Georgia fans will have to wait another 10 or so years for a team of consequence.
Unlike his predecessors, I believe Fox can take this team to the next level given time. McGarrity and UGA need to make a long term commitment to Fox, so he can do his job.
As for those who see simple one and done for the “Tourney”, the only thing that matters in the NCAA is who wins the finals. As a Georgia fan, you have to look at the big picture. 34 teams…some very good got bounced in the first round; and let’s be honest, Georgia wasn’t going to win a National Title this year.
John Wooden
March 19th, 2011
9:11 am
Remember my line, “Don’t judge yourself by what you’ve done but rather by what you should have done.” In that light, this season wasn’t as successful as many people seem to think what with all the blown games down the stretch. On the other hand, judging this season against the last 10 years of the product in Athens, even this crap looks good.
Maybe UGA will win a tournament game someday—it just won’t be soon.
hey....
March 19th, 2011
9:16 am
typical underachieving dogs….no one does less with more….
TarheelinGeorgia
March 19th, 2011
9:21 am
God, I love it when Mark Bradley picks against the Heels and is wrong…
LakeDawg
March 19th, 2011
9:23 am
Good season for the Dawgs. Fox still can’t play the style he wants, because he doesn’t have enough players. Someone mentioned that not having enough players is Fox’s fault. He should have recruited better. Well, he has to build the brand name of UGA before he can recruit better. Going to the tourney was big in that regard. Give Fox some time and I think UGA will see great results.
Vant
March 19th, 2011
9:32 am
A great year — for the Dawgs; something to build on if another prime recruit can be had; Thompson is gone, but could use another year to improve; then again, if he didn’t improve, he’d be a second rounder next year so should take the money now; if Leslie goes, he’s in the CBA in a year; as someone has already said, he’s a great athlete playing basketball; I like Fox and hope UGA extends his contract; but can any of you that really knows the game say that the Dawgs were an improved team from Jan.1 to now; I couldn’t see it; assuming Thompson & Lesle both go, next year will be a better indicator of how good a coach Fox is, for he will have a very different team than is does now.
Marlon
March 19th, 2011
9:33 am
Congratulations UGA on a great season. Mark Fox is doing a tremendous job in Athens and last night’s game is just a first step in building something special at UGA. Dawg fans stay focused and stay on track and continue to build the basketball program. Continue to invest in Stegman and turn it into a first class facility for Fox to be able to recruit. Georgia is loaded with basketball talent. It kills me at every game I go to and watch to see teams such as Florida State, Morehead State, Tennessee Tech, Richmond, Clemson, and on and on have their top players from Georgia. Mark Fox is building something special and last night is just the start!
who cares?
March 19th, 2011
9:33 am
yawn
could be worse
March 19th, 2011
9:37 am
at least you didn’t lose by THIRTY like Bruce Pearl and his employees. THIRTY!!!!!!
Good old Rocky Flop!
UGA=Yawn
March 19th, 2011
9:40 am
Please. UGA should have never been invited over Alabama. What a farce. They lost so all is right again. Too bad the committee has issues with deciding who should go. Alabama, Colorado and Virginia Tech should have all been in befor UGA.
UGA=Yawn
March 19th, 2011
9:41 am
Turd – I agree about Bradley. So wrong – so many times.
BYRDDAWG
March 19th, 2011
9:43 am
Hey tech at least we’re not paying our coach for the next 5 yrs NOT to coach our team!!! BTW we’re 7-4 vs the mighty acc jackets during the past 11 games…..Proud to be a DAWG & Mark Fox fan!!!!!
Marlon
March 19th, 2011
9:43 am
Congratulations UGA on a great season. Mark Fox is doing a great job! UGA’s basketball program in on the rise. Stay focused and don’t get sidetracked by last night’s loss. Continue to make Stegman a first class facility for recruiting. This state is loaded in basketball talent. It is crazy to look at the rosters of all Division I schools and see all their top players from Georgia. Last night was just the first step of something special to come.
I apologize if this is posted twice. I didn’t see that my first one got posted.
Skitty Fritty
March 19th, 2011
9:44 am
Compared to where the program was just 3 years ago, this is a great accomplishment. I am behind Fox 100% and look forward to even greater success in the years to come.
I love all the UGA haters (GT fans) on here. I thought GT was a basketball school, now that’s a school with problems. Also, UT fans, have fun with your Herrick, UT basketball is in big trouble.
Jacket Dad
March 19th, 2011
9:44 am
Congrats to the Dawgs for a really good season. You played to the end of the game and came up just short. You have a good coach who has built a good foundation for the future.
Giggs
March 19th, 2011
9:44 am
Giggity!
collegeballfan
March 19th, 2011
9:44 am
I watched the game last night and UGA had a chance for a good shot at the buzzer. But the Washington defender made a play on the ball and that was that.
Give Washington credit, they were quick and played defense by moving their feet. We do not see much of that anymore in college basketball. A tip of the hat to the Washington coach. Good job.
Fox had a damn good year. Georgia basketball was at the botton and Fox has brought them credibility in just two seasons. Good job.
Going forward you UGA grads really need to fill Stegeman for the games like you did for the last 8 or 10 games this season.
The future of Georgia basketball really looks good.
Skitty Fritty
March 19th, 2011
9:46 am
Why do all the Tech fans tell us how smart they are but allowed their basketball coach to have such a one sided contract. I guess Tech fans aren’t so smart after all or maybe it’s just their AD’s who are idiots.
The Paul Hewitt contract is worse then hiring Bill Lewis,
Hairy Dawg
March 19th, 2011
9:46 am
Proud of my Dawgs for playing hard and Coach Fox. The refs gave us bad calls that cost the game that was close. We goning be better next year as Fox beginning get rolling program. Then we just reloads talent when needs too. Talent should play for Dawgs and is best program in state. Good job Coach Fox.
King Gator
March 19th, 2011
9:49 am
Better than being in the NIT, losing to UCF in the Liberty Bowl, or getting busted for a DUI with a woman who’s not your wife – with her panties in your lap. Chin up Dawgs, it was the best game on last night too. Go Gators!
Hairy Dawg
March 19th, 2011
9:52 am
And another thing I telling you is that Pearl Vols soiled there pants in embareases SEC. Vols just stink with bad programs.
Confused
March 19th, 2011
9:53 am
I can’t figure out UGA fans. They have a good basketball coach who proves he can actually make it to the tournament, even if they lose by three in the 1st round, and still want him fired. Yet they have a 2nd rate football coach who can’t get them to the big game even with some of the top talent in the conference…….and they’re convinced he’s the next Jesus H. Warner.
JDawg1785
March 19th, 2011
9:54 am
Definitely a step forward for a program that was in the dumps only a few years ago. Coach Fox has everything going in the right direction. Let’s hope he can keep building on what he’s done thus far.
PTC DAWG
March 19th, 2011
9:57 am
Congrats to Fox & Co. He can build on this.
J Clay
March 19th, 2011
9:58 am
How is losing to the favored team proof that we should not be there? Are you kidding me? So Louisville should not have gotten an invite either I guess? Bunch of igniters all you are…
Proud of the team and disagree with Lowcountry on this one – Fox stuck to the game plan and the team executed it well – keeping htem in the game all the way. No way we needed to get into a press situtation against them, we don’t have the depth – they could have run us off the court. Was very disappointed in the dunk put back being called offensive interference – the momentum of the game changed after that (we had 4 trips in a row with no points)….
Anyway – to all of you who feel vindicated because UGA lost – you’re not as smart as you think. Ask a rational basketball person about UGA and they will tell you UGA most indeed deserved to be in the tournament, and validated it with they way they played against Washington.
