Foul shooting derails Georgia in humiliating overtime loss to Iona, 81-78
Georgia's Brandon Morris gets his shot contested by Iona's Curtis Dennis (33) and Tavon Sledge during the Bulldogs' 81-78 overtime loss on Saturday. (AP photo by Richard Hamm)
ATHENS – You got the feeling when Kentavious Caldwell-Pope made a half-court shot at the halftime buzzer, this might be Georgia’s night.
It wasn’t.
Instead, the Bulldogs did what has been typical of them this season. They missed free throws and key shots down the stretch and watched in disbelief as Iona made all the clutch plays to win 81-78 in overtime.
The loss dropped Georgia to 2-7 – its worst nine-game start since 1970 — and adds to the list of defeats to small-time opponents, including Youngstown State and Southern Miss. Mercer (5-5) is up next on Tuesday.
The Gaels, a New York team out of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference, improved to 4-4.
“That was a tough loss,” Georgia coach Mark Fox said. “I’m sick of losing, as our team is, but we’ve got to play better basketball. That’s taking nothing away from Iona because they made a lot of big baskets to beat us. You have to give them credit for that. But we missed 16 free throws in the second half on and it’s hard to win basketball games when you do that.”
Georgia’s numbers from the foul line were mind-boggling. The Bulldogs missed nine of 15 free throws in the five-minute overtime period. That’s after missing four of five in the final 6:17 of regulation. They missed a total of 16 after halftime and were 20 of 37 for the game.
“I think we’ve shot over 6,000 free throws in practice,” said Fox, whose team came in shooting 68.7 percent from the line. “I think it might be over 6,500. And we’re shooting over 75 percent. We haven’t transferred that over to the game and that is extremely tonight. As you see tonight, those are so critical.”
Freshman Brandon Morris — getting his first career starter as junior Marcus Thornton was out with a knee injury — missed two free throws with the Bulldogs leading 66-63 with 1:11 remaining. Iona’s Sean Armand answered with a 3-pointer on the other end and Georgia missed four shots at before the buzzer.
Then freshman point guard Charles Mann, who otherwise had a career night with 18 points and 7 rebounds, missed five of his seven foul shots in overtime.
“I was pretty good (at free throws in high school),” said Mann, who said he made 78 percent from the line at Milton High. “It’s just tough. They played great and we just weren’t able to make our free throws today, me and the team.”
Still Georgia had a chance to tie the game and send it into a second overtime. Nemanja Djurisic stepped to the foul line with the Bulldogs trailing 79-77 with 3.5 seconds left. He swished the first but was short off the front rim with the second and the Gaels closed out the game from their foul line.
“We’ve got to learn how to finish,” said Caldwell-Pope, who had 18 points and 10 rebounds but also missed two fouls shots in overtime. “We always compete, we’ve just got to learn how to finish.”
Iona was led by Lamont “MoMo” Jones, a transfer from Arizona who came in eighth in the nation in scoring at 21.7 points per game. He finished with a game-high 25 points on 9-of-20 shooting. The Gaels attempted 36 3-pointers, making 12 of them.
Georgia dominated inside, getting 16 points and 10 rebounds from Donte Williams and 12 and 7 from Morris. The Bulldogs out-rebounded their opponent 48-26.
Georgia trailed by as many as 12 points in the first half but came storming back. Caldwell-Pope’s shot from beyond midcourt at the halftime buzzer gave the Bulldogs a 36-35 lead at intermission.
They built a 48-41 lead by the 13:08 mark of the second half. But after the Gaels called timeout, Fox subbed Vincent Williams and Kenny Gaines for Mann and Caldwell-Pope and Iona needed just 65 seconds to tie the game at 48-all.
Iona tied the game on Armond’s 3-pointer with 54 seconds to go in regulation, but Caldwell-Pope missed a driving layup and the Bulldogs missed three subsequent put-back chances as time ran out.
“Our team has not learned how to win yet,” Fox said. “We have put ourselves in position, but that’s something you learn as a unit and we obviously haven’t learned that yet.”
