Dogs are ranked for first time in eight years
For the first time in almost eight years, Georgia’s men’s basketball team is nationally ranked.
The Bulldogs are No. 24 in this week’s Associated Press poll -– the first time they have been in the Top 25 since the final poll of the 2002-03 season.
Saturday’s 77-70 victory over No. 10 Kentucky vaulted the Dogs (12-2, 1-0 SEC) into the poll. The win was Georgia’s ninth in a row, the program’s longest winning streak since the 1982-83 season.
Georgia, however, did not crack this week’s ESPN/USA Today coaches’ poll. The Bulldogs are fourth among teams “also receiving votes” there.
The AJC’s UGA basketball coverage from the past few days:
Game story: The win over Kentucky.
Mark Bradley column: In beating the regal Big Blue, UGA proves it’s big-time too.
Jeff Schultz column: Mark Fox succeeding in changing basketball culture at Georgia.
Next: Weather could ’severely’ impact Dogs’ travel to Vanderbilt.
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Gadawg_04
January 10th, 2011
2:50 pm
I was there at the peak of the Harrick regime, and the fall, and I couldn’t be more excited about this team. How great to see the Steg rocking again to great basketball. I really like Coach Fox, and we have a good core group on the floor. Hopefully we have enough depth, but this is a good basketball team!!
BobDawg
January 10th, 2011
2:52 pm
… Interesting how BBall is really helping Football recruiting now! They have recruits at every Home Game now… We will close strong in Recruiting and then get back on track next Fall with a better focused coaching staff….
STD
January 10th, 2011
2:54 pm
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cdog
January 10th, 2011
2:56 pm
COACH FOX IS A SUPER COACH.HE HAS LEARNED HOW TO HANDLE OTHER TEAM’S PRESSES WHICH GAVE HIM TROUBLE LAST SEASON.GEORGIA IS AN UP AND COMING PROGRAM THAT WILL KICK BUTTS THIS YEAR AND THE YEARS TO COME.THE PLAYERS SHOULD NOT PLAY SCARED ON THE ROAD LIKE THE ATLANTA HAWKS DOES.THEY SHOULD GO TO VANDERBILT AND BEAT THE COMMODORES IF THEY BELIEVE IN THEMSELVES.WAY TO GO COACH FOX AND THANKS TREY THOMPKINS FOR DOING THE SMART THING AND STAY IN SCHOOLS.GEORGIA WILL BE IN THE NCAA TOURNAMENT AS A NUMBER 1 OR 2 SEED.
RaleighDawg
January 10th, 2011
2:57 pm
BobDawg – I was a student in the late 70’s and have been to several games already this year. Night and day difference in Stegman between now and then – you can just barely smell remnants of rodeos gone by *smile*….just kidding. It’s a big time facility these days and they still have some more plans like painting the dingy ceiling. Things are getting better and better these days at the ole alma matter !
Woodstock Dawg
January 10th, 2011
3:08 pm
The other SEC coaches knew UGA was up and coming this year. In a preseason interview, Billy Donovan made a point of saying that Georgia is definitely the team to watch out for in the SEC. He was right on.
Great job Coach Fox and team!! What kind of contract does Coach Fox have? I don’t want any other schools stealing him away. He’s a big time coach and we need to do everythign we can to keep him around! Go Dawgs!
19DAWGFAN59
January 10th, 2011
3:14 pm
KEEP IT GOING DAWGS !!! BIG DANCE THIS YEAR ?
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January 10th, 2011
3:27 pm
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collegeballfan
January 10th, 2011
3:31 pm
Good for Fox and his team.
Can’t wait for Bill King’s next column on the football team………..
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Derek S.
January 10th, 2011
3:41 pm
GTBob…. terrible RPI’s the rest of the way?? We play #8 1 more time and then 14,18, & 25 2 times each. That’s terrible? Florida, Tennessee, Vandy & Kentucky all have great RPI’s. Do your research.
Hector
January 10th, 2011
3:44 pm
Do you think Coach Fox could squeeze in coaching football???????????
