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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131 comments Add your comment
puff
January 10th, 2011
1:10 pm
Ranking will go up from here. Fox knows what he has doing and has enough horses to be a team that no one wants to play
sandman053
January 10th, 2011
1:12 pm
second
the sham
January 10th, 2011
1:13 pm
Booyah! The Dawgs are getting the respect they deserve! Now they have to stay grounded and continue to play our kind of ball!
Sic’em!
WinderDogg
January 10th, 2011
1:14 pm
Great job Coach Fox and guys!
supsalemgr
January 10th, 2011
1:17 pm
SEC wins on the road is the next step.
JB
January 10th, 2011
1:17 pm
This is sa-weet but we can’t have a let down v Vandy.
HBTD!!!
coloradobulldog
January 10th, 2011
1:19 pm
Should be higher since we beat a Top ten team and only have 2 loses. Also a team we beat (CU) manhandled a ranked Mizzou.
sandman053
January 10th, 2011
1:20 pm
Hopefully a road win is coming up soon!!!! Go Dawgs!
Vandy did lose to SC…not sure what they are RPI-wise or anything.
RomeDawg
January 10th, 2011
1:21 pm
That’s OK, lets play underdawg all year! Overlook this team and find yourself with another L!
I Could Have Put Some Lame Name Here
January 10th, 2011
1:22 pm
So Damon Did one thing right?
sandman053
January 10th, 2011
1:23 pm
Well he did two things right…hiring Mark Fox then having a date with red panties lady. (and getting caught)
SouthSide Dawg
January 10th, 2011
1:23 pm
Way to Go! Congratulations to the UGA Basketball Team! Keep it going!
Dan
January 10th, 2011
1:25 pm
WOOF! WOOF! WOOF!!!!!
rrich
January 10th, 2011
1:27 pm
GO Dawgs
THE GREATEST GAME EVER PLAYED!
January 10th, 2011
1:29 pm
A magical, mystical November night just over two short years ago: 45-42!
SECWasteManagement
January 10th, 2011
1:30 pm
This proves that it’s Georgia’s year for round ball and not football as odd as that sounds.
JB
January 10th, 2011
1:30 pm
Where did Hewitt and Tech place…..LMAO…..
Matt
January 10th, 2011
1:35 pm
The Vandy game will be more of a barometer of where the Dawgs are. They have not had success on the road. If this team can win 4 conference road games, then look out.
SoCal Dawg
January 10th, 2011
1:38 pm
Going for number 10! Go Dawgs!
Paul in RDU
January 10th, 2011
1:39 pm
Congrats to UGA on their poll ranking – not that it means much in b’ball compared to football.
More importantly, UGA’s RPI jumped up to #48 after the win over UK. As they play more conference games they have an opportunity to improve their RPI further.
Dirty Dawg
January 10th, 2011
1:42 pm
Don’t know if I was more pleased with how we played Saturday or the fact that Stegman was sold out. This is what the program needs to allow Mark Fox to convince ‘his version of a Georgia Dream Team’ that they can make a name for themselves with Georgia’s basketball program. Keep it up guys, we may turn into a B-ball school yet.
spider
January 10th, 2011
1:42 pm
good job DAWGS, sorry that my jackets hurt your RPI though.
Frankly
January 10th, 2011
1:43 pm
THE GREATEST GAME EVER PLAYED! A magical, mystical November night just over two short years ago: 45-42!
January 10th, 2011
1:29 pm
Actually that was one of the biggest flukes ever to make gtu 1-9 in the last decade. Prettty weak IYAM.
THWGT
BullDawgRick
January 10th, 2011
1:45 pm
Congrats CMF & FoxDawgs!!
Love the way he’s built this team.. Solid foundation…
Have to say, if we stay injury free, level headed & grounded, we just might make some “noise” in March Maddness!!
Go Dawgs!!
DawginOH
January 10th, 2011
1:47 pm
Way to go, Dawgs!!
Double Zero Eight
January 10th, 2011
1:47 pm
This team reminds me of the team led by Terry Fair
that was coached by Durham. They do not give up
and are not easily intimidated. Felton was a nice guy
but did not get the results. CMR…..you should feel
some pressure as we know what happened to your
peer.
Remarkable
January 10th, 2011
1:54 pm
Recruits in Georgia, you are going to want to play for this Fox. He will have two drafted by the NBA after this season.
bjohndawg
January 10th, 2011
1:55 pm
Fox is the best basketball coach ever at UGA. I hope we can keep him for years to come.
If so, this year will not be an isolated season but a the start of a nice trend of Georgia playing some great basketball.
Now if the football team could watch and learn.
UGAFan
January 10th, 2011
1:58 pm
Wow. At least one Mark at UGA can coach us into recognition by the national sports media. The football team is off the radar.
Congrats, Coach Fox, and Go Dawgs!