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Bored in Newnan
December 15th, 2012
9:03 pm
Fox will get it done. Give him time.
Milledgeville Dawg
December 15th, 2012
9:08 pm
Same ole saga. UGA is an undiciplined, poorly coached team with talent that is sub SEC caliber. It does not take 4 years to build a basketball program. Come on Greg, it is time for a change.
SteveW
December 15th, 2012
9:12 pm
Our Fr and So. Classes are good. Maybe there’s hope for the future.
Big time?? Not
December 15th, 2012
9:21 pm
It was bad. No discipline.
Put in Timeout by Ken Sugiura,Filtered by Mark Bradley, Banned once by Bill King & Chip Towers but only slightly loved by Jeff Schultz.
December 15th, 2012
9:24 pm
Fox made a bad call but now Overtime. Fox get the guys thinking.
UGa had ball shot clock off and took a bad with 16 seconds left. That was bad coaching. Call the TO and set a play to win.
FOX isn’t the answer to UGa’s basketball woes.
The loss to IONA is all on FOX not managing the last 30 seconds of regulation.
UGa made like 20 free throws but missed about 16.
SteveW
December 15th, 2012
9:25 pm
Iona did beat Wake Forest by 26, it’s not like they are just total garbage.
DawgDog
December 15th, 2012
9:38 pm
I’m afraid it’s time to be thinking of a coaching change at seasons end. While Fox is a likable guy he has never really recruited well & has no assistant coach with great ties into the GA AAU pool of exceptional talent. Plus, I’m not sure that he’s a good coach, anyway. Hopefully, Greg realized while at FL that great football programs can also have great basketball programs. The talent is in state and there is plenty of $$ at the UGA Athletic Department so it must be Fox who has ALL his recruits on the court. Painful.
drbasic1
December 15th, 2012
9:52 pm
Fox stinks as a coach…these are all his recruits!!
Aaron
December 15th, 2012
10:06 pm
SteveW, this isn’t football. Good sophomores and freshman don’t stick around. KCP is gone after this season.
Finchdawg
December 15th, 2012
10:07 pm
Fire Mark Fox! He’s had long enough to get this program going in the right way, and this bunch is doing worse than Felton’s last year! He’s a nice guy and does a good job of taking responsibility, but he’s not going to cut it.
LakeDawg
December 15th, 2012
10:32 pm
Fox can’t recruit. I knew it would take some time to start getting some of Georgia’s top talent. But we’re four years in and next year’s class is already another fail. Two 2 star players from out of state.
SteveW
December 15th, 2012
10:49 pm
The SEC is down this year, with a couple of exceptions. Maybe Fox will surprise us.
But this losing is getting old. I won’t cry if we get a new Coach. I like Fox, but he’s got to wn sometime.
SteveW
December 15th, 2012
10:54 pm
LakeDawg – Actually One of our recruits is from ga. Supposed to be the best PG in the state – but still not very highly regarded.
Felton was a better recruiter and Coach, he just couldn’t keep anybody in school or healthy. Fox can’t recruit too good, but it looks like most guys stay in school.
And Gregory at Tech is smoking us on the court and recruiting.
Get Ready! Mercer is going to Win Next
December 15th, 2012
10:55 pm
Mercer and UGA graduate here. Mercer will win next! Mark it down!
SteveW
December 15th, 2012
10:57 pm
Aaron – your right – if kcp leaves after this season, next years not looking to great either.
It’s a shame we stink while KCP is here – that guy may be our best player since Willie Anderson. Hard worker hustle guy too. He deserves better.
SteveW
December 15th, 2012
10:58 pm
Mercer has already beaten FSU. It won’t be an upset if they beat a Dawg team that is in a bit of disarray.
SteveW
December 15th, 2012
11:00 pm
If Fox loses the next couple or 3, I think he’s in real danger of being let go before the SEC even begins Conference play. Unless his buyout is crazy or something.