TampaDAWG
March 19th, 2011
10:00 am
Thank you to the other programs fans that actually have class, to the others, nobody really cares what you think. The most serious problem UGA had/has is the bench. As pointed out by Brock 28-0 in bench points. It only proves that depth is more important then most fans understand. UW likes to run cause they can play 10 people, they like to press because of depth, the reason UGA didn’t dribble or pass through the press is because it would have worn them out quicker, they played a good game against the type of team that was a terrible matchup for them. Anyways, UGA can and will be good if Fox can recruit. Nobody should have expected him to build the bench right away with the way the program was. I’ve said it before, if he recruits well these next 2-3 years then UGA will be relevant in basketball for as long as he stays. If not, then hell be gone and the program will get as bad if not worse than it was under Felton. Can’t wait to what Thompkins and Leslie do. Go DAWGS!!
Beejis
March 19th, 2011
10:01 am
Great game Dawgs of GA! The Dawgs of WA had to pick up their game in the second half in order to finally get a sliver of a lead to hold you all off! Where IT (Isaiah Thomas) goes, UW goes. From a UW fans perspective, the only thing holding GA back from a longer run in the tournament is depth. Great game and good luck next season!
YellowJacket
March 19th, 2011
10:02 am
Now that the Dawgs are through dreaming about their “one and done” basketball team let’s see how their other dream team works out. Probably the same. It’s just too bad that you have to actually play the game and not just dream about it. They would definitely be a number one seed in a tournament of dreams.
TampaDAWG
March 19th, 2011
10:06 am
Hey YellowJacket, lots of trash talking since your team didn’t make ANY of the post season tournaments, had a losing season, and lost to UGA at home. But thanks for chipping in, lets us know we Still Run the State!
wildbill
March 19th, 2011
10:06 am
Good effort this year. Not Excellent, Not Great, but good. Glad we don’t have to play N.C.!!!
LLUGA
March 19th, 2011
10:07 am
At least we made it to the second round this year…
dh
March 19th, 2011
10:09 am
This Tech fan wants to actually congratulate Georgia for their season and making it to the tourney. After all, Tech didn’t do squat and he is 2-0 against the Jackets. I think when CMF gets his players he will be successful for many years. You guys may want to lock him up so a bigger basketball school doesn’t go after him.
Homepage | MrSEC.com
March 19th, 2011
10:13 am
[...] 3. Mark Bradley: “There’s a chance we might have watched one of the most talented Bulldog assemblages come and go without registering even one NCAA tournament win.” [...]
BW
March 19th, 2011
10:14 am
Will someone ask Mark Fox why we went to Man D in the second half when Zone held Thomas to 4 points in the first half. They shot 54% in the second half because he broke us down in the lane. Questionable coaching cost the dawgs a chance to match up w/ UNC.
heartofdarkness
March 19th, 2011
10:14 am
Georgia played well enough to make the game closer than expected. Neither team seemed to want to play team defense, which is odd, because neither is offensively talented enough to get by on scoring alone. If Fox is allowed to recruit on both coasts, Georgia might be a team on the rise.
cooper
March 19th, 2011
10:15 am
that’s a shame, where is Mark Price or Kenny Anderson when you need them? oops my bad wrong school hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
Gator Gus
March 19th, 2011
10:16 am
Well well, Georgia one and done. Boys run out of gas. Bench gets outscored 27-0. Missed free throws. Lost steam in the 2nd half. Same old, same old.
Chomp!
Dawg Tired
March 19th, 2011
10:16 am
This sports page sux.
willie
March 19th, 2011
10:18 am
With the talent Georgia has (particularly Thompkins), having to sneak into the tourney and then getting bounced in the 1st round can’t be considered anything but an underachievement…period.
Chris
March 19th, 2011
10:18 am
Wonder if McGarity regrets having the team work out, in trailers last year? Conditioning seemed to hurt Georgia, in football and now basketball. And someone should ask McGarity if he sees a link between only reinvesting 25% back into the football program, and losing?
Beast from the East
March 19th, 2011
10:18 am
Gator Gus,
Be careful. We could very well get sent home today, as well.
Producer
March 19th, 2011
10:20 am
No surprise. First football, now basketball. The teams that never fail to disappoint. But please tell us that the coach is a “good man.” Was said about Tubby, Goff, Donnan, Durham, Richt. Give me a nasty, mean, SOB who can motivate the players. “I love the smell of Georgia sporting events in the morning. It smells like…mediocrity” – Lt. Col. William “Bill” Kilgore, Apocalypse Now
5150 UOAD
March 19th, 2011
10:23 am
Mark what time does UGA start the Beat Down of the Tar Heels today?
SEC Impotent
March 19th, 2011
10:24 am
UT & UGA showed how weak the SEC is.
Katherine
March 19th, 2011
10:29 am
I’m very proud of the dawgs….hopefully the basketball program will continue to get better and better ::) oh and please don’t compare a 3 point loss to the way tennessee just gave up….
Mark Bradley
March 19th, 2011
10:34 am
Headed home from Uptown Charlotte.
Westdawg
March 19th, 2011
10:35 am
Thanks to Coach Fox and all the guys for a good(not great) season! All of the poor mouthers and haters need to get a better sense of reality.Fox stated numerous times-and knowledgeable BB fans can see it-that this team was flawed from the start.No real point guard,and not enough bench depth played out many times this year-and last night was another example.The classy Washington fans who have commented(GT fans in general could learn from them) know they were in a game last night and were fortunate to win.
It will be fun watching Fox next year and on…he obviously has BB smarts-time management not withstanding.Good luck to Trey in the bigs next year-Travis needs to stay another year.
TampaDAWG
March 19th, 2011
10:37 am
Funny how most of the haters are from teams that didn’t make the tournament, like NC State, GT, and Alabama. To the Gator and Tech fans that do have class we appreciate it. No bench equals no tournament run. Not much else to say 0 bench points says it all.
5150 UOAD
March 19th, 2011
10:37 am
The Dawgs really had a shot to really be up big at the half. Washington was shooting terrible in the first half but the Dogs were Tied after 20 minutes. UGA did their classic collapse that they just couldn’t over come in the end. If Washington shoots that bad in the 1st half against UNC the game could be over before it gets started.
GTfan
March 19th, 2011
10:39 am
Congrad to Coach Fox & Team. I’m very proud of what Coach Fox and players have done. They have made the State proud.
ATLfan15
March 19th, 2011
10:41 am
i didn’t think for one minute that the Dawgs were gonna win, but they kept it close. like Katherine said above, this loss doesn’t even compare to the Vols laying down for Michigan.
@TampaDAWG: spot on comment about no bench. that was their downfall.
Gator Gus
March 19th, 2011
10:47 am
Tune in to the game to watch the Gators close out the Bruins. Watch how the team finishes. A thing of beauty. We enjoyed beating Georgia both times we played them, had a couple of good players, seemed gassed, and the coaching staff was weak.
Gator Gus
March 19th, 2011
10:49 am
And Florida continues to dominate Georgia.