Dawgaholic
January 10th, 2011
1:59 pm
I have been following BB since 1990… and I must say that this is really exciting finally to have a real solid team.. The last 8 years have been rough… Keep it up Dawgs.. Sic em Woof Woof
Martin the Calvinist
January 10th, 2011
2:04 pm
Way to go Dawgs! Now if we can get the football team back on track!
Mr. Tucker, any good news on the recruiting front? Any news on any other Bulldog going early like Houston, Boykin, and the others?
Brett Favre was once a Falcon
January 10th, 2011
2:04 pm
Who would’a thunk that we would be a basketball school.
GTBob
January 10th, 2011
2:11 pm
UGA only plays one more game this season against a ranked team and most of the teams they play have terrible RPI’s. One would think they have a pretty easy road to the NCAA tournament. Interestingly enough, Joe Lunardi still has them missing the tournament and not in the first four out. I’m not sure if I agree with Joe on this one.
Buckeye
January 10th, 2011
2:11 pm
Howard Thompkins heals Bulldog Nation. Good Luck, Howard
One of your biggest Wesleyan Wolves Fan,
Buckeye
suwaneedawg
January 10th, 2011
2:14 pm
DAMN, it just makes you proud! Great job Coach Fox and keep up the great work. Bulldog Nation is proud!
Tired of being schlebrocked !
January 10th, 2011
2:15 pm
Great job DAWGS getting respact from everyone except ESPEANUTS/
USA polls they hate Georgia and ATL Pro Sports, thats fine, just
keep winning and they all have no choice but to respect the DAWGS
BB program, Thanks Coach Mark Fox…UGA lock him down before some-
one steals him from under us… GO DAWGS!!!!
Theron Sapp
January 10th, 2011
2:16 pm
I wonder if Mark Fox knows anything about football.
cattle dawg
January 10th, 2011
2:21 pm
Nice post Theron.
dale
January 10th, 2011
2:22 pm
It’s a dynasty
Please, let us be level headed about this
January 10th, 2011
2:23 pm
One year ago, I was hoping that in year 2010-11, UGA could end up by SEC Tourney time being around 22 wins. Next step would be to win say …. two SEC Tourney games and end up with 24 wins overall. THAT would be huge for UGA come March Madness selection time. No one thought that was possible beyond the true believers from UGA.
This Vandy game is bigger now than the KY game, as we are on the road in inclement weather and Vandy is always a fine to excellent club. If we defeat them, then we can realistically shoot for that 22, 23 over all mark by SEC tourney time.
This year is about setting future expectations by the alumni, players, the coaches and the future UGA players. This year is the year to attract local talent and then develop it and keep it up. THEY are watching UGA with more than casual interest, I can assure you.
UGA needs to come up with the $$$ to keep Coach Fox in the hunt. HE is the UGA future. He is the real deal.
PS …………….has GT played UGA yet? AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHHA
Go Dogs.
Corninmypooh
January 10th, 2011
2:36 pm
(((42-34)))
(((73-70)))
(((9-1)))
UGA owns Tech!
Steve
January 10th, 2011
2:38 pm
Let’s see, Fox leaves Nevada and the football team is now ranked and viable with their basketball program getting worse. Now at UGA, the opposite is true. Should Richt blame Fox? Any conspiracy theorists out there?
Dawgfan37
January 10th, 2011
2:41 pm
Who would have ever thought our basketball program would be heading in the right direction and football program be headed in the wrong direction 4 years ago. Wow, have things changed.
BG
January 10th, 2011
2:42 pm
GO DAWGS!!!!!! Coach Fox is a hell of a coach and the future is bright for UGA basketball.
Taco
January 10th, 2011
2:44 pm
Great Job Coach FOX! UGA has become a basketball school….only. Even money has them being ranked again next season before the football team ever gets ranked again!
boiler up
January 10th, 2011
2:45 pm
Congrats Georgia Basketball. My son went to camp this past summer there and we were very pleased. His staff has connections in Indiana and has worked with Keady and Knight in the past. A lot raw talent in the Atl but having those connections in Indiana may help for the future. good luck to you and Boiler Up!!
Taco
January 10th, 2011
2:45 pm
Nevada has a better football program at this juncture.
boiler up
January 10th, 2011
2:45 pm
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McDawg
January 10th, 2011
2:45 pm
great start-lets see how we hold up against Vandy also an experienced team
BobDawg
January 10th, 2011
2:49 pm
… Has anyone on this blog been to the New Steg and seen the Facelift??? Looks really good from pics I have seen… Will get there this month or next…. Let me know thoughts!
Fox has been saying now that this is his Destination job! With the great BBall talent in the state and moderate expectations year in and year out…Why wouldn’t you stay?!
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
Boof woof woof. Boof woof woof. Boofy woof boofy woof boofy woof woof. Boof deedee boof boof boof. Boof deedee boof boof boof. Boof deedee boof deedee boof boof boof boof boof boof boof boof woof.
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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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.
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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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.