BobDawg
December 15th, 2012
11:01 pm
Let’s see, we ran Felton off and now everyone is getting antsy and ready to unload Fox… You better start giving the guy some time to let the Frosh and Soph’s time to mature and this guy can coach. McGarity has to be patient with the program or we will have a revolving door of coaches coming and going…
Bham Dawg
December 15th, 2012
11:06 pm
It is so painful to watch Dawgs play. They look so muc out of sync. Instead of getting better as the season progresses, I think they are going in the reverse direction. Has to be the coaching and the lack of talent on the team. I know SEC is weak but if he things stay the way they are right know, Dawgs will be lucky to win 10 to 12 games this year. Is the Ga baseball team going to be good this year ??
DrC
December 15th, 2012
11:07 pm
It is an understatement to suggest the Bulldogs look overmatched in game after game…short of a major turn around this year, the question becomes whether or not this downward spiral can be corrected next year with Coach Fox or is someone else needed. UGA does not have the required talent at this point to compete effectively and this falls on the coach. It’s not that the guys are not trying, but they are just not talented enough (or coached well enough?) for the competition level of NCAA Division I basketball. If this was football with a 2 and 7 record including losses against much smaller schools, the coach would not survive the year. UGA needs to decide if it really cares about basketball, or is it just something to fill the offseason from football?
LakeDawg
December 15th, 2012
11:12 pm
SteveW
You are correct, sir. The midget PG is from GA.
Smart like a fox
December 15th, 2012
11:13 pm
lol….thats all I have….just lol……
Buzz 2011
December 15th, 2012
11:59 pm
Those ” hairy dogs” are tough.. Going down to who? Youngstown Sttate and Iona?
They were packed in at Stegeman to the tune of maybe 150 souls..High
school basketball at best….Mercer will also take them out, mark it down
Go Jackets..
Fair n Balanced
December 16th, 2012
12:11 am
Paying Fox 1 million $ per year is rediculous. He has had his chance. Lets move on with a new coach. Iona? What in the heck is a “Gael” anyway?
Pope UGA XXIII
December 16th, 2012
12:22 am
I was at the game tonite – absolute joke.
Better free shooting from junior high teams, poor clock management,
undisciplined play all leads to another “L”. I truly want Fox to succeed,
but I’m beginning to have my doubts. One of the things UGA does not
have is a coach who can connect with the super-strong AAU programs
in the state of Georgia, and anyone who thinks that isn’t necessary in
these times probably believes that Congress looks out for our well-being.
As a 42 year & counting season ticket holder, this is really getting old !
Pope UGA XXIII
December 16th, 2012
12:24 am
Forgot to mention that we actually played Iowa this evening, but
someone broke into their locker room & intentionally sewed an “N”
on their jerseys in place of the “W”. At least a loss to a Big Ten
team sounds a bit easier to deal with.
Someone please tell me how we can hang with Indiana & UCLA,
but lose to Youngstown State and Southern Miss
Jay
December 16th, 2012
12:35 am
Its the bad losses…Youngstown State, Iona, Southern Miss.. ALL AT HOME! Hate to say this
but I hope we just continue to suck all year and Fox gets fired. If we finish something like 11-16(which I doubt) Fox prolly be here next year and go through all this again>
Were paying 1.7 million/yr to Fox and his performance is not worthy of his pay. Time to pony up and go get Scott Drew from Baylor
gtfan
December 16th, 2012
1:58 am
Buzz, why kick them when they are down?
The Georgia Way
December 16th, 2012
6:05 am
Geathers is GONE,…and JJ will be a 3rd down pass rusher at the next level. That is all.
Big time?? Not
December 16th, 2012
7:21 am
We don’t follow shots
We don’t play defense
We don’t make free throws.
We are very good at tossing the ball around the perimeter.
Coaching.
collegeballfan
December 16th, 2012
7:32 am
“…humiliating overtime loss to Iona,…”
Chip, I am not sure who writes the headlines, but a loss by UGA men’s basketball to Iona is not very humiliating. It would have been humiliating if Iona had lost. Iona is a better basketball program than UGA.