Chomp!
big time
March 19th, 2011
10:51 am
sorry–fox is not a big time coach. He had more talent than washington, but lost. In the NCAA, coaching matters big. Ga better hope he takes the nc state job—then they can hire a real tournament type coach.
dh
March 19th, 2011
10:53 am
@TampaDAWG: I agree w/ATLfan15. That is an amazing stat about the bench points. For Georgia to actually have a chance to send it to OT at the end says a lot about the starters playing their hardest right down to the end. Believe me when I say to you this is a lot coming from me because I despise UGA as much as any Tech fan, and for the main reasons (in-state rivals, Tech can’t beat them, etc.). But UGA has nothing to be ashamed of for this season.
stonemntman
March 19th, 2011
10:55 am
Thanks CMF for another great year, this program has improve each year under your leadership, it will only get better each year, now you can tell a recruit what you accomplish last season by going to the big dance. Commenting to UGA a young man will be part of UGA exceeding this year’s win total next year. Go DAWGS
Boise Dawg
March 19th, 2011
10:55 am
Mark, I take issue that this team underachieved. In your words it had the most talented duo since Wilkens and Fleming. Thompkins is a special player but Leslie isn’t quite there yet. He is an incredible athlete and can perform spectacular dunks in 2 on 1 situations, but he is not a consistent scorer or creator against a half court defense. Mark Fox got the most out of this team and we should be proud of what he is building.
Also, it takes a lot more than two players to have a complete basketball team… and the reality is this was a flawed team all year that didn’t have a bench or a back court that could contribute consistently. The fact is this team as a whole can’t even come close to comparing to Harrick’s team in 2003, with Rashard Wright, Ezra Williams, Steven Thomas, Jarvis Hayes and Jonas Hayes…. not to mention key contributors like Chris Daniels, Fred Gibson and Damien Wilkins.
Jimmy Chitwood
March 19th, 2011
11:02 am
Old habits are hard to break…and unfortunately Trey and Travis still are Liabilities on defense. Sure Trey dropped 20+…but he also constantly leave Jeremy in bad defensive situations, and leaves Jeremy to do all of the dirty work. Travis, inexplicably did not dive for that loose ball in the 2nd half, and constantly leaves his man or spot in the zone to “Get out” on the break early. These types of defensive efforts in the 2nd half killed the Dawgs, along with our inability of the guards to get us in to our early offense and Triangle sets.
Having said all of this, I still think this team played hard and came a long way…and the program is in good hands with Fox. But…I do agree, this team did underachieve to a small degree. Thornton should have got more time…I hope he is ready to play next year.
SAL
March 19th, 2011
11:05 am
No connemt!
The Larry King-ish Stream of Consciousness Column for 3/19 | : : Lonely Tailgater : :
March 19th, 2011
11:11 am
[...] Fox has signed Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, a shooting guard from Greenville High who should become Georgia’s first McDonald’s All-American recruit since Carlos Strong in 1992. (Louis Williams was a McDonald’s All-American but didn’t enroll; Damien Wilkins was but arrived as a transfer.) Put Caldwell-Pope alongside Thompkins and Leslie and you’d have a Top 10 team. But the probability is that Thompkins will leave, and with him would go any hope of such a lofty ranking. (AJC.com) [...]
bradleydamus
March 19th, 2011
11:11 am
Another spot-on Bradley prediction. Based on nothing but homerism.
dbc
March 19th, 2011
11:17 am
UGA exits early — what a surprise. That’s what happens when you play street ball which results in 3x as many turnovers as the opposition. This has been the Dawgs MO all season. I’m left scratching my head as to why Fox couldn’t or wouldn’t correct the sloppy passing and ball handling — don’t they watch game film? Practice? If I was an opposing coach, UGA wouldn’t be a very hard team to prepare for. In the end, just like football, all the talent in the world won’t cover up a lack of fundamentals. It stinks that Fox and Co. made such a big deal about making the tournament and then showed up as the same old team we’ve seen blow game after game this season. Hope Fox gets a lot of thank you notes from other coaches because they gave an awful lot of games away as gifts.
Tell the truth
March 19th, 2011
11:20 am
One stat tells it all- bench scoring Wash 28- Ga 0
absolutely no depth on the bench
Mike
March 19th, 2011
11:22 am
Fox headed to NC State for $3 million. Tubby to Arkansas. Man, seen NC State’s B-Ball facilities? WOW!
HOOPS MAN
March 19th, 2011
11:24 am
WELL BRADLEY AND ALL YOU OTHER HOMER’S WHO COULD ONLY WRITE AND YAP ABOUT PLAYING NORTH CAROLINA, NOW YOU DON’T HAVE TO WORRY….
Mike
March 19th, 2011
11:24 am
Thomkins held to 3 rebounds.
Washington shot 54% in 2nd half.
Wshington only had 5 to’s.
UW Dude
March 19th, 2011
11:25 am
It’s not how UGA lost. It’s how UW won.
Someone suggested UW was the 3rd or 4th best team in a bad Pac-10. Pac-10 was not great this year, but UW was the best team, by far, in the conference until injuries and a criminal matter changed things. Now the team is getting back on track. They won the Pac-10 tournament and with a break or two could be an elite-8 or final 4 team.
that is what happens
March 19th, 2011
11:26 am
when you have a school that has athletes AND students that have a difficult time of scoring 10 points out of 50 on an easy test like the Wunderlich test.
i took the sample test of 20 and got 19 out of 20 right in 5 minutes.
we always thought the dogs were stupid…. now there is indisputable evidence to back that up.
that is what happens
March 19th, 2011
11:28 am
whn you been bannded by bark madely
Mike
March 19th, 2011
11:28 am
Mark Fox’s future home, NC State’s Reyonds stadium–unreal:
http://c.vrguild.net/c/star.pl?U=1009081629124084#
Dave
March 19th, 2011
11:28 am
First round loss. Not a top 30 program. Won’t be as good next year. Truth hurts.
Money Talks
March 19th, 2011
11:35 am
NC State’s arena is a palace, state of the art. UGa plays in an old rodeo barn—a dump that is the worst in the SEC. That’s why they can’t attract the top recruits. mcgarity needs to spend some millions and build a real arena if ga wants to compete with UK, Tennessee, Florida, etc.
SEC Fan
March 19th, 2011
11:36 am
Bradley, do you really know a good team when you see it? Georgia is/was not a good team, at best an average team. Why would a good team run their offensive sets from mid-court all night? The coach never made a change to move his bigs to the low post. You can not run half court offensive sets from mid court. Blocking out and help defense was terrible!! They did not look like a well coached or smart team.
Mike
March 19th, 2011
11:36 am
Fire mcGarity, get an AD who knows how to win.
Hoops Dawg
March 19th, 2011
11:37 am
Boise Dawg is exactly right about this team not comparing with the Harrick bunch, who were actually much tougher than this assemblage. Can you imagine that team blowing a 14 point lead to Alabama, for example? Having said this, the team showed more toughness than usual during the frantic comeback in the last minute, and anyone who suggests that Thompkins and Leslie played soft last night is either blind or otherwise was not watching the same game I saw. It was interesting to note that Clark Kellogg of CBS kept commenting that having seen this duo in person for the first time, both were excellent BASKETBALL players who were a lot better than he had thought. Jimmy Chitwood is right, I think, in saying that Thornton should have got more time this year. Heaven help us next year if Thornton is not vastly improved. Otherwise our bench pretty much sucks. Isaiah Thomas made Brantley look like a statue on at least two occasions, as he blew right on by him for easy layups. Robinson actually did pretty well on Isaiah when matched head to head. And for those that consistently “hate” on Robinson, consider that he is the major difference between this year’s team and last year’s team, and the difference in the two teams’ records is not coincidential.
gcs
March 19th, 2011
11:39 am
How many NCAA Tournament teams finished the season with three straight losses?
I am guessing one.
.
Charles
March 19th, 2011
11:40 am
Proud of the effort, men. This season was a nice first step.