David
January 10th, 2011
3:48 pm
Can Coach Fox walk down to Coach Richt’s office and give him a lesson on how to build a top program? How can our basketball team be in better shape than the football team? I guess it means recruiting the best athletes who look to the best interest of the program(Trey Thomkins) and not their best interest(A.J. Green). Just a thought!!
Dawg Tired
January 10th, 2011
3:52 pm
Can this Mark also coach football?
South Georgia Dawg
January 10th, 2011
4:02 pm
We need to pack Stegman every game to show recruits that UGA is the place to be. Us South Georgia Dawgs can’t be there for mid week games. Come on my North Georgia dawg brothers and help us out. P.S. Greg, we would love a non-conference game once a year in Albany.
CEPH
January 10th, 2011
4:08 pm
How things change. When Fox was hired at UGA, he said when you talked about the coach Mark at UGA everyone knew there was only one Mark at Georgia at it wasn’t him. Richt is probably in a fetal position on his couch saying,” What is this guy trying to do, he is making me look bad” Richt lies and alibis while Fox walks the talk!!!!!
CEPH
January 10th, 2011
4:11 pm
Have you wondered why NO ONE ever interviews the assistant football coaches at UGA for their program??????? Florida and Alabama can;t keep assistants and UGA can’t run them off. Just wondering!!!!!!!
Will
January 10th, 2011
4:12 pm
I hope McGarity gets the memo that we need to keep Fox in Athens for a long time. If he doesn’t move soon a power school will take him away this spring.
suwaneedawg
January 10th, 2011
4:15 pm
GTbob,your knowledge of our schedule strength is a match for Hewitts knowledge of coaching basketball. DAMN, that was just a pure ignorant post!
UGA Insider
January 10th, 2011
4:16 pm
The CMR to Stanford rumors is a bunch of crap. Don’t listen to them UGA fans and recruits. He may even sign an extension in the next few weeks I have heard. If it weren’t for the UCF debacle the ink would be drying now.
jay
January 10th, 2011
4:30 pm
Not gonna win the national championship. Lets focus on getting 20 wins, making it to the tournament,
doing well in the tournament and recruit the hell out of this state. If we can get and keep the best players from the state (with a surprise recruit or two from elsewhere) we just might have something.
I thought Fox was kind of a desperation hire…how wrong i was.
marcus
January 10th, 2011
4:39 pm
where’s tech in the rankings? i’m happy for uga and their program, but when is tech gonna pull the plug on hewitt and get us a coach who can bring us back to national prominence? it’s not like there’s not enough talent in the southeast to fill our coffers.
gdawginkalamazoo
January 10th, 2011
4:42 pm
Finally we add -ED to our RANK postion we have been in the past few years. RANKED sounds nice and it is great to see. Keep up the good work.
w s
January 10th, 2011
4:49 pm
Really good to see BB team on the way up, Great job Coach Fox,hope we all just keep it real,,, as great as this win was its only just one win in the SEC,,,take it one at a time a tough road is ahead,,,,best of luck the rest of the way,,play hard,,,play smart and play tough GO DAWG!!
59bulldawg
January 10th, 2011
4:54 pm
Thank you Coach Fox for all your hard work and dedication that made this possible.
Einsteindawg
January 10th, 2011
5:07 pm
Congrats coach Fox. This is what happens when your head coach still has a passion for his job.
dawg2
January 10th, 2011
5:15 pm
Great job Coach Fox..knew you would turn it around.
Tim Tucker, I just mailed you some UGA x- football players info, to 223 Perimeter Center parkway. Hope that was right? Give it two days and be looking for it. Thanks and keep up the great job.
harold
January 10th, 2011
5:23 pm
TOO BAD THE FOOTBALL TEAM AND THE FOOTBALL COACHES SUCK.
col fot
January 10th, 2011
5:34 pm
Georgis’s coach Fox can recruit talent and the talent in this state will going to UGA. This guy can flat out coach. If this team had a little more depth they would make a serious run at the SEC and NCAA tournaments, they might anyway. Good luck guys.