This is basketball, not football.
senior citizen Dawg fan
December 16th, 2012
8:32 am
you jokers, always fire the coach!!!! Get a life that has something POSITIVE in it. Go, Dawgs!!!
CARLTON POWELL
December 16th, 2012
8:51 am
A lot of stuff is being bantered around, but the truth remains; UGA basketball is pitiful. I TRIED to watch some of the game with GA. Tech. After 3 minutes, it became way too painful to continue. As I have said before, after much reflection and consideration, I feel it would be best for all if UGA just disbanded it’s men’s basketball program. There has never been the level of institutional support a big time basketball program requires. This lack of institutional support manifests itself in the lack of fan support evident by attendance at the games. Clearly, there is a problem with recruiting good basketball talent. And, with the “one and done” players, it makes gaining continuity difficult in establishing the foundation for growth. From what I have heard, Coach Fox has been reluctant to get involved with the AAU types that “handle” and control a great many top basketball recruits. This is true not only in GA, but nationally as well. Whereas, this reluctance is admirable, as there is NOTHING admirable about the AAU, it makes recruitment of solid players almost impossible.
I have always felt, and voiced, the opinion that getting Billy Donavan to FL was Greg and Jeremy’s biggest coaching coup. Problem is there aren’t may Billy Donavan’s out there willing to take a chance at UGA.
My feeing is that the best bet is to build up the baseball program. Let the women’s team use Stegman for it’s games. They do continue to have some success, and should be supported accordingly. With the climate in GA, baseball can be played from late February thru CWS time. Make the program almost on the level of a minor league MLB program.
Is it painful to come to such conclusions? Absolutely. I saw the very first game in “The Coliseum” in February 1964. Although I lived out of the area for a number of years, I always hoped basketball would catch fire at UGA. Thought so for a moment when I watched the ‘Dogs wear out UNC in the NCAA tournament in the spring of 1983. Unfortunately, this success was never built apon.
Joey
December 16th, 2012
9:47 am
I watched on TV, and there were so few people in the stands, it looked like a JV game at my highschool. All you could hear was the players’ sneakers squeaking. UGA should just give free tickets to students just so it won’t be so embarrassingly empty.
UGA is the poorest shooting college team I have ever seen – it’s hard to watch.
I had just watched the second half of of the Butler vs Indiana game.
What a contrast . . .
Buzz 2011
December 16th, 2012
9:55 am
@gtfan… My intention is not to kick the Dogs while they are down.
I am just pinting out what it is, a terrible program that is sinking..
Dawg fans would never kick GT on an off year, never right?
Not a good shooter either
December 16th, 2012
11:04 am
I wasn’t a good shooter either, and blame lack of coaching and lack of personal recognition that getting better requires work with a plan. I watched and Fox didn’t miss any free throws. Practice when tired? Run when miss more than one in a row?
We played hard and KCP’s importance was vivid when he sat out a few seconds at the end.
Freshman and others contributed. Iona was good at what they did, and hopefully we learned from loss.
Why would we throw a 5 foot inbounds pass after a time out with less than 3 seconds left? At least throw it to half court so that someone would have had a chance for a couple of dribbles and a shot if we got the pass.
Hang in there guys!
Wrecker
December 16th, 2012
11:17 am
If you need to know how big a football factory school UGA is, just look at this basketball program. I am amazed at the lack of fan support. Even in off-seasons, Tech would fill the Thrillerdome and now, McCamish. Are you telling me that with the 34k current students and the 277k living alumni, at least half of which live in Georgia, UGA cannot put 10,523 into that basketball coliseum?
Wrecker
December 16th, 2012
11:19 am
Listed attendance = 4,680. I never want to hear again about Tech students and alum not filling Bobby Dodd. 44% attendance is pitiful. You should be embarrassed of the lack of support you give what has occasionally been a very good basketball program.