We’ll be trading out Thompkins for Caldwell next year. Leslie isn’t going anywhere (if he listens to the right people) as he’d be at best a 2nd round pick. He has no position in the NBA at this point. Does not have the handle or the shot to play the 2.
Fox needs to put the pedal to the metal on the recruiting trail. He’s proven to be a very good coach – his coaching kept us in that game last night. Now we have to stock the cupboard.
Good season fellas.
Mike
March 19th, 2011
11:42 am
gcs, that’s SO insightful. why post?
Paul in RDU
March 19th, 2011
11:49 am
NCSU men’s basketball team does not play in Reynolds Arena – haven’t played in it for 10 years. They play in the RBC Center
Mike
March 19th, 2011
11:50 am
It’s a lot nicer facility than UGA’s. You missed the point, like you always do. Read for MEANING, not GRAMMUR.
Mike
March 19th, 2011
11:53 am
Paul in RDU = gcs
same blogger, chatting with himself
Paul in RDU
March 19th, 2011
11:53 am
Even as a GT grad, I can’t believe that real UGA fans are posting some of the nonsense about Fox’ coaching and UGA’s performance. UGA never had either the guards or the depth to match up with UW in a fast paced game. UGA were a generally well-coached team that played hard all year – a good, not great, team with a good, not great, record. Fox’ challenge will be to repeat next year without his best player.
Paul in RDU
March 19th, 2011
11:55 am
I am not gcs
Mike – have you ever been in either Reynolds Coliseum or RBC Center? Any idea where they are relative to each other or to the NCSU campus?
Keep trolling – maybe you’ll post something with a fact in it next.
Pago Pago DAWG
March 19th, 2011
11:57 am
Can the DAWGS beat anybody in anything!!!! Dang, this gets old …..
Westdawg
March 19th, 2011
11:58 am
Congrats to Coach Fox and all the players.A very good season-not great-but given the circumstances and where UGA was 2 years ago…a great improvement.
Best of luck to Trey in the bigs,Travis,you need to stay and expand your talents to get to the NBA.
For all the poor mouthers and haters,you know very well(if you have any knowledge of basketball at all-and it’s obvious some of these morons haven’t a clue)that Fox is a very good young coach who will bring further success at UGA-unless he gets a lot of money thrown his way and leaves.
For the NC State folks, your BB program USED to be a great program,it has hardly been that for some time now.I hope you do get a good coach(and not Fox),but that AD is a problem and I doubt the BB situation will improve greatly till that issue improves.
For the GT folks, worry about who your next coach is gonna be…much more important than what you want to dish out about Fox and UGA.
For the Tarheel fans, you’re not getting to the final 4 this year and you know it.Bragging about your program vis a vis UGA is really stupid.
bradleysmels
March 19th, 2011
11:58 am
Mark Bradley > Fox News when it comes to bias, far fetched reporting
Tell the truth
March 19th, 2011
12:03 pm
Mike
March 19th, 2011
11:36 am
Fire mcGarity, get an AD who knows how to win.
Do you have any idea how ignorant that statement makes you look???
Mike
March 19th, 2011
12:05 pm
bradleysmels = Westdawg = Pago Pago DAWG = Paul in RDU
Same blogger, chatting with himself
Mike
March 19th, 2011
12:05 pm
Paul in RDU = tell the truth
PMC
March 19th, 2011
12:06 pm
Nothing really shocking, They were a 20 minute team all season. They played 20 minutes out of 40 again last night.
In the end, they have 2 pretty good players in Thompkins and Leslie and not much else. They were an ok team all year but they never did pull it all together and play a complete game well.
Mark Fox will get better. It will probably be a couple of years before they are back in the NCAA’s though.
Mike
March 19th, 2011
12:06 pm
McGarity 2 marque teams:
Football went 0-6 versus ranked teams
Basketball went 3-10 versus top 50 rpi
McGarity’s teams arn’t winning.
Fire mcGarity.
Tell the truth
March 19th, 2011
12:07 pm
What are you 14 years old???
Tell the truth
March 19th, 2011
12:08 pm
He has been here less than a year and came from one of the absolute best programs in America. And you want to fire him?? That says so much more about you than him pal.
Tell the truth
March 19th, 2011
12:10 pm
When you grow up and actually learn something about sports come back and visit the blog- until then go take your milk and cookies and meds and lie down before you do your homework.
Vince
March 19th, 2011
12:16 pm
Mike-
Great post, right on, if McGarity can’t beat the good teams, get an AD who will spend the money on staff and facilities to get it done.
Larry
March 19th, 2011
12:22 pm
At 3-10 versus rpi top 50 b-ball, and 0-6 versus ranked teams football, you have to wonder, why are the basetball and football teams getting worse under mcGarity’s leadership?
Spot the troll
March 19th, 2011
12:28 pm
Mike = Dave = Money Talks = Vince = Larry
BUTCH THOMAS
March 19th, 2011
12:31 pm
Congratulations to Coach Fox and the basketball Bulldogs on a fantastic season! This is UGA after all where woulda, coulda, shoulda, and wait till next year are all you need to know. Come on down to Athens if you like to underachieve. Mediocre is our middle name. Yawn zzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Spot the troll
March 19th, 2011
12:31 pm
Trolls can’t type or spell
Mike @12:06 “marque” “mcGarity” “arn’t”
Larry @12:22 “basetball” “mcGarity”
Spot the troll
March 19th, 2011
12:37 pm
I declare, hereby, that all people who cannot spell perfectly, are in fact, the same person.
this theory make perfect sense to someone like me.
Equestrian Rules
March 19th, 2011
12:44 pm
The Ga equestrian team is one of the best—-those UGA athletic millions are paying off big. I’d match the horses at ga with any team in the SEC baby!!! McGarity—has it going in Athens. (I heard the tennis team may be good too, but keep this quiet for now).
Spot the troll
March 19th, 2011
12:47 pm
All people who spell perfectly on a blog, are the same person, no one spells perfectly on blog posts unless they’re the same person.
HAHAHAHA
March 19th, 2011
12:48 pm
Bark Bradley…I can’t believe you had uga beating washinton and then unc??? You can no longer deny that you are biased. Can’t blame you but still…
Im so sick of hearing people say that Felton is responsible for getting this team this far! Fox is an excellent coach that will do way better with his players than Feltons squad! Uga fans should be excited about the future!
Mike
March 19th, 2011
12:52 pm
Leadership comes form the top. If your 2 main programs, basketball and football, are a combined 3-16 against top ranked teams, look to leadership. Is Georgia’s spending in line, % wise, with other top programs? No, Forbes found Georgia was spending 25% as opposed to 42%. You have McGarity spending minimums on coaching staffs, attracting mediocre talent (Will Friend????), and investing minimums in facilities (we all remember the trailers from last season). Gators get Weis, Georgia gets Bobo.
George
March 19th, 2011
12:53 pm
HAHAHAHA = Equestrian Rules
Spelling is the giveaway.
playmeortrademe
March 19th, 2011
12:55 pm
Fox may be a great players coach, but his coaching ability in big-time games so far in his time with UGA has been lacking. It seems like he can’t draw up an offensive scheme against anybody with a halfway decent defense, and his teams don’t give 100 percent defensive effort or look lost on defense.
We’ll see how god or bad he is if he is ever able to put together his own roster with enough depth to play the style he wants.
SeattleBound
March 19th, 2011
12:56 pm
Out here in the upper left corner,, there was precious little information about Georgia before the game. One thing that impressed me was how the Georgia Dawgs owned the paint– those are some WIDE bodies! THe Huskies have never struggled as much for rebounds all season.
