GeorgiaBasketball 2018-19 SCHEDULE Georgia: 7-4 VS. MASSACHUSETTS: 7-5 OVERALL RECORD: 7-4 DATE: Sunday, December 30 HOME: 5-1 • ROAD: 1-1 • NEUTRAL: 1-2 TIPOFF: 6:00 p.m. ET SEC RECORD: 0-0 HOME: 0-0 • ROAD: 0-0 ARENA: Stegeman Coliseum (10,523) LOCATION: Athens, Ga. OCTOBER SERIES RECORD: UMass leads, 1-0 Thur. 18 EXH.-at UAB W 56-54 LAST MEETING: UMass, 72-62, 12/16/17 NOVEMBER Thur. 1 EXH.-W. Georgia (SECN+) W 98-49 Fri. 9 Savannah State (SECN+) W 110-76 THE OPENING TIP t TALE OF THE TAPE Tues. 13 at Temple (ESPN3) L 77-81 Georgia wraps up the 2018 calendar and the Fri. 16 ^ Sam Houston State (SECN+) W 75-64 pre-SEC portions of its schedule on Sunday Mon. 19 ^ vs. Illinois State (Stadium) W 80-68 STATISTIC UGA UMASS Tues. 20 ^ vs. 16/16 Clemson (Stadium) L 49-64 evening when the Bulldogs host the UMass Points Per Game 78.1 79.8 Wed. 21 ^ vs. Georgia St. (Stadium) L 67-91 Minutemen at Stegeman Coliseum. Opp. Point Per Game 70.4 74.6 Tues. 27 Kennesaw State (SECN+) W 84-51 Georgia is returning to the court for the Scoring Margin +7.7 +5.3 DECEMBER first time in eight days, its first outing since Field Goal Pct. .473 .478 Mon. 3 Texas Southern (SECN+) W 92-75 a 70-59 victory at Georgia Tech on Dec. 22. Opp. Field Goal Pct. .377 .438 Sat. 15 20/20 Arizona State (SECN) L 74-76 The Bulldogs never trailed against the Yellow 3-Point Pct. .341 .378 3-Pointers Per Game 6.7 9.2 Tues. 18 Oakland (SECN+) W 81-69 Jackets en route to their fourth-consecutive Sat. 22 at Georgia Tech (ESPNU) W 70-59 Opp. 3-Point Pct. .307 .343 Sun. 30 Massachusetts (SECN) 6:00 double-digit decision over their arch rival. Free Throw Pct. .722 .677 JANUARY Free Throws Per Game 17.0 14.0 Sat. 5 * at Tennessee (SECN) 3:30 SERIES HISTORY WITH UMASS Rebounds Per Game 43.2 35.6 Wed. 9 * Vanderbilt (SECN) 6:30 The Minutemen won the only previous Opp. Rebound Per Game 35.5 32.9 Sat. 12 * at Auburn (ESPN/2/U) 4:00 meeting between Georgia and UMass, 72-62, Rebound Margin +7.6 +2.7 Tues. 15 * Kentucky (ESPN/2/U/SECN) 7:00 last Dec. 16 in Amherst. Assists Per Game 15.4 16.3 Sat. 19 * Florida (CBS) 12:00 Turnovers Per Game 16.8 13.1 Wed. 23 * at LSU (SECN) 7:00 Assist-to-Turnover Ratio 0.91 1.25 Sat. 26 # Texas (ESPN/2/U) 2:00 UP NEXT: BULLDOGS BEGIN SEC PLAY Turnover Margin -4.5 -0.3 Tues. 29 * at Arkansas (ESPNU) 7:00 Georgia’s next action will be the Bulldogs’ Steals Per Game 5.7 5.0 FEBRUARY Southeastern Conference opener next Saturday Blocks Per Game 6.5 2.8 Sat. 2 * South Carolina (SECN) 1:00 at No. 3 Tennessee. Wed. 6 * at Alabama (SECN) 9:00 Georgia will begin its league campaign with On Oct. 24, Georgia announced sellouts for Sat. 9 * Ole Miss (SECN) 1:00 consecutive weekend trips to the defending Tues. 12 * at Texas A&M (SECN) 7:00 both the Florida and Kentucky games. That Sat. 16 * LSU (SECN) 6:00 SEC co-Champions. The Bulldogs also will ven- represented the earliest sellout(s) in UGA Bas- Wed. 20 * Mississippi State (SECN) 6:30 ture to No. 12 Auburn the following Saturday. ketball history. Two days later, the Bulldogs’ Sat. 23 * at Ole Miss (SECN) 3:30 Georgia will host Vanderbilt on Wednesday, matchup with Texas also became a sellout. Wed. 27 * Auburn (ESPN2/U) 9:00 Jan. 9 between those road outings. Prior to this year, Georgia had never sold out MARCH more than one home game prior to the opener. Sat. 2 * at Florida (SECN) 8:30 DOGS’ SELLOUT COUNT CLIMBS TO 6 Dates with LSU, South Carolina and Ole Wed. 6 * Missouri (SECN) 6:30 Sat. 9 * at South Carolina (SECN) 1:00 The Tom Crean regime established some Miss also sold out in December, lining up the 3/13-17 SEC Tourney (Nashville, Tenn.) attendance records before the season even Bulldogs to have their most capacity crowds ^ – Cayman Islands Classic (Athens & Grand Cayman) began by selling out three games. since the 2002-03 campaign. The last time the * – SEC games ◊ # – SEC/Big 12 Challenge That number has now ascended to six sold- Bulldogs had six sellouts was during 2002-03 All times ET out contests. when they hosted eight capacity crowds. t MEDIA COVERAGE THE STARTING 5... WATCH: SEC NETWORK Georgia has Nicolas Derek The crowd of UGA’s Richard Cross (play-by-play); already sold Claxton is the Ogbeide 9,018 against coaching staff Mark Wise (analyst) out 6 games this only SEC player enters the UMass Savannah State sports a combined season, the most to lead his team game eight was UGA’s