Dawgfan
December 16th, 2012
11:41 am
Everyone is barking about game attendance well I went to the game. Athens was totally dead, not just te campus. That said there is no excuse for foul shooting this bad. That is what loss this game. If you are a point guard and you drive the lane get fouled and miss all free throws it is just like a turnover. Dawgs have got to improve in this area. KCP is not going anywhere cause he is not ready.
Lagdawg
December 16th, 2012
11:43 am
I am a big supporter or Fox, but he isin over his head. This is not the direction that I thought the basketball team would be going in. His recruiting is horrible. He is not pursuing the top talent in the country and he can’t sign the top instate talent. He needs to revamp his coaching staff with better recruiters or he needs to get gone. I have never seen a UGA Basketball team with as less talent as he has recruited. UGA cannot compete with the likes of Fla. or Kentucky with what he is bringing into the program. He has to realize that what he did at Nevada is not working in the SEC and it shows on the court. The question is, could UGA beat the best HSBB team at this point and the answer is probably not. Right now the BB team sucks.
Big Bubba dawg
December 16th, 2012
11:44 am
Let’s go get Paul Hewitt and bring him back to Georgia. We wouldn’t have to pay him much since Tech is still paying him for the next five years.
UGA Supporter and Donor
December 16th, 2012
11:50 am
Amazes me how ignorant and naive Georgia fans are about basketball. Borderline hilarious. This story has benn told over and over and over since the inception of what is the most embarrassing basketball program in SEC history. Mark Fox is NOT a good basketball coach. He cannot recruit worth a dam, and has a poor quality staff, albeit underfunded by an Athletic Association who does not appropriately fund assistant coaches positions. Top all this off with the fact 90% of fans of Georgia athletics cannot see what a failure this program is. Georgia has had exactly TWO all-around competent head coaches since Hugh Durham brought the program back from the grave. That would be Tubby Smith and Jim Harrick. At this point, Greg McGarity has no choice but to find a new coach, cut our losses and start over. Leave the idiots within the University out of the search committee please. That will be difficult considering the mas number of them who know NOTHING about basketball. Find a Coach K or Coach Roy Williams alumnus…that would be a good starting point.
Put in Timeout by Ken Sugiura,Filtered by Mark Bradley, Banned once by Bill King & Chip Towers but only slightly loved by Jeff Schultz.
December 16th, 2012
11:50 am
Congrats to the (5) current and former Yellow Jackets Football players graduating on Saturday!!! David Sims Emmanuel Dieke Roderick Sweeting Jahi Word-Daniels Brad Brad J. Jefferson
Congratulations Rod. What an accomplishment brother. Enjoy it man
Emmanuel Dieke
Its official!!! Ya boy done graduated from georgia Tech!! One of the best feelings ever and well deserved!! I dont know what nexts for me but whatever it is, i know that God will guide my path!! Thank you family, friends and all those who supported ya boy! #TRU
Jahi Word-Daniels 2 hours ago near Panthersville
Finally an alumni! Going back and getting my degree…Way better feeling than playing in the NFL!! God is good!
Way to go boys.
Georgia got beat by... IONA?
December 16th, 2012
11:50 am
Put in Timeout by Ken Sugiura,Filtered by Mark Bradley, Banned once by Bill King & Chip Towers but only slightly loved by Jeff Schultz.
December 16th, 2012
11:54 am
UGa doesn’t fill Stegman because the Drunk Fake Blonde White Chicks just don’t LOVE basketball in Athens. If you offer free drinks to girls outside the Cow Barn then the boys will come too.
UGA Supporter and Donor
December 16th, 2012
11:55 am
LagDawg above is a good example of what I described above. Know-nothing. Georgia can win without all the top talent in Georgia. The problem is Fox cannot find a mix of good talent anywhere and spends too much time recruiting the best players who he has zero chance of landing. He has minimal connections for regional talent and again, has no budget to recruit outside the immediate area combined with an obviously mediocre and underfunded base of assistants. There is no commitment to win in Butts-Mehre.
