Commit To The Georgia Basketball Game Notes 2020-21 SCHEDULE Georgia: 12-6, 5-6 SEC VS. NO. 16/15 TENNESSEE: 13-4, 6-4 SEC OVERALL RECORD: 12-6 DATE: Wednesday, February 9 HOME: 10-3 • ROAD: 2-3 TIPOFF: 8:00 p.m. ET SEC RECORD: 5-6 HOME: 3-3 • ROAD: 2-3 ARENA: Thompson-Boling Arena (21,678) LOCATION: Knoxville, Tenn. NOVEMBER SERIES RECORD: UT leads, 96-61 Sun. 29 Florida A&M (SECN) W 85-75 LAST MEETING: UGA, 80-63, on 1/15/20 DECEMBER Wed. 2 North Georgia (SECN+) W 84-62 Fri. 4 Jacksonville (SECN) W 98-65 THE OPENING TIP t TALE OF THE TAPE Tues. 8 Montana (SECN) W 63-50 The Georgia Bulldogs will make an unexpected Sat. 12 Samford (SECN+) W 79-75 trek to Knoxville on Wednesday to face Tennes- STATISTIC UGA VU Sat. 19 Cincinnati (SECN) W 83-68 see three weeks earlier than originally scheduled. Tues. 22 Northeastern (SECN+) W 76-58 Points Per Game 77.7 74.0 Wed. 30 * Mississippi St. (SECN) L 73-83 UGA and UT were slated to meet in the regular Opp. Point Per Game 75.1 74.5 season’s regularly scheduled finale on Wednes- Scoring Margin +2.6 -0.5 JANUARY Field Goal Pct. .468 .433 Wed. 6 * at LSU (SECN) L OT-92-94 day, March 3. We say “regularly scheduled” be- Sat. 9 * at Arkansas (SECN) L 69-99 cause there are potential make-up dates for post- Opp. Field Goal Pct. .445 .476 Wed. 13 * Auburn (SECN) L 77-95 poned games during the first weekend of March. 3-Point Pct. .330 .344 3-Pointers Per Game 6.4 9.4 Sat. 16 * at Ole Miss (ESPN2) W 78-74 The contest was moved after the Bulldogs’ game Wed. 20 * Kentucky (SECN) W 63-62 Opp. 3-Point Pct. .320 .351 Sat. 23 * Florida (ESPN2) L 84-92 at Texas A&M and the Volunteers’ matchup with Free Throw Pct. .677 .756 Wed. 27 * at S. Carolina (ESPN2) L 59-83 Florida were postponed due to Covid-19 issues Free Throws Per Game 13.6 13.8 Sat. 30 * Ole Miss (SECN) W 71-61 for the Aggies and Gators. On Sunday morning at Rebounds Per Game 38.3 35.8 FEBRUARY 10:30 a.m., the SEC announced that Georgia and Opp. Rebound Per Game 35.7 33.3 Tues. 2 * at Auburn (SECN) W 91-86 Tennessee would face off this Wednesday. Rebound Margin +2.6 +2.5 Sat. 6 * Vanderbilt (SECN) W 73-70 The Bulldogs are eager to play this week and Assists Per Game 15.4 13.8 Wed. 10 * at Texas A&M (SECN) Postponed attempt to continue their impressive upswing of Turnovers Per Game 17.3 14.0 Wed. 10 * at No. 16/15 Tennessee (ESPN2) 8:00 recent success. Assist-to-Turnover Ratio 0.89 0.98 Sat. 13 * at No. 11/11 Alabama (SECN) 3:30 Turnover Margin -0.4 -1.3 Tues. 16 * Missouri (SECN) 6:30 Georgia brings a three-game winning streak Sat. 20 * at Florida (SECN) 3:30 Steals Per Game 8.3 6.1 to Thompson-Boling Arena, the Bulldogs’ first Blocks Per Game 2.4 2.4 Tues. 23 * LSU (SECN) 7:00 trio of consecutive SEC victories since the latter Sat. 27 * South Carolina (SECN) 1:00 portion of the 2016-17 campaign. SERIES HISTORY WITH TENNESSEE MARCH More impressive than the wins over Ole Miss, Tennessee owns a 96-61 lead in the all-time 10-14 SEC Tourney (Nashville) Auburn and Vanderbilt are the numbers within series between UGA and UT, including a 59-16 * – SEC games ◊ All times ET those outings. advantage in Knoxville. In Georgia’s first eight SEC outings, Georgia In the most recent meeting last Jan. 15 in shot 43.8 from the field, including 32.0 percent Athens, a pair of 20-point outings from Anthony PRO-NUN-SEE-A-SHUN GUY’D from 3-point range. In the Bulldogs’ trio of Edwards and Rayshaun Hammonds paced Geor- victories, they are connecting on considerably gia in an impressive 80-63 win over the Vols. 5 Justin KIER (ky-er) (like tire with a “k”) improved efforts of 53.8 percent (86-of-160) of Georgia seized control midway through the 10 TOUMANI (Too-mah-knee) CAMARA (Cuh-mahr-uh) their shots from the field, including 46.9 percent first half. An Edwards 3-pointer at the 13:14 mark 11 JAXON (Jack-son) ETTER (eh-tuhr) (23-of-49) from behind the 3-point arc. sparked a 26-7 surge that put the Bulldogs up 34- 15 SAHVIR (SAH-veer) Wheeler Georgia has not trailed in the second halves 19 with 7:31 remaining in the period. versus the Rebels, Tigers and Commodores. In Georgia pushed its advantage to 20 points with 23 MIKAL (Michael) Starks fact, of the 120 minutes played, the Bulldogs just under a minute left before the intermission 25 TYRON (Ty-ron) McMILLAN (mic-mill-uhn) have been behind for only 15:02 – 3:16 to Ole and never allowed the Vols