If you had bench, that game would have gone the other way, IMO.
christophorm
March 19th, 2011
12:59 pm
YAWN…UW huge offensive put backs …so move on… I hope my team gets the best NFL replacement players.
Dawgday
March 19th, 2011
1:05 pm
The Dawgs were doomed the day MB picked them to win. Thanks again jinxboy.
Delta Stewardess
March 19th, 2011
1:09 pm
Spot the troll
Maybe some people can spell and maybe some people use google what has spell check built in. Maybe some people are smarter than AJ GREEN and your average dawg, Bama, or Gator fan.
George
March 19th, 2011
1:10 pm
Dawgday = all previous posts saying Bradley should not have picked Georgia.
All the same blogger.
Delta Stewardess
March 19th, 2011
1:11 pm
I gave St. Johns to much respect, but thankfully I didn’t give many SEC much respect in my brackets.
Spot the troll
March 19th, 2011
1:13 pm
Anyone can compose a post off-line, run a spell check, and then cut and paste, but who, besides the troll, really cares about spelling on a blog post?
Delta Stewardess
March 19th, 2011
1:14 pm
Why would somebody post under 5 or six names to argue with themselves? Do we have fans like Hershel Walker? Many different personalities maybe?
Spot the troll
March 19th, 2011
1:14 pm
Delta Stewardess = Dawgday
src
March 19th, 2011
1:15 pm
My question is this: what positions are Thompkins and Leslie going to play in the League?????
Thompkins is not strong enough for a PF and not quick enough for SF. Leslie is a SG playing SF in college. He can’t dribble, especially with the left. Who wants a SG that can’t dribble? If they both take huge strides this off season, they could get much better. I think our whole team is lacking the “it” factor of winning tough, close games. I don’t know if you can teach that. I am hoping everyone comes back and gets better, and hopefully learn how to win the big/close ones. I am hopeful!!! Fox seems to be a good one.
Spot the troll
March 19th, 2011
1:15 pm
You can’t explain why an irrational person spends 20 hours a day blogging to himself, under multiple names. There’s no reason that is rational.
Delta Stewardess
March 19th, 2011
1:15 pm
@Spot the brightest Dawg in the pen
Try Google Chrome. It spell checks while you type your post. You are not too bright or just lazy.
Spot the troll
March 19th, 2011
1:18 pm
Generally, good spellers do not have high IQ’s.
Delta Stewardess
March 19th, 2011
1:19 pm
Sorry @Spot the Brightest Dawg in the Pen I only post under 3 names, but they are for different blogs.
I use a different name for the Entertainment Blogs and the Political Blogs.
Delta Stewardess
March 19th, 2011
1:22 pm
Kentucky could go down today. They sucked the last 4 minutes of the first half.
O-me
March 19th, 2011
1:30 pm
Lowcountry..maybe its because he has no bench to depend on. You can bet he works on that problem.
chad
March 19th, 2011
1:33 pm
Id like to see UGA just finish one single game without running out of timeouts. 8 minutes to go and you have one time out left! There is a TV timeout every four minutes, and you get 5 time outs for the game! So technically you get 13 timeouts per game and you only have 1 with 8 minutes to go?!? Brilliant.
Katherine
March 19th, 2011
1:38 pm
You know what I think is funny…fans of other teams coming on a blog about the dawgs just to spew their miserable crap….people that try to make others feel bad to make themselves feel better are pathetic. Only one team is going to be the champion and everyone else is going to be disappointed. The basketball program at UGA had a very good year and can build from that….babysteps. If you don’t like UGA that’s fine…..but here is a suggestion…worry about your own team.
Delta Stewardess
March 19th, 2011
1:41 pm
Kathrine This is Mark Bradley’d Blog not a UGA blog. Mark needs hit from more people to get and keep advertisers. That is how a blog works.
Jimmy Chitwood
March 19th, 2011
1:41 pm
You have to play with heart, like Hickory High!
Katherine
March 19th, 2011
1:48 pm
Delta Stewardess
March 19th, 2011
1:41 pm
Kathrine This is Mark Bradley’d Blog not a UGA blog. Mark needs hit from more people to get and keep advertisers. That is how a blog works.
Thank you for your input…but it doesnt change what I said. It’s still pathetic.
ed f
March 19th, 2011
1:54 pm
Did anyone really expect any other outcome. This is a Good 13/14 seed team at best. UGA gave all they had. Great season for a Change. Need a few Better developed Players to advance.
Mike Bobo 17 INT
March 19th, 2011
2:20 pm
Mark:
Now what were you saying a few days ago about UGA defeataing UNC? You have to get there first, right? One and out….Go Dawgs!!!! LMAO!!!
Mike Bobo 1717 INT
March 19th, 2011
2:21 pm
Mark:
Now what were you saying a few days ago about UGA defeataing UNC? You have to get there first, right? One and out….Go Dawgs!!!! LMAO!!!LMAO!!!LMAO!!!LMAO!!!LMAO!!!LMAO!!!LMAO!!!
UGASUCKS
March 19th, 2011
2:21 pm
LMAO!!!
Katherine
March 19th, 2011
2:33 pm
Paul N Destin
March 19th, 2011
8:45 am
The power if the SEC East ? Vandy,UGA,UT and KY….Perhaps the SEC should just have games of horse to select the teams that go to the big show. UGA and UT didn’t deserve to be at the Dance.
Well considering Kentucky just beat W. Virginia to go to the sweet 16 and georgia beat them once this season…i’d say they did deserve it. They didn’t have all the components (deep bench for one) to win it all this year….but it was a good start. Get over yourself.
Spot the troll
March 19th, 2011
2:37 pm
Katherine = ed f = Jimmy Chitwood = Delta Stewardess
All same person, having a fake conversation.
JSS
March 19th, 2011
2:43 pm
If you spent as much time posting something with an ounce of rational perspective as you do trying to figure who might be a “troll” or using multiple user names; this blog would flow along better…
NCAA selection committee
March 19th, 2011
2:50 pm
Georgia gone after 1st game. No surprise here.
Can we have a do over and take the team that went 12-4 in conference, 4-2 against the east, and swept Georgia twice in the last week?
With the loss Georgia ends the season 3-10 against the RPI top 50 and 5-12 against the RPI top 100. They never should have been in the dance to begin with.
FalconUGAFan
March 19th, 2011
2:53 pm
Congrats Dawgs for making it to the Dance! Clearly more work to be done, but nice to see a winning season and making it to the tournament…
1953 dawg
March 19th, 2011
2:57 pm
Once again fox’s shows he can’t make adjustments during a game. He is exactly like Richt. Neither have a clue on how to make adjustments, and both get out coached time and time again. Fox doesn’t know how to beat a press and teams have been pressing UGA in every game when they get a lead. Yet, all Fox does is stand there with his arms crossed and watch as Robinson&Ware play out of control and turn the ball over time and time again. This program is going nowhere with this coach. Next year will be a losing season in the SEC, and then you will hear all the uneducated UGA fans start to complain about this coach. After Leslie,Thompkins, Price, and Barnes are gone, this team will look like a high school team. THey will still have the 2 inconsistent guards, and nobody else. This coach has not recruited any talented players in 2 years, except for the one player coming in next year. Only problem is he is a shooting guard, which want help UGA in the paint. No threat of a big man to score inside, will =a disaster next year. Then, after next year, Ware&Robinson will be gone, and that will leave UGA with one player. Doesn’t look to promising to me. For a coach to recruit one good player in two years of recruiting is not a good coach or a good job. But, that is what UGA has, a coach that can’t recruit, can’t coach, and has nothing but “Brain Farts” in crunch time of big games. Sound familar? Yes, UGA has 2 coaches like that. At least Fox would not have kicked a fieldgoal on 4th and inches in the bowl game.He does have more balls that Richt, he even calls timeouts with 2 seconds left in a game. What a joke UGA has become. The only coach in the whole UGA athletic dept. that had balls and didn’t choke in crunch time was the old gymnastics coach, and now she is gone. Wish she would come out of retirement and become the watergirl, and kick Richt’s pansy ass during a game when he acts like the soft ass he is.