Dawgfan
December 16th, 2012
12:02 pm
And to you yellow maggot yaks on the UGA blog your team stinks also. You barely beat us on your court and it took 3 pointers you normally miss to do it.
Put in Timeout by Ken Sugiura,Filtered by Mark Bradley, Banned once by Bill King & Chip Towers but only slightly loved by Jeff Schultz.
December 16th, 2012
12:05 pm
UGA Supporter and Donor…………you are RIGHT and Wrong.
Tech has lived in the AAU back pocket and it HURTS too when those kids think they just need a year or MAYBE 2 before they go NBA keeps the coach kissing AAU butt and chasing recruits to replace the WHOLE Starting team.
Nedd some of the AAU kids but need STUDENT athletes more. Need kids that want to WORK on the court as well as in the CLASSROOM.
I personally want a good team but IF being a good team and graduating QUALITY Young Men are in opposition then I want STUDENT athletes first. I know that is against UGa’s philosophy when it comes to football but in Basketball it should be easier.
UGA man class of 71& 73
December 16th, 2012
12:46 pm
mark’s OP has been on display for three full years, plus this season with this historically lousy squad. I was a senior when UGA was this lousy. Possibly,we then had 500 fans in Stegman.
Greg Mc needs to view the team from here on out and if we crash into shattered hopes and dreams of respectability, make a decision. It is what it is.
UGA needs to bring in a FORCE in ball, pay him and allow the guy to build a program and recruit the talent needed to win big.
a pak of chaw and 3 orders of hashbrowns
December 16th, 2012
1:15 pm
and the answer is….
what the dwags are offering its fans to buy tickets to its elite mbb program.
i forgot…. they run this state. toooooo funny.
BulldogBen
December 16th, 2012
1:41 pm
Year 4 of the Mark Fox experiment is an unmitigated disaster. Looking directly at another sub .500 year. Simply don’t understand the problem. It’s not like the SEC has been a murderers row the last couple years either. Conference play could get even uglier with Mizzou now on the schedule.
Look into your heart McGarity.
Bad Dawg
December 16th, 2012
4:07 pm
Horrible.
Bad Dawg
December 16th, 2012
4:10 pm
It’s not a matter of learning how to win. If the players don’t know how to do that by now, they never will learn.
SEC
December 16th, 2012
5:11 pm
IONA RUN THIS STATE
Coffee Bluff DAWG
December 16th, 2012
5:55 pm
Thornton looks like his knee injury from last yr has become chronic so UGA has to go with untested FR. Even with the FR we should be winning against Iona, etc.
Looks like it could get ugly unless some of these FR turn it around this yr and fast. Very frustrated with the BB program. Fox hasn’t been able to bring in the talent that he’s targeted.
Is the dawgs starting lineup still in the Athens jail?
December 16th, 2012
6:13 pm
Iona? Uga lost to Iona? Better keep complaining about the Alabama late hit georgia fans because its going to be an embarrassing winter
stdno2man
December 16th, 2012
6:47 pm
If Caldwell Pope returns Fox can turn this around. He has Morris, Mann and Gaines – all true freshman. He has point guard and Parker coming in from OK. Parker was ranked as high as 23rd in nation. He is first player since Wayman Tisdale to win OK player of year as a sophmore. He won back to back state 5A championships as freshman and sophmore. He is younger brother of Tulsa great Jason Parker. He had over 30 offers including Memphis, Stanford, Univ of OK, OK state, etc.
BTW’s Juwan Parker becomes first sophomore to earn state player of the year honor
Read more from this Tulsa World article at http://www.tulsaworld.com/sportsextra/article.aspx?subjectid=230&articleid=20110410_230_B11_CUTLIN211665
That70sGAdawg
December 16th, 2012
8:49 pm
Fox needs to go soon the SEC schedule will be ugly ! . Basketball “could” be great here….
Bring back Tubby.
