Bulldogs pull out impressive 70-68 overtime win over No. 20 Miss. State
Pretty impressive win by Georgia on Saturday. The Bulldogs went to Starkville and took down No. 20 Mississippi State. The Maroon Dogs are, in my opinion, one of the best-built teams in the SEC south of Kentucky. So I certainly wasn’t expecting Georgia’s first SEC road win to come there.
In case you missed the telecast, Kentavious Caldwell-Pope hit a late 3-pointer in overtime and finished with 20 points to lead the Bulldogs to the 70-68 victory. Gerald Robinson’s bucket sent the game into the extra period.
Following was the AP burst. Wanted to give folks a chance to comment. . . .
STARKVILLE, Miss. — Kentavious Caldwell-Pope scored 20 points, including a crucial 3-pointer late in overtime, and Georgia beat No. 20 Mississippi State 70-68 on Saturday.
Georgia (12-12, 3-7) earned its first Southeastern Conference road win this season and only its second road victory overall. Gerald Robinson Jr. added 13 points, including eight in overtime. Dustin Ware had 11.
Mississippi State (19-6, 6-4) was led by Dee Bost’s 21 points. The senior guard missed a jumper at the buzzer that could have tied it.
Georgia trailed for much of the game, but Robinson hit a driving layup with 27 seconds remaining that sent the game to overtime. Georgia won at Humphrey Coliseum for the first time since 2002.
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tony
February 13th, 2012
8:35 am
Some fans can be so hostile. I think Mr Richt is a better coach than what he want everybody to believe. He could have won 5 championships if he cared about uga the way he cared about FSU.
The reason why FSU had the #1 offense in the nation in 2000 is because Mr Richt cared about FSU. In his tenure @FSU his offense was always rank the top10. Since his tenure(2001-11) @uga his offense has yet to crack the top 20 in the ranking.
Here’s where Mr Richt’s Total Offense rank @uga:
2001 rank 21st
2002 rank 49th
2003 rank 58th
2004 rank 31st
2005 rank 49th
2006 rank 90th
2007 rank 74th
2008 rank 22nd
2009 rank 75th
2010 rank 56th
2011 rank 39th
A coach who is use to having a top 10 offense every year would be devastated or ashame to be rank that low every year. This might be farfetched but whenever the fans gets irritated with the team, the ranking seems to get worse. http://jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/090602/col_10375439.html He makes me think he sabotage the games just to upset the fans. He lose to opponents(Vandy/Ky) who we should beat every season and it seems like he call the wrongs plays just to give certain teams the victory.
Every year there have been controversial issues involving the team: players gets unset and leave the program, he’s late recruiting the state of ga every year, he wait too long to hire a dc, oc, strength and conditioning coach and now special team coach. Does this sound like man who cares about winning championships?
I honestly believe Mr Richt is a better coach than Nick Saban but he could careless to win championships for uga.
Nick
February 13th, 2012
8:54 am
Great win for the Dawgs.
Chip what about some reporting on the Diamond Dawgs? Pre-season national ranking, could be in for a great Spring.
Jimmy Crack
February 13th, 2012
9:42 am
A great win and an exciting game all around, yet still some life-less mouth breathers come on here to comment on the football coach in a basketball forum. Fools.
After the embarrassment of losing to lowly GT, who is even more inept than imagined, the Bulldogs are coming on strong for a winning season and preparing for next year’s NCAA tounament bid run.
Rodster
February 13th, 2012
10:05 am
Nice job Dawgs! Fox can coach and our guys are playing smart b-ball.
Re@listic Dawg
February 13th, 2012
11:26 am
Good win for Georgia on Saturday! This team played above there heads and took advantage of a MSU team that came out very flat. I really really wish Georgia could finish .500 or better and make the NIT at least but the reallity is this team is average at best. Georgia will probably split with South carolina get beat in a close game ion the road at baton LSU; possibly knock off vandy or uf at home and lose to UK at rupp. reason a say split with carolina is i dont think uga will shoot well in one of those contest and fall short this team is just not good enough to overcome a bad shooting night even to pathetic South carolina…
TDF
February 13th, 2012
11:44 am
While the odds may be stacked against UGA, they have not given up on recruiting Tony Parker. It’s widely believed that Ohio State, UCLA, and Duke are the favorites to land the McDonald’s All-American, but he’s still talking to the UGA coaches frequently and I’m told he’s given them reason to believe they still have a shot. He’s already visited for a few games this year, and will be in Athens again next weekend for the Vanderbilt game. Don’t discount his friendship with UGA signee and Miller Grove teammate Brandon Morris and remember that UGA PF/C Donte Williams is one of his former teammates who he really looked up to early in HS career.