Katherine
March 19th, 2011
2:57 pm
Spot the troll
March 19th, 2011
2:37 pm
Katherine = ed f = Jimmy Chitwood = Delta Stewardess
All same person, having a fake conversation.
I am my own person..I have no idea who those other posters are but nice try. I post about a lot of sports…and I don’t have a need to make up fake identities..hence the reason I just use my name.
Delta Stewardess
March 19th, 2011
3:07 pm
Kathrine didn’t you know we are a Sybil in the blogging world? We just love to talk to ourselves. HAHAHHA some people are just not that bright.
Taylor
March 19th, 2011
3:48 pm
So much whining and complaining. If the bloggers had it their way, UGA would fire a coach or AD every 2 years. so stupid. get a life!
radiowxman
March 19th, 2011
3:51 pm
Washington had 3 of the best 4 players on the court last night. The only reason this game was close was because the Huskies couldn’t hit the broad side of a barn in the first half — they got all the looks they needed.
CT
March 19th, 2011
3:56 pm
NICE ROAD WIN AT CLEVELAND STATE FOR BOBBY CREMINS AND C OF C TODAY, WILL PLAYER WINNER OF VT/WITCHITA STATE
SadDawg
March 19th, 2011
3:56 pm
This time next year, Mark Fox will be lamenting an early exit from the tournament, Except that it will be the NIT and he will be coaching NC State.
kral
March 19th, 2011
4:00 pm
there is something to be said for the good things life brings…UGA in the dance…Braves make play-offs…you know you always want more , I promise it is better to enjoy the memories of the good things than linger on the bad..enjoy the times…do not beat those down..you will never be happy…words of wisdom from one who has experienced alot as a fan and a human being
McDawg
March 19th, 2011
4:01 pm
well said
Get Real
March 19th, 2011
4:03 pm
Do you think UGA can beat UNC in the tournament? Oh yeah! They don’t even get to the round to play them! Wishful thinking on the part of the delusional fans.
Delta Stewardess
March 19th, 2011
4:11 pm
@kral I am sure Damon Evans sees it like that. He remembers getting the red panties just not th red lights in his rear view mirror.
kral
March 19th, 2011
4:15 pm
take a long flight on southwestern DS
Skeezix
March 19th, 2011
4:18 pm
At least the program is headed in the right direction.
BYRDDAWG
March 19th, 2011
4:36 pm
GO DAWGS!!!!!
kral
March 19th, 2011
4:39 pm
oohhh…markie a chance although a failed one is better than none at all
Delta Stewardess
March 19th, 2011
4:44 pm
@Skeezix how do we know the program is headed in the right direction? Richt did make a few changes from coaches to players, but how do we know anything will be better? Our starting QB still has not beat a team with a winning record. Bobo is still the Offensive Coordinator .
Al
March 19th, 2011
4:47 pm
No bench depth. I saw at one point late in the second half that our bench had zero pts. This explains late game losses. The starters had a lot of heart, but our program under Fox was too young to have a deep team in place to support the starters. It will come!!!
kral
March 19th, 2011
4:48 pm
ds did the altitude get to you I think skee was referring to bb
Delta Stewardess
March 19th, 2011
4:53 pm
These are the DAWGS we will never be a Kentucky of Florida. The only PROGRAM we care about is FOOTBALL. The other good programs are Lady’s Basketball and the GYM Dawgs.
kral
March 19th, 2011
4:59 pm
no wrong again ds..I care about them all…and if you do not care about UGA BB adios I think that is what this is about could be wrong….dumb blonde…knows her stuff…or full of it
kral
March 19th, 2011
5:03 pm
you got brown-eyes…ds…just wondering..checkyour ears..nothing brown running-out…looking for a side-line reporter job or knowest very little of what thou speaketh of
Bradleysmels
March 19th, 2011
5:15 pm
Yeah great job making it to the dance…. Great job being one of the top 5 athletic programs financially and top 64 in basketball. I would only expect uga to make the dance with their kind of backing and position.
kral
March 19th, 2011
5:18 pm
no comment bs smells…heck that was a comment
Trolls R Us
March 19th, 2011
5:19 pm
More bad news.
Gators to Sweet 16.
2 Dance wins to your 0.
Will Fox ever be the game day coach Donovan is?
Please.
Delta Stewardess
March 19th, 2011
5:24 pm
KRAL
How many Baseball games to you go to a year? How many basketball games do you attend? How many years would it take for mens Basketball and Baseball to draw the number of fans that 1 season of Football brings in?
I have been to more Tech Baseball games than UGA basketball and baseball games combined. Dawgs were lucky to make it to the Dance. We were 10-10 in our last 20 games. That is not a NCAA Tourney team I am sorry to say.
Einsteindawg
March 19th, 2011
5:33 pm
Thanks BB Dawgs for a great and exciting season…wish everyone the best in the future. Fox is a very good coach. Give him a few years with his own players and the NCAA tourney will be part of our regular season.
kral
March 19th, 2011
5:39 pm
first of all little darling…family was a season ticket-holder for about 15 yrs…father grad..there with masters in ag…mother grad.. there with a spec…reading degree…daugther grad..there mbs…alsowas named greek woman of the year….brother grad.. there in chem…i got my masters in spec. ed at VSU..undergrad at GSU never taught a day of pe…coached for around 15 years…worked aloong side a coach in the ALA..hall of fame…taught sp. ed 29 yr ..oone other coach worked with has a prestigious baseball hs..named for him…went ot UGA games for years..tough trip close to 250 miles…your the fan am just a blogger..who you made a smart comment to again take a long fligght…buying a ticket to something does not mean you actually know anything…sorr for the life ed..synopsis
Delta Stewardess
March 19th, 2011
5:45 pm
karl
How you type, spell, and sentence structure I think maybe you have been taking Special Ed classes for 29 years; not teaching them. Now bag my groceries and carry them to my car.
kral
March 19th, 2011
5:50 pm
saw from the grass bank UGA beat the Bear an Bammmer 21-0….saw Buck Belue make the pitch from my seat in the great come back against Tech..it was a fake…was their when Scott Woerner beat Clemson all by himself…pratically..saw many a great HW games…would like to follow GA baseball when I can… nephew had a scholly there finished baseball career when he blew out his left arm at UGA
kral
March 19th, 2011
5:52 pm
darling darling edit what you like..you started this…an I appreciate constuctive critism…please point out grammatical errors but please also read for content
Delta Stewardess
March 19th, 2011
5:55 pm
OK……See….I….about.
kral
March 19th, 2011
5:59 pm
having a prolem with reading comprehension…tell what you do not get IIIIIIIIIIIII wiiiiiiiiiiiiil blogggggggggggg reallllllllllll slllooowwwwwwwwwww
Jim
March 19th, 2011
5:59 pm
Locker room material: “Nice game of keep-a-way maybe next year they can learn to shoot the ball!”