The Monger
December 16th, 2012
8:50 pm
Bored in Newnan, WTH?? Give him time and he’ll get it done? Are you serious? How much time does this man need.?.. IT IS NOW HIS 4TH SEASON AS HEAD COACH!!!!!! HE HAS GOTTEN WORSE THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS AND THESE ARE ALL HIS RECRUITS….LET ME REPEAT THIS….HIS RECRUITS ARE THE ONES THAT ARE 2-7 THIS YEAR, LOSING TO IONA, YOUNGSTOWN STATE, SOUTHERN MISS, EAST TENNESSEE STATE, AND SOUTH FLORIDA!!! I mean how can an SEC team be THIS bad??? He needs to be fired immediately…not given another 4 years to tank what’s left of the UGA basketball program. He is a disgrace, a terrible coach, and in WAY over his head. He needs to resign or be fired…effective immediately.
SteveW
December 16th, 2012
11:28 pm
Problem – We hired Fox and immediately lost Dan miller to GT. then I think fox may have kind of run mayfield off. In April, the only recruit left to sign is a very mediocre specialist backup Pg in Vincent Williams.
Next season – We sign Mr Ga Bb – who has now had 4 knee surgeries, a decent one in Donte, and 2 disastrous Jucos in Brantley and florveus, who are now srs, and have never done anything to this point. Bad move on fox’s part.
Finally in years 3 and 4 fox has decent recruiting years. These are true sophomores and freshman, and are probably 2 years away from truly competing at a high level.
Year 5, 2 mediocre players signed, even though I think juwan may be a good, but fox can’t get talent because of the backlog of younger players.
It will be amazing if Fox can turn this around. I’m on his side, but in the words of Larry, men its looking grim.
Monroe's First Redcoat
December 17th, 2012
12:41 am
Iona. Really. UGA man class of 71 is right. This reminds me of the John Guthrie days. Decent talent not working together, totally outclassed at every turn. Could the Dogs even stay on the floor with Clarke Central HS?
Douglas
December 17th, 2012
6:11 am
The only reason Tech recruits as well as they do is they play in the ACC which is attractive to all of the great players in the state of UGA. If they played outside the ACC, they would not recruit as well. Fox is taking too long to turn this program around. He had two great players when he got here and couldn’t go far with them. I have not been impressed with McGarity as our AD — what great moves has he made since he has been at UGA? None. Even our gymnastics team is no longer a major power — pretty sad.
Is the dawgs starting lineup still in the Athens jail?
December 17th, 2012
7:24 am
What an idiot! You want to criticize tha acc in football and use it as an excuse for why uga cannot out recruit tech in basketball. at least be consistent. You georgia fans will make whatever argument you can to defend your mediocrity.
Jomps
December 17th, 2012
7:44 am
Mark Fox needs to go! No recruits and a terrible record. They are a joke and a disgrace to the University.
Mother McCreedy
December 17th, 2012
7:48 am
“And to you yellow maggot yaks on the UGA blog your team stinks also. You barely beat us on your court and it took 3 pointers you normally miss to do it.”
___________________________________________________
Oh, wow, sticks and stones and all that stuff.
Try to remember that GT beat your miserable dwags last year too, and it was in Athens.
And with the victories in baseball last year, it goes without saying that
GEORGIA TECH RUNS THIS STATE!!!
Now you can return to mourning for your wretched football and basketball teams, bless your heart.
Marsha in Forest Park
December 17th, 2012
7:54 am
It’s. Going. To. Be. A. Very. Long. Winter. In. Athens.
PT
December 17th, 2012
8:25 am
At this point in the season they suck! Not sure about Fox anymore.
Jim Mora, Sr
December 17th, 2012
10:31 am
I really thought Fox would get it done the first couple of years here. It’s obvious he cannot recruit (except for Pope). How can we be so poor at every other position?
'94 UGA Alumni
December 17th, 2012
12:25 pm
This is embarassing and we’ll be lucky to win 2 SEC games this year. It wouldn’t surprise me if we go 0-16 in the SEC. I just keep remembering Fox’s comment before the season began about this team being the most enjoyable to coach since he’s been year. Talk about setting us up for disappointment! I wonder if he’d like to retract that statement now.
