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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San Diego Dawg
January 10th, 2011
10:47 pm
Great to see… i love NCAAbasketball and the dawgs, love seeing it. I hope this job is no stepping stone when other schools come calling and after the job hes done …they will!…..i just got one thing to say ….. GO DAWGS!
CaliDawg
January 10th, 2011
11:22 pm
Nice to see us going from a women’s basketball school to a basketball school…so how long ’til someone buys our coach?
Cedrick Texas DAWG
January 11th, 2011
1:01 am
Great Job Coach Fox!!
red hill
January 11th, 2011
1:26 am
Just another illustration that coaching is everything. Mark Richt has got to go.
HERSCHEL ??
January 11th, 2011
1:47 am
You LEGHUMPERS are hilarious. you could care less about basketball but since your LEGENDARY football team is a cellar dweller in the sec you cling to anything you can. TUBBY, HARRICK, FELTON you know whats coming
Jalex49
January 11th, 2011
5:19 am
Congradulations to Coach Fox and the players. What a wonderful thing to happen to the program at Georgia. The talent and class of the Basketball team is great! These guys are playing hard and are a joy to watch.
It’s funny when you actually get players who want to play for a University and are committed to the program good things more than not do happen.
Maybe that will rub off on the football program ?
Anyway, Congrads and hope you have an outsatnding season and thanks to all the players for coming to Georgia.
A fan for life..
CJDawg
January 11th, 2011
5:43 am
Lock Fox up long term now!!!!!!
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January 11th, 2011
8:14 am
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Dean
January 11th, 2011
8:54 am
Congratulations Dawgs! It’s great to see good basketball. Is that Georgia Tech fans up there that are dissapointed. You are supposed to be a basketball school and you stink!
JdawgT
January 11th, 2011
9:08 am
Go Dawgs !!! and S%@W you HERSCHEL ??
Charliecole
January 11th, 2011
9:39 am
Bulldogs team of the week http://www.secsportsworld.blogspot.com
Rocky Mountain Bulldog
January 11th, 2011
9:49 am
Mark fox is the man. He is unassuming, but dude what a coach.
Just win in March guys!
Rocky Mountain Bulldog
January 11th, 2011
9:53 am
How did I forget to capitalize Fox? It is still early out here.
Tee
January 11th, 2011
10:08 am
Great start for the Dawgs!! We finally have a point a guard to go with our post players. If we could get some consistent shooting behind the arc we could compete for the SEC east. Travis Leslie is not a pro and as much as I like him there’s no way at this point he’s getting drafted. You wont find a shooting guard in the NBA at 6′4 unless you are just flat lights out. i.e JJ Reddick or Steph Curry and Leslie is far from that. He’s shooting 18% from 3pt land (3-16). I was around during the Harrick days and when you had Rashad Wright running the point with Ezra and Jarvis Hayes on the wings we could be down 10 and 2 minutes later be up 2. I don’t think this team has that fire power but they do have the post presence that most teams don’t. Its going to be interesting watching them develop this year. Great win vs Kentucky but the narrow wins vs Mercer and a bad E. Kentucky worry me. Vandy on the road is one of the toughest wins to get in the league. I don’t know the numbers but I only remember us beating them maybe once ot twice in the past 10 years. GO DAWGS!
Dawg Fud
January 11th, 2011
10:50 am
This is why I sent my footbal donation to the basketball team this year. I believe in Coach Fox and I want to keep him.
Mark Fox…now, there is a coach. I am very proud of him and his team’s effort.
GO DAWGS!
Hoops Dawg
January 11th, 2011
12:21 pm
Tee, I agree with most of what you said about Leslie. i think that he can play off -guard in the League, but only if he significantly improves his ball-handling skills so that he can consistently create his own drive/shots. He could use some international experience, perhaps, this summer and then come back and have a monster senior year. I am afraid that if he comes out, he will be drafted and then go on to become a marginal pro at best.
Yellow Fuzz
January 11th, 2011
2:47 pm
Great that georgia is now a basketball and gymnastics school. Hahahaha. Somebody needed to take the pressure off of your powerful 6-7 looozer football team.
Hahahahahhahahahahahah. Glad your fall started with the 45-42 game!
excessive celebration
January 11th, 2011
3:00 pm
why isnt this guy on the football team. looks at his arms for gosh sake. who is his strength and conditioning coach?
Pelosi Dawg
January 11th, 2011
3:05 pm
Relax – it won’t last long.
Hairy Reid
January 11th, 2011
3:06 pm
You mutts will turn on Fox before long!
paul
January 11th, 2011
3:33 pm
Hey dogs, might as well become a bball school because your fball stinks. Yes AU, AL, TN, LSU and FL have all won championships in the last 20 years and your team has been mired in mediocrity. Losers…..
dap01
January 11th, 2011
4:08 pm
Hairy Reid: Your mom turned on to watch Fox and UGA the other day during the Kentucky game. Fox is the best and hottest HC around right now. UGA is blessed to have him. I hope they lock him up with a contract!
excessive celebration
January 11th, 2011
5:37 pm
uhhh paul its been 30 years…..thats why i threw all my red and black in the trash after 2009 gator bowl. quitting after 30 years is not fair weather if u ask me
dawgman
January 11th, 2011
5:53 pm
Saw it here first…this will be the same headline we read about the football program in October,2018.
UK Cat
January 11th, 2011
11:17 pm
Congrats on your win vs. my Wildcats. UGA played great and deserved the W. Good Luck to you the rest of the year. Fox is a heck of a coach and I had a great time at the game on Saturday…despite the L.
Vandy Man
January 13th, 2011
10:00 am
Why does UGA always have an excuse, calling Vandy’s Memorial Gym the quirkest floor in the SEC. The Bulldogs got beat hands down. Vandy Will win in Athens this year also. What will your excuse be then?
Floundering Fox Hounds Batman!
January 13th, 2011
1:56 pm
Oops that didnt last long, lost to Vandy who lost to SC. Back to reality !!!!! Never lead in the game either.
Upstate Dawg
January 16th, 2011
6:00 am
Vandy’s gym is quirky. Vandy deserved to win…you didn’t have long to enjoy it, did you,Vandy Man? The Dawgs are back on track with a thumping yesterday in Oxford. It’s amazing how many are so anxious to attack UGA. Glory, Glory!
jc_dawgs
January 16th, 2011
10:12 am
I’m sure many of you watched that timeout with 2 seconds left in the game when UGA lost to Vandy?
That could very well be the turning point for this team. Like the announcers said…Fox had there attention…and whatever he said…struck home.
Then we see a 20 point Dawg blowout at Ole Miss and that is nothing to sneeze at. At times during that game….it was almost like I was watching Duke! Complete domination.
I get the feeling the Dawgs are about to go on a serious run!
Jborodawg
January 16th, 2011
2:33 pm
Great win over Ole Miss, at their house!
Now, I had to come into this week-old blog to ask…
The announcers yesterday mention Bruce Pearl and he’s “ready for it to end…” or something to that effect. I just spent 30 mins searching here at ajc.com and could find nothing on the Bruce Pearl/Vols situation. Seems Pearl is suspended for 8 SEC games and the Tenn program is under serious investigation. But, I couldn’t find anything in the AJC archives.
Upstate Dawg
January 16th, 2011
4:15 pm
It’s just “basketball”….why would the AJC have said anything about it? Yes, the SEC suspended Pearl for the first eight SEC games this year. He won’t be in Athens (at least at Stegeman) on Tuesday. He had numerous rules violations–the one coming to mind for me at the moment was having recruits to his home.