All that passing the ball around is fine if you are sitting on a BIG LEAD but when Washington can score 3 pointers at will, you have to press and drive to the basket. Oh well better luck next year
Delta Stewardess
March 19th, 2011
6:01 pm
WTF is this: “tell what you do not get”? prolem(?) is this Parole Them?
Dawg92
March 19th, 2011
6:01 pm
Great season for a team devoid of serious talent after the top 2 players. Anyone that thinks this team was ‘talented’ clearly didn’t watch many games, is just clueless or just a UGA homer. Trey Thompkins is a very good player and very talented. Travis Leslie is an athlete that can create scores off rebounds and fast breaks but he’s not a great basketball talent (don’t get me wrong, he’s very good and I pray he comes back next year but for a guard, he cannot shoot). Gerald Robinson is a human turnover and Dustin Ware, who is the best shooter on the team, simply cannot create a shot…he has to be wide open to knock anything down. And after those 4 there is a HUGE dropoff in talent…Jeremy Price was solid against terrible competition and just AWFUL against good competition. After that you have a bunch of guys that take up space and produced virtually nothing.
What Mark Fox did with this bunch is absolutely remarkable and Georgia fans should be very thankful that he’s there. He’s recruiting solidly and has things going in the right direction (when he was hired no one in their right mind thought the Dawgs would make the tourney in only his 2nd year). This was a great year given that Fox had to play with essentially 4 guys that were SEC-caliber players and with only 7 guys that contributed anything at all.
And for those crying about UGA ‘pressuring’, you have no idea what you’re talking about. UGA doesn’t have the players to do that. You can’t play a pressuring up-tempo game for 40 minutes when you only have 7 players that you trust to play. And if you think that UGA playing those guys at the end of the bench is a good idea, you’re out of your mind.
Great season Dawgs…Trey and Travis, please stay! And Julian Royal, come on over to Athens!
kral
March 19th, 2011
6:08 pm
you will have to simplify 6:01 blog..your to inteelgint for me…do not comprehend ds
Delta Stewardess
March 19th, 2011
6:13 pm
inteelgint? You really were a Teacher? It had to be at a Government school I am guessing.
Delta Stewardess
March 19th, 2011
6:14 pm
kral
Try to download Google Chrome. I think it spell checks any and everything you type.
kral
March 19th, 2011
6:25 pm
first of all darling darling…hope you read that as condescending…atacking my grammar and my career is funny….do you not have more to bring to the table….if not you should excuse your self an leave…yes edicuct…but thanks for trying to improve me…I am trying the same with you
kral
March 19th, 2011
6:27 pm
I ain’t in to grammar rules…into content…where do you stand dizzyy ss
kral
March 19th, 2011
6:33 pm
to hopefully maintain your self-esteem…I will continue to make grammmaticl errors for you to correct…jump on them dizzy stew
kral
March 19th, 2011
6:41 pm
good- bye dizzy life is to short to waste anymore time with you…but thanks for the English lesson…bill me…you got me I give…
Delta Stewardess
March 19th, 2011
6:46 pm
I don’t care if you use grammar rules or not, but don’t tell people you were a TEACHER and college graduate with how you post. If you worked in Georgia or Alabama, then you are an example of why our Government schools are so bad at preparing students for life after high school.
Lagdawg
March 19th, 2011
7:02 pm
Don’t have a PG coming in, and we need one bad. We have a SG coming but, we need more outside shooters. Robinson played well at the beginning of the season and he disappeared the rest of the way. The guards need to work on their outside shooting and the team as a whole needs to become more physical. The play too timid and are very inconsistant. Good season, but should have been better. A lot of work ahead to get this program to be very competitive.
kral
March 19th, 2011
7:38 pm
oh.. dizzy…you do not know the tough times..I faced in my career…take a shot at me as an educator…laugh if you will…worked with mildly handicapped…behavior disordered…physically handicapped…emotionally disturbed…alternative school kids…retired an was honored you go girl…give out some cokes and peanuts..and call me laterr if you want to no more
The U
March 19th, 2011
7:58 pm
Trey give Tim Duncan a call for advise, a good role model stayed 4 years, came in the league ready tp play. Travis stay and work on the mid range and long range. The NBA is not the place to hone those skills. You have an opportunity to avoid the NBA’s D league. Stay and work your game.
kral
March 19th, 2011
8:22 pm
Dizzy,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,get a life……………….you don’t have one and know nothing about the real world…………………GROW UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
kral
March 19th, 2011
8:23 pm
BTW DIZZY,,,,,I HAVE GOOGLE CHROME…..LAUGHS ON YOU!
kral
March 19th, 2011
8:23 pm
BTW DIZZY,,,,,I HAVE GOOGLE CHROME…..LAUGHS ON YOU!
Eric
March 19th, 2011
8:24 pm
Anyone know how many people entered the ajc hoops pickem contest?
kral
March 19th, 2011
8:39 pm
822 823 AN823 WERE NOT me ride some coattails buuuutte-hoke
Upstate Dawg
March 19th, 2011
8:42 pm
Although the result last night was disappointing, I’m glad I was there (as were 1000 or so other UGA fans). For those of us who have suffered for many years following Georgia basketball, this year was a welcome bit of sunshine. No, we didn’t win all of the games we could/should have but we were in every single game. And this team never gave up. They’re a good group of guys with a very good coach. Whether Thompkins or Leslie stay or go, things continue to look up for UGA hoops. Already looking forward to next year.
kral
March 19th, 2011
8:50 pm
I will ride some coattails and love doing it…..It is your wife………………………LOL
excessive celebration
March 19th, 2011
9:02 pm
I told you so! If you cant win the big ones in the regular season when the pressure is on against your conference foes, you sure cant do it on the big stage. So many missed layups!!! What a joke! We are supposed to be better than this.
Delta Stewardess
March 19th, 2011
9:17 pm
karl Bless Your Heart.
Delta Stewardess
March 19th, 2011
9:20 pm
Butler and Pitt what a finish do we get OT? Big East is looking like the Big Least.
OldTimer
March 19th, 2011
9:26 pm
UGA will never have a bench. The type of recruits that they attract won’t sit on the bench.
kral
March 19th, 2011
9:33 pm
was that nice ds or was that ….life is funny…my wife took up for me…i put her down…with out knowlege believe it are not…try to protect me ….you even pizzzed her off..if you meannt it I send a blesing of your heart too
kral
March 19th, 2011
9:45 pm
hope you mean it….married late in life to a wonderful women after a long previous..wish you the same blessiing..you never know when they will come …keep your eyes open wide
kral
March 19th, 2011
9:45 pm
hope you mean it….married late in life to a wonderful women after a long previous..wish you the same blessiing..you never know when they will come …keep your eyes open wide
Delta Stewardess
March 19th, 2011
9:54 pm
.married late in life to a wonderful women after a long previous..WHAT a Drunk Spell?
.you never know when they will come …Usually a few seconds of breathing deep and moaning for myself.
phillip
March 19th, 2011
9:55 pm
I agree with Thompkins comments that the NCAA tournament is something every player should experience. Especially the Alabama players that got shafted after beating Georgia, Tennessee, Kentucky, and won the West going away. Damn shame they couldn’t enjoy it.
kral
March 19th, 2011
10:02 pm
you just can not let it it go…you arre the epitamy..spelliing,,,of dang..do not know what to say exactly…sugar or without ..did not mean to throw you off dizzzy …look left..look right ..oohhh..oyu you do not understand,,,that is okay….you and I live and work on two different levels you correct grammar..I call out fools
CP_Bulldawgs
March 19th, 2011
10:05 pm
I think that the 2012 recruiting class is very important for Mark Fox in order to turn the corner and make UGA b ball program more relevant. The state is loaded with talent with players like Tony Parker, Jordan Price, Evan Nolte, Shaq Goodwin, to go along with the two guys from GA playing at Oak Hill Jordan Adams and Damien Wilson. And that is just to name a few. I am not sure how many we can sign this years but if we could get a couple of those guys then that will really set UGA basketball up for success. Maybe Adams, Wilson, and Price will want to follow each other since the play AAU ball together for years.