Erin "spike the ball" Murray
December 17th, 2012
12:26 pm
I am having nightmares.. it’s not Freddy Krueger. Its the Alabama Crimson Tide. Go dawgs.
Statick
December 17th, 2012
1:17 pm
Mark Fox is gone after this year.
Ed
December 17th, 2012
1:19 pm
I love all things Georgia, but when it comes to basketball I’m not sure we’re capable of being humiliated anymore. We should expect better, but no one will ever mistake UGA for a basketball school.
Five More Yards...
December 17th, 2012
2:15 pm
Wow ! Kentucky & Fla. are good every year while UGA just sucks at college basketball. Just don’t play basketball. Don’t field a team.
Dawg Bite
December 17th, 2012
5:53 pm
I do believe that Mercer beat FSU, who usually has a pretty decent team.That doesn’t bode well for UGA, and if I were Mercer, I would commit a lot of fouls and watch the Dogs self destruct again at the line. However, that tactic may not be necessary, as it appears that UGA cannot put the ball in the basket anyway. This has to be the most painful team to try to watch since the days of Jirsa. Does anyone over there in the adm care anything at all about roundball? This program has gone from bad to worse, and it is getting old. Why would anyone go watch this team play, and to think that I use to drive eighty each way on a week night to see them…. not any more!! Say what you will about Herrick, but his teams were pretty good and fun to watch. Not so with CMF and this bunch!
RaleighDawg
December 17th, 2012
7:14 pm
Does anyone know if the Mercer-UGA game (at 11:30 am Tuesday) is going to be televised any where ?
Boise Dawg
December 17th, 2012
9:18 pm
I was hopefull that Mark Fox was the answer. This may be the worst UGA team in my lifetime.. and there is no excuse for it. I realize this program will probably never be elite in basketball, but with all of our athletic department money and resources, we should be competitive and flirting with NCAA bids every year. Also, the fans will come out and support a winner… both Tubby and Harrick’s teams had great fan support and attendance. This program can be rebuilt, but it will take a special coach and Fox is not it…
n1dog
December 17th, 2012
9:54 pm
I’ve seen enough of fox—he needs to go! mcgarity needs to get some big money together, build a big time arena and hire a top coach–no more no names, or assistant types–spend the money and get the best!
GA Girl
December 17th, 2012
10:34 pm
How long is UGA gonna suck in basketball? Why would a recruit want to come here?
Who Me?
December 17th, 2012
11:17 pm
You GT buffoons trolling on a UGA b-ball blog suck. Go get Ken to write your own blog ya candy-asses.
McGarrity needs to bring in a first class coach but UGA is going to have to commit to more bucks to the program and a first class facility. Not the renovated bomb shelter…. We need a coach that can recruit period, and develop talent. Mark Fox has had his time, clearly a Div 1 school with the budget UGA has isn’t enough for him to be successful because there is no excuse in this lame-ass excuse of a program. Here’s hoping we play far better in the SEC conference part of the schedule, but I’m not holding my breath.
Suck it Tech.
Miamidawg
December 18th, 2012
9:48 am
Our team has not learned how to win yet???
Isn’t it the job of the coach to teach them how to win???
SteveW
December 18th, 2012
12:04 pm
Fox’s mistakes:
1) not trying to keep Daniel miller. Debatable
2) seemingly running Mayfield off the team because he wasn’t “his” recruit
3) Signing Jucos Florveus and Brantley – they have done nothing at uga
That’s about all. He can’t help Thompkins and Leslie leaving early, or Thorntons knee issues
Oh yeh, he could’ve have recruited a whole lot better!
Dawg Fud
December 18th, 2012
1:41 pm
I like Coach Fox but he is going to get canned at end of season. Dude will not win 10 games and may be the first guy to winless in SEC.
G-Dawg
December 18th, 2012
3:07 pm
Just have not seen any improvement in Fox’s teams since his hire!! UGA needs to start looking in another direction!