closer than 16 points Miss and 11:46 to Vandy. in the second stanza. t MEDIA COVERAGE THE STARTING 5... Toumani Sahvir Justin Kier Eight different UGA’s roster WATCH: ESPN 2 Camara and Wheeler has leads the Bulldogs features eight Tom Hart (play-by-play); Sahvir Wheeler 134 assists, the SEC and is No. have scored in newcomers with Jimmy Dykes (analyst) one of only three 16th-best season 42 nationally in double figures representative LISTEN: BULLDOG SPORTS NETWORK sets of Division I tally ever for UGA average steals during the 2020-21 in every class – Scott Howard (play-by-play); teammates with and just five shy of at 2.1. That is on season, combining two freshmen, a Chuck Dowdle (analyst); five or more his own total last pace to be the first to produce 72 sophomore, two Adam Gillespie (producer) double-doubles season and Willie Bulldog to average double-digit juniors and a trio Flagship: WSB AM 750; during the 2020-21 Anderson (‘88) at 2.0 spg since KCP performances in of senior graduate XM: 191; Internet: 962 season. the No. 14 spot. in 2013. UGA’s 18 games. transfers. SID: Mike Mobley • Email: [email protected] • Cell: 706-540-7486 • Social Media: @UGABasketball PAGE 2 Georgia VS. TENNESSEE GAME NOTES HEAD COACH TOM CREAN ASST. COACH STEVE MCCLAIN • Named Georgia Basketball’s 22nd head coach on March 15, 2018. • Sports 28 seasons of collegiate coaching experience, including 18 as head coach. • 20 seasons as head coach at Marquette (‘99-08), Indiana (‘08-17) and Georgia (‘18-19) • On Crean’s staff at Indiana from 2010-15, with 2103 Big Ten title and three NCAAs. • Led 13 of his teams to postseason play, including nine NCAA Tournament bids, four • Spent five seasons as head coach at Illinois-Chicago (UIC) from 2015-20. Sweet 16s appearances and a trip to the 2003 Final Four. ASST. COACH CHAD DOLLAR • Produced 15 NBA players at Marquette (6), Indiana (7) and Georgia (2), including eight who • Atlanta native with 20+ years experience in the SEC, ACC, AAC, C-USA and OVC. were on opening-day rosters for the 2019-20 season. All told, those players have earned or are • Father, Don, was legendary coach at Atlanta’s Douglass HS. Brother, Cam, helped under contract to earn more than $625 million. lead UCLA to the 1995 NCAA title. • In 20 seasons, his teams have finished among the nation’s top-25 squads statistically a combined 40 times in virtually every offensive and defensive statistic kept by the NCAA. ASST. COACH JOHN LINEHAN • Has coached 10 All-Americans and 39 all-conference performers. • The NCAA D-I career leader in steals (385) and ‘02 National Def. Player of the Year. • 56 of his four-year players at MU, IU and UGA have graduated, including six who earned their • Played professionally overseas for 12 seasons, primarily in France. bachelor’s degrees in less than four years and five who have secured master’s degrees. • Spent time on staffs at Temple, Drexel and Brown before joining UGA staff in 2019. DIR. OF PLAYER DEVELOPMENT BRIAN FISH PLAYER DEVELOPMENT ASST. MICHAEL CURRY • More than three decades of experience as head coach at Montana State (2014-19) • Played 11 seasons in the NBA with seven franchises. and on staffs at Oregon, Creighton, San Diego, TCU, Kansas State and Marshall. • Served as an NBA Vice President for two seasons before moving into coaching. • In 2009, named to Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame silver anniversary team. • Coaching experience includes being head coach of Pistons and Florida Atlantic. DIR. OF OPERATIONS JAKE THELEN DIR. OF STRATEGY TIM DATHER • Second-youngest “DOBO” at a Power-5 school, turned 28 on Nov. 8. • Spent last four seasons with Pacers and 2015-16 with the Clippers. • Served as graduate manager at Indiana for Tom Crean during 2016-17 season. • Served as Pacers’ head coach/assistant coach during 2018-19 NBA Summer League. • At Bellarmine, consensus D-II All-American and Great Lakes Valley Conference POY. • Worked four seasons at Indiana as both head student manager and grad. manager. S&C COACH SEAN HAYES ATHLETIC TRAINER LANCE SCHUEMANN • In his 10th season at UGA after serving on the Buffalo Bills’ staff from 2006-10. • In third season at UGA after spending previous five seasons at Wyoming. • One of two SEC MBB S&C leaders who has earned Master of Strength & • Was a student athletic trainer for Florida MBB’s 2007 NCAA Champion team.