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Commit To The Georgia Basketball Game Notes 2020-21 SCHEDULE Georgia: 14-10, 7-10 SEC VS. NO. 8/5 ALABAMA: 20-6, 15-2 SEC OVERALL RECORD: 14-10 DATE: Saturday, March 6 HOME: 12-4 • ROAD: 2-6 TIPOFF: 2:00 p.m. ET SEC RECORD: 7-10 HOME: 5-4 • ROAD: 2-6 ARENA: Stegeman Coliseum (1,638) LOCATION: Athens, Ga. NOVEMBER SERIES RECORD: Alabama leads, 97-52 Sun. 29 Florida A&M (SECN) W 85-75 LAST MEETING: Alabama, 115-82, on 2/13/21 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 Georgia wraps up its regular-season campaign Sat. 12 Samford (SECN+) W 79-75 on Saturday when the Bulldogs host No. 8/5 Sat. 19 Cincinnati (SECN) W 83-68 STATISTIC UGA UA Tues. 22 Northeastern (SECN+) W 76-58 Alabama at historic Stegeman Coliseum in a CBS Points Per Game 77.0 79.2 Wed. 30 * Mississippi St. (SECN) L 73-83 nationally televised matinee matchup. Opp. Point Per Game 77.0 70.0 JANUARY That Georgia is facing Alabama, which clinched Scoring Margin +0.0 +9.3 Wed. 6 * at LSU (SECN) L OT-92-94 the SEC title a week ago – and that the game was Field Goal Pct. .458 .428 Sat. 9 * at Arkansas (SECN) L 69-99 announced just nine days before occurring – falls Opp. Field Goal Pct. .457 .406 Wed. 13 * Auburn (SECN) L 77-95 in line with just about everything else associated 3-Point Pct. .314 .352 Sat. 16 * at Ole Miss (ESPN2) W 78-74 3-Pointers Per Game 6.2 10.7 Wed. 20 * Kentucky (SECN) W 63-62 with the past 12 months. Opp. 3-Point Pct. .335 .286 Sat. 23 * Florida (ESPN2) L 84-92 The Bulldogs have probably played as chal- Free Throw Pct. .695 .717 Wed. 27 * at S. Carolina (ESPN2) L 59-83 lenging a slate as anyone in the nation over the Free Throws Per Game 14.9 13.8 Sat. 30 * Ole Miss (SECN) W 71-61 past three and a half weeks. Alabama represents Rebounds Per Game 37.5 40.1 FEBRUARY the sixth probable NCAA Tournament opponent Opp. Rebound Per Game 35.8 38.9 Tues. 2 * at Auburn (SECN) W 91-86 in Georgia’s last seven games. Rebound Margin +1.8 +1.2 Sat. 6 * Vanderbilt (SECN) W 73-70 Assists Per Game 14.8 14.1 Wed. 10 * at Texas A&M (SECN) Postponed The Bulldogs endured a “February Frenzy” that Wed. 10 * at No. 16/15 Tennessee (ESPN2) L 89-81 will rival anything “March Madness” has to offer. Turnovers Per Game 16.7 14.0 Sat. 13 * at No. 11/11 Alabama (SECN) L 82-115 Between Feb. 10-23, Georgia faced five con- Assist-to-Turnover Ratio 0.89 1.00 Tues. 16 * No. 20/19 Missouri (SECN) W 80-70 secutive teams likely to receive NCAA bids and Turnover Margin -0.1 +1.9 Steals Per Game 8.5 8.6 Sat. 20 * at Florida (SECN) L 63-70 compiled a 2-3 mark in those contests. The home Tues. 23 * LSU (SECN) W 91-78 Blocks Per Game 2.5 4.0 Sat. 27 * South Carolina (SECN) L 70-91 team won each outing, a trend we would gladly MARCH welcome continuing against the Crimson Tide. SERIES HISTORY WITH ALABAMA Sat. 6 * No. 8/5 Alabama (CBS) 2:00 The Bulldogs defeated No. 20/19 Missouri and Alabama sports 97-52 lead in the overall series 10-14 SEC Tourney (Nashville) LSU at Stegeman Coliseum and dropped deci- between the Bulldogs and the Tide, including a * – SEC games ◊ All times ET sions at No. 16/15 Tennessee, No. 11/11 Alabama 33-31 advantage in Athens. and Florida. Georgia and Kentucky are the only In the most recent matchup at Stegeman SEC teams to play five straight games versus the Coliseum last Feb. 8, Sahvir Wheeler notched PRO-NUN-SEE-A-SHUN GUY’D league’s six consensus teams projected to earn what were then career-high efforts of 24 points 5 Justin KIER (ky-er) (like tire with a “k”) NCAA Tournament bids, Arkansas being the other and eight assists; however, Georgia dropped a “March Madness” lock. The Bulldogs played their 105-102 overtime decision to Alabama. 10 TOUMANI (Too-mah-knee) CAMARA (Cuh-mahr-uh) quintet of contests in 14 days, while the Wildcats A complete box score from that contest – as 11 JAXON (Jack-son) ETTER (eh-tuhr) did so over an 18-day span. well as game-by-game results for the last 10 15 SAHVIR (SAH-veer) Wheeler Though Georgia celebrated “Senior Day” prior outings in the series – can be found on Page 5 of to last Saturday’s matchup with South Carolina, these Game Notes. 23 MIKAL (Michael) Starks the Alabama game will serve as the final home After trailing most of the first half, the Bulldogs 25 TYRON (Ty-ron) McMILLAN (mic-mill-uhn) outing for three senior Bulldogs – graduate trans- used a 13-3 run over the opening 2:24 of the sec- fers Andrew Garcia, Justin Kier and P.J. Horne. ond stanza to grab a 54-48 lead. t MEDIA COVERAGE THE STARTING 5... Sahvir Of 347 From Feb. Eight Bull- P.J. Horne, WATCH: CBS Wheeler’s 170 Division I 10-23, when dogs have who generally Brad Nessler (play-by-play); assists is not only teams, Toumani UGA played five- combined to post guards the Pete Gillen (analyst) Georgia’s single- Camara and straight probable a combined 94 opposing team’s LISTEN: BULLDOG SPORTS NETWORK season record that Sahvir Wheeler NCAA Tournament double-figure post player Scott Howard (play-by-play); tally ranks No. 2 are of only six teams, the Dogs’ scoring outputs, a significant Chuck Dowdle (analyst); nationally among sets of teammates NCAA strength of with four or more amount, leads Adam Gillespie (producer) all D-I players with six or more schedule climbed double-digit UGA with 42 Flagship: WSB AM 750; during the 2020-21 double-doubles from No. 99 to No. scorers in 17 of 3-pointers made XM: 386; Internet: 976 season. this season. 46 nationally. UGA’s 24 games. this season. SID: Mike Mobley • Email: [email protected] • Cell: 706-540-7486 • Social Media: @UGABasketball PAGE 2 Georgia VS. ALABAMA 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.