What do you guys think?
kral
March 19th, 2011
10:09 pm
game on darling …stay for some more..read what has gone as bine posted or blogged,,,,you the man or the woman…keep going I have at the moment nothing better to do….go for it
kral
March 19th, 2011
10:13 pm
sorry boys just got personal…kinda love it….a
Delta Stewardess
March 19th, 2011
10:14 pm
kral
March 19th, 2011
6:41 pm
good- bye dizzy life is to short to waste anymore time with you…but thanks for the English lesson…bill me…you got me I give…kral
March 19th, 2011
10:02 pm
you just can not let it it go…
kral you said BYE 4 hours ago and you keep coming back. I am watching games and look over here and there you go running your mouth. Now who can’t let it go? OK you win I just can’t ready your post anymore. They make a sane persons head hurt.
Snoop Dawg
March 19th, 2011
10:18 pm
I’m sorry folks, but I’ve rarely seen such stupid play in my life. Our team might be talented, but the players are dumber than a box of rocks. Did you see those Washington players consistently sneaking around them and then dunking the ball at the goal? How bout the fake-outs that midget Isiah Thomas pulled on our team? We played only offense, absolutely no defense. I’m trying to give Fox as much credit as I can, but frankly I just don’t see a lot of coaching or basketball strategy on the court. UGA’s trademark: wait ’till next year…
kral
March 19th, 2011
10:33 pm
last blog lost to eternity…went away…but your stupididity made me stay…woe is me…dupe by another blogging ..idiot
kral
March 19th, 2011
10:40 pm
now watch and learn..an kiss my …I do not have one…okay ds….kiss somebodie’s jac azz good bye…pleasure meeting you will look forward to your guidance and coorection…arrogance………lack of knowlege…and the superbub …wonderful..life….you got it to many beers whats your excuse
Fox's Job
March 19th, 2011
10:52 pm
has fox scheduled a presser to explain the NC state rumors and whether he will stay at UGa? if so, will it be televised so I can watch it on my Ipad while traveling?
Spot the troll
March 19th, 2011
11:05 pm
Note:
100% of comments on this page from same blogger (not this post of course).
Just so everyone knows.
Bawbie
March 19th, 2011
11:17 pm
diamond Dawgs lose to SC. Fire Dave Perno!
5150 UOAD
March 19th, 2011
11:24 pm
Richt lost to SC, Colorado, and UCF. Fire Mark Richt.
Archbishop of Canterbury
March 20th, 2011
12:33 am
Football and basketball as irrelevant as a picture of Billy Carter urinating on the runway with a bottleof Billy Beer in his other hand.
Just a sad and pathetic athletic program that has not won a BIG game in one of the revenue producing sports in over a quarter of a century—BIG games are those when you either win pr are close to winning one of those really BIG bowls that come after the LAST game of a season.
GatornAtl
March 20th, 2011
12:39 am
Was this necessary? First, say Ga deserves NCAA..then, say it lost its chance…I am not sure of this kind of reporting…maybe yellow journalism? and MB, i do know what YJ means…AJC is wasting its reputation….
ugared
March 20th, 2011
12:51 am
Dawgs program is headed upwards. Glad to see Tech ousted Paul . He couldn’t get the job done with good talent. UK and UF are the 2 best SEC teams and are showing it . I still think the Big East flexes its muscle and wears the crown this year. Duke has a shot . UNC too young this year. Look out for SDSU to have a shot at the final four . Aztecs have talent.
Moof,Moof---TheHairLipDog
March 20th, 2011
9:24 am
How about those dogs? Moof, moof, moof, moof!!
Freehawk
March 20th, 2011
10:24 am
Mark, two days in a row you wrote the same column. Premise = Fox is a good coach and did a good job. Substance = facts may or may not support that. He seems a nice guy and good basketball coach. His two seasons so far have been entirely with talent recruited by the prior (fired) coach. His team was picked to win SEC East this season and it did not. They showed a very consistent problem choking away leads at the end of games (some they lost, some they survived). Alabama should have had their NCAA spot (don’t get me started on “body of work” pablum nonsense). He may be a fine coach, but cannot tell from his “body of work” to date.
Freehawk
March 20th, 2011
10:26 am
Next season Richt will echo Fox: “there should be no shame in that.” He’ll be talking about losing to SC in the second game, as SC goes on to win the East again.
wildbill
March 20th, 2011
11:26 am
Finish the drill?????? Looks like our dawgs didn’t finish the drill. The bright spot? We got there.
1785 Dawg
March 20th, 2011
2:32 pm
Thank you Coach Fox! Thank you Georgia Basketball Team! We look forward to next season!
robodawg
March 20th, 2011
2:37 pm
As far as getting the game we wanted … we actually did for only a half. UW scored 40 second half points. That’s their pace, their game, not ours. They were just too fast for us.
We’ve come a long ways, but what we’ve been missing all season is real depth. We play well in the first half and in the last 5 minutes, but not for a full 40. But very good season still and a big step forward for the program.
LLUGA
March 20th, 2011
3:01 pm
Wow…never seen so much hand-wringing after Wash-UNC game over officials not getting clock time right…no one seemed to care about the officials in Wash-UGA game erroneously taking away basket from UGA…glad Wash lost…tired of seeing Isaiah Thomas’s father in the crowd…
As for UGA…what can you say…they lived up to expectations…heaven forbid a UGA team ever exceed them.
peak oil
March 20th, 2011
4:59 pm
Just Imagine…
PG Dustin Ware SR
SG Travis Leslie SR
SF Kentavious Caldwell FR
PF Trey Thompkins SR
C John Florveus SO
Bench
Gerald Robinson SR
Marcus Thornton SO
Tim Dixon FR
Donte Williams SO
Sherrard Brantley JR
lamar
March 20th, 2011
11:15 pm
If you call Chris Barnes DEPTH, then you dont know what the word means! This guy is GARBAGE! AGAIN, GARBAGE!! He played 21 minutes because Price got into foul trouble AND SCORED ZERO! ZERO! POINTS! Hell he could’nt even hit the rim on his only 2 foul shots! Mark Fox is a very young coach, but a dang good one but i would have left Price in in the 2nd half untill he fouled out because he finished the game with just 4 fouls. At least you could have gotten more out of him because with BARNES YOU HAVE NOTHING! PATHETIC IS WHAT YOU HAVE FOR DEPTH!
cdog
March 21st, 2011
12:41 am
trey and travis, you need another year in college.that will increase your stock tremendously next season. you have a dynamite recruiting class next year plus the bulldogs will have 3 of the states top hoopsters in jay rhome, nick marshall and kentavious caldwell.by giving yourselves another year would all but make the bulldogs highly favorites to make the final four.both you guys, leslie and thompkins are by no way ready for the next level. you will be next season so do the sensible thing, stay in school, please.
player notes
March 21st, 2011
3:23 am
ga basketball players don’t read this blog—begging them to stay in school instead of making millions in the nba may be the dumbest thing I’ve read on the internet in a 11 months.
King Gator
March 22nd, 2011
12:48 pm
Still better than losing to UCF in the Liberty Bowl! Go Gators!