Ohio State has been on Parker very hard for a long time and have done a great job convincing him that he could be their next Jared Sullinger, which is appealing to him. If Sullinger decides to stay at Ohio State next year, I’ve heard that could hurt their chances. With UCLA, they are in the mix for the same reason they landed Jordan Adams; assistant coach Korey McCray has coached Parker in AAU with the Atlanta Celtics and they have a great relationship. The only problem with UCLA would be the distance from home. Duke has also been heavily involved in Parker’s recruitment for over a year now, but word on the street is that Parker’s not real interested in Duke. It sounds like Duke is where his parents would like him to go because of the great academic situation and the opportunity to play for a legendary coach.
So what are pros and cons about Parker choosing UGA? Well, he’s told me several times he really likes Coach Fox and likes the way UGA used their post players when Trey Thompkins and Jeremy Price were on the roster. He knows he would be the best post player on the roster right away at Georgia. Like I mentioned above, he would be re-uniting with former teammates to potentially form an all-Miller Grove front-court at UGA. Why not UGA? I’ve always believed Tony would prefer to play somewhere in the national spotlight, which is why at certain times he’s also mentioned interest in Kentucky, Kansas, North Carolina, and UConn.
I still think it will be very hard for UGA to land Parker, but crazier things have happened in recruiting.
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AltamahaDawg
February 13th, 2012
12:14 pm
OH man, to be a fly on the wall watching tony explain to Coach Richt that his problem is that he doesn’t “care” enough about winning championship.
TDF
February 13th, 2012
3:28 pm
tony
February 13th, 2012
8:35 am
wow what a stupid post
TDF
February 13th, 2012
3:29 pm
Columbus
February 13th, 2012
12:12 am
Too early for post of the year???
Chip Towers
February 13th, 2012
4:56 pm
Nick: We’ll have some stories advancing the Diamond Dogs season opener.
Techster
February 13th, 2012
5:06 pm
You dog fans are too much. For crying out loud! Your lousy team beat a less lousy team. It wasn’t like you beat UNC or Ky.
Your lousy team couldn’t even beat our guys (another lousy team) on your home court. Geezz..
FTD Floor Wrist
February 13th, 2012
5:16 pm
In the world of NCAA basketball, beating Miss. State is never an impressive win.
Tony Parker and I have spoken recently and he said that he doesn’t want to be a Univ. of Ga. leg humper and is leaning towards Duke.
Coach T
February 13th, 2012
11:18 pm
to this dawg…”want” means one thing
“won’t” means another. Considering you haven’t figured that out…well….let’s just say
your comments about Coach Fox aren’t any more on target than your spelling skills.
When you get out of 4th grade, let’s talk.
I think our current AD knows a tad more about what it takes to win at hoops than our previous
AD and we are certainly on the right track.
AltamahaDawg
February 14th, 2012
7:30 am
The degree that tech fan think nothing of insulting their own school for an opportunity to get in a negative comment about Georgia always amazes me.
Dumauree Marr
February 14th, 2012
8:04 am
There’s a reason why UGA is known far and wide as the Cesspool of the South.
TDF
February 14th, 2012
8:56 am
Techster
February 13th, 2012
5:06 pm
Let us know when you beat a top 20 team clown
TDF
February 14th, 2012
8:57 am
Dumauree Marr
February 14th, 2012
8:04 am
funny bc to us Tech is known as the cesspool of the south
TDF
February 14th, 2012
9:02 am
FTD Floor Wrist
February 13th, 2012
5:16 pm
hahahahaha another handel for retard @ the koolaid bar???
So we should take your word over an established bball analyst???? hahahahaha he clearly state he isnt that interested in Duke.
Just jealous bc he doesnt even mention lowly yeck
Vince
February 14th, 2012
9:08 am
Does this paper ever change? These are the same articles that were here last Saturday.