largest 80 seasons of LISTEN: BULLDOG SPORTS NETWORK sellouts for the in points, boards, rebounds shy of for a home opener D-I experience Scott Howard (play-by-play); Bulldogs since assists, blocks & catching No. 11 since Dominique (Crean-28, Scott-27, Chuck Dowdle (analyst); they had 8 during steals in a game Trey Thompkins Wilkins’ sopho- Dollar-23, Abdur- Adam Gillespie (producer) the 2002-03 this season...and among UGA’s more year in Rahim-12) with 38 Flagship: WSB AM 750; XM: 190; Internet: 961 season. he’s done so twice. career leaders. Athens. postseason bids. SID: Mike Mobley • Email: [email protected] • Cell: 706-540-7486 • Social Media: @UGABasketball PAGE 2 Georgia VS. UMASS GAME NOTES HEAD COACH TOM CREAN ASST. COACH CHAD DOLLAR • Named Georgia Basketball’s 22nd head coach on March 15, 2018. • Atlanta native with 20+ years experience in the SEC, ACC, AAC, C-USA and OVC. • Sports 18 seasons as head coach at Marquette (1999-08) and Indiana (2008-17). • Father, Don, was legendary coach at Atlanta’s Douglass HS. Brother, Cam, helped • Led 13 of his teams to postseason play, including nine NCAA Tournament bids, four lead UCLA to the 1995 NCAA title. Sweet 16s appearances and a trip to the 2003 Final Four. ASST. COACH JOE SCOTT • Produced 13 NBA players at Marquette (6) and Indiana (7), including nine who were on opening- • Owns 16 seasons at a D-I head coach at Air Force, Princeton and Denver. day rosters for the 2018-19 season. All told, those 13 players have earned or are under contract • Tabbed among nation’s top-20 “X’s & O’s” coaches in 2013 ESPN survey of peers. to earn more than $550 million. • A three-year starter and two-time All-Ivy pick playing for Pete Carril at Princeton. • In 18 seasons, his teams have finished among the nation’s top-25 squads statistically a combined 39 times in virtually every offensive and defensive statistic kept by the NCAA. ASST. COACH AMIR ABDUR-RAHIM • Has coached 10 All-Americans and 38 all-conference performers. • Sports 12 seasons experience at Texas A&M, Charleston, Ga. Tech and Murray State. • All 52 of his four-year players at MU and IU have graduated, including six who earned their • Played at Wheeler HS. One of six brothers to play college hoops, including Shareef, bachelor’s degrees in less than four years and five who have secured master’s degrees. an NBA All-Star and 2000 Olympic Gold Medalist DIRECTOR OF OPS JAKE THELEN DIRECTOR OF STRATEGY T.J. SAINT • Youngest “DOBO” at a Power-5 school, turned 26 the day before the season opener. • First season at UGA after working with Detroit Pistons the previous four years as • Served as graduate manager at Indiana for Tom Crean during 2016-17 season. head video coordinator with additional player development responsibilities. • At Bellarmine, consensus D-II All-American and Great Lakes Valley Conference POY. • Also served as “DOBO” and graduate assistant at Butler during 2011-14. S&C COACH SEAN HAYES ATHLETIC TRAINER LANCE SCHUEMANN • In his 8th season at UGA after serving on the Buffalo Bills’ staff from 2006-10. • Shaved his beard before the season so looks dramatically different than head shot. • One of two SEC MBB S&C leaders who has earned Master of Strength & • In first season at UGA after spending previous five seasons at Wyoming. Conditioning honors from Collegiate S&C Coaches Association. • Was a student athletic trainer for Florida MBB’s 2007 NCAA Champion team. That is the second-largest tally for the ini- t NUMERICAL NUGGETS t NOTABLE QUOTABLE tial six outings at Stegeman Coliseum during Nicolas Claxton bettered his the 2000s. In 2002-03, Georgia welcomed a to- ”It’s just what he was born to do. best efforts for points, rebounds, tal of 54,485 spectators for the first six home He loves to coach. I always say he’s 16 assists, blocks, steals and minutes dates. It should be noted that the same span the kind of guy, if he sees kids outside played a combined 16 times in the first seven that season featured four weekend games and games of the season. Headlining that list dates vs. No. 2 Pittsburgh and No. 21 LSU. playing basketball, he’s going to get were 22 points versus Illinois State and 15 out of his car to coach them. He’s a boards against Kennesaw State. A HISTORIC OPENER born leader and a born coach.” Derek Ogbeide enters the UMass Georgia christened both the 2018-19 cam- – Dwyane Wade game at No.