GTBob
January 10th, 2011
5:35 pm
Derek S.,
I did do my research. I said that “most” of the teams they play have terrible RPI’s. Have you looked at the RPI’s of South Carolina, Auburn, LSU, Alabama, Arkansas, or Miss St? None are in the top 100. Auburn can’t even break the top 300. There are a couple of good SEC teams and a lot of really bad ones to go along with them. If UGA wins half of the games against the good teams then they should easily make the tournament.
Big Dawg
January 10th, 2011
5:41 pm
Congratulations to Mark Fox and his team!!!
boots
January 10th, 2011
5:46 pm
Great run just starting for the basketball programs. The guys we have, including the coach, all represent the university well. Proud to be a DAWG!
Scott
January 10th, 2011
5:54 pm
Congratulations Coach Mark Fox… You’re a class act. Thanks for turning this program around and giving us something to cheer about!
Doo Wap
January 10th, 2011
6:03 pm
Dawgs suck.
dawjones
January 10th, 2011
6:04 pm
$39 Million Practice Facility
$15 Million Coliseum Facelift
$1.5 per year for a coach
Sounds like somebody wanted Georgia to be a success in Basketball
Drizek
January 10th, 2011
6:06 pm
“Congratulations Coach Mark Fox… You’re a class act.”
Yes, he is. Low class.
NGADAWG
January 10th, 2011
6:08 pm
Congrats coach Fox. Can you coach football too?
MontyP
January 10th, 2011
6:23 pm
We got Fox from Nevada now we need to get their football coach too. I’m sure McGarity is writing up the contract extension already. Lunardi’s Bracketology was last updated before they beat Kentucky. If Georgia beats Vandy I would expect Lunardi to have them around a 5th or 6th seed when he updates it later this week.
This team was completely calm, composed and focused against Kentucky. Never got rattled once the entire game! That is a sign of great coaching. Georgia will find a couple more big time recruits to commit knowing that they can come in next year and compete for the vacanicies created when Travis and Trey leave after this season.
Go Dawgs!
Hunker Down
January 10th, 2011
6:32 pm
While the program caught some flack regarding former AD Evans, he did something special in the hire of Coach Fox.
Hit A Single
January 10th, 2011
6:51 pm
Hunker Down – I agree with you. What a hire! And not just the wins but the way the team looks. No real baggy pants or high socks and head bands. They represent UGA very well.
Sun got to shine on a mutt ass sometimes
January 10th, 2011
7:05 pm
Enjoy mutt nation. it will not last long.
Charles
January 10th, 2011
7:29 pm
GTBob – UGA plays a very solid schedule the remainder of the year. Four top-25 RPI teams and then a couple of top 75 RPI clubs in Ole Miss and Xavier. That’s plenty strong…certainly a hell of alot tougher than that women’s league Tech plays in. Amazing how pathetic the ACC has become.
WestOfAthens
January 10th, 2011
7:38 pm
Well deserved, yet beware of inflated attention/egos.
Good opportunity for UGA, see where they can go from here
HBTD
Coffee Bluff DAWG
January 10th, 2011
7:51 pm
Nice resume win on Sat to begin SEC play. Need to get some roads wins and what better place to start than Vandy. The place looks more like a performing arts theater than a BB coliseum.
cdog
January 10th, 2011
8:16 pm
coach richt will have the football program back on top next season.he needs to go out and recruit or develope a super high powered quarterback who knows how to win.
Flatsdawg1
January 10th, 2011
8:28 pm
This can be a great season for these dawgs, Fox is the real deal, which makes these dawgs the real deal! SIC EM!
Upstate Dawg
January 10th, 2011
9:58 pm
Great win on Saturday…the Steg was rockin’. The Dawgs will likely be favored in all of the rest of their home games. Get your tickets and help make the home court even more intimidating. GO DAWGS!
bwell
January 10th, 2011
10:29 pm
Go dawgs
Matt
January 10th, 2011
10:45 pm
Settle down everybody. We may be ranked, but we’re definitely the underdog in this game. vandy was ranked last week and has the biggest home-court advantage in the SEC year-in, year-out. We’ll be lucky to win. Being ranked doesn’t mean anything in college hoops — just be glad we’re relevant.