men's UGA Graduates Second-Winningest Basketball Senior Class In Program History The 2016-17 Georgia Bulldogs continued to build consistent stability rarely seen in FINAL RECORDS: Overall: 19-15; SEC: 9-9 (8th) the first century-plus of basketball at UGA. Home: 12-6; Away: 5-7; Neutral: 2-2 The Bulldogs notched a 19-15 record, including a 9-9 SEC mark. Georgia did Dogs Secure 500th Win At Stegeman 2016 17 Results - so while competing against one of the Georgia’s Dec. 17 win over Charleston NOVEMBER nation’s most challenging schedules. The Southern represented the Bulldogs’ 500th Fri. 13 Chattanooga L OT- 90-92 Bulldogs’ strength of schedule was ranked victory at Stegeman Coliseum. Fri. 11 at Clemson L 64-74 No. 14 following the completion of the Originally named the “Georgia Colise- Mon. 14 ^ UNC Asheville W 60-46 Thur. 17 ^ Furman W 84-78 season, and more than half of Georgia’s um,” the venue was christened on Feb. 22, Mon. 21 ^ vs. G. Washington W 81-73 losses (eight of 15) came to teams that 1964, when a standing-room-only crowd Tues. 22 ^ #5 Kansas L 54-65 reached the “Elite Eight” round of the of 13,200 witnessed the Bulldogs beat Fri. 25 Gardner-Webb W 77-59 NCAA Tournament. Ga. Tech, 81-68. The facility was renamed Wed. 30 vs. Morehouse W 86-72 “That doesn’t make them any easier “Stegeman Coliseum” on March 2, 1996. DECEMBER Sun. 4 Marquette L 79-89 to swallow,” head coach Mark Fox said. The namesake is Herman J. Stegeman, Wed. 14 UL Lafayette W 73-60 “Some of those were one-possession who coached basketball, baseball, football Sat. 17 Charleston So. W 84-64 games, which shows how close our team and track & field and also served as Direc- Tues. 20 at Georgia Tech W 60-43 Fri. 23 at Oakland L 79-86 is. At the end of the day, we challenged tor of Athletics at UGA during his tenure Thur. 29 * at Auburn W 96-84 our team. We answered some of those from 1919-39. JANUARY challenges but not enough of them. So Georgia completed its 54th full cam- Wed. 4 * S. Carolina L 61-67 we’ll spend the entire offseason trying to paign in the arena in 2016-17 with a Sat. 7 * Missouri W 71-66 be better next year.” 506-234 record, which equates to a .684 Wed. 11 * at Ole Miss W 69-47 Sat. 14 * at #23 Florida L OT-76-80 Georgia’s 2017 seniors – J.J. Frazier, winning percentage. Tues. 17 * Vanderbilt W 76-68 Kenny Paul Geno, Houston Kessler and Sat. 21 * at Texas A&M L 62-63 Brandon Young – set a standard for future Frazier Grabs UGA Free Throw Records Wed. 25 * Alabama L 60-80 Sat. 28 # Texas W 59-57 Bulldogs to match. That quartet is the J.J. Frazier became the Bulldogs’ career Tues. 31 * at # 8/6 Kentucky L OT-81-90 second-winningest class in the program’s record holder for free throw percentage FEBRUARY history with 80 victories. Over their four and also put together the longest streak of Sat. 4 * at # 19/20 S. Carolina L 75-77 seasons, those Bulldogs recorded 52 SEC consecutive makes at the line during the Tues. 7 * #17 Florida L 60-72 victories, matching 2016 seniors Kenny 2016-17 season. Sat. 11 * at Tennessee W 76-75 Tues. 14 * Miss. State W 79-72 Gaines and Charles Mann as the win- Frazier claimed the career conversion Sat. 18 * #13/11 Kentucky L 77-82 ningest UGA players ever in league play. mark with his third of four FTs made in Thur. 23 * at Alabama W 60-55 Georgia’s win at Georgia Tech on Dec. 20. Sat. 25 * LSU W 82-80 Frazier, Maten Earn Accolades Frazier opened the season at No. 2 MARCH Wed. 1 * Auburn W 79-78 J.J. Frazier and Yante Maten garnered a among UGA’s career leaders in free throw Sat. 4 * at Arkansas L 67-85 lengthy list of postseason honors. efficiency at 81.2 percent. That trailed only Thur. 9 & vs. Tennessee W 59-57 Both players were named All-SEC in Jerry Eppling’s effort of 82.2 percent from Fri. 10 & vs. #8 Kentucky L 60-71 Wed. 15 % Belmont L 69-78 balloting of league coaches and media and 1968-70. During his senior season, Frazier was 187-of-211 (88.6 percent) from the line ^ – CBE Hall of Fame Classic (Athens & Kansas City, Mo.) also were featured on the All-District teams * – SEC Games ◊ # – SEC/Big 12 Challenge of the National Association of Basketball raised his career mark to 84.1 (450-of-535). & – SEC Tournament (Nashville, Tenn.) ◊ % – NIT Coaches (NABC) and the U.S. Basketball Late in the year, Frazier made 45 con- Opponent rankings, if different, are AP/USA Today Writers Association (USBWA). secutive free throws. That represented Frazier was tabbed first-team All-SEC by a Georgia record and also equaled the Fox Garners Career Victory No. 250 both bodies, while Maten was a first-team second-longest streak in SEC history. Mark Fox notched his 250th win in 13 All-SEC selection of coaches and second- seasons as a head coach with the Bulldogs’ team choice by the AP. Parker Returns, Ups Production Nov. 14 victory over UNC Asheville. Frazier was named the State of Georgia’s Juwan Parker enjoyed a successful Fox enters the 2017-18 campaign closing Male College Player of the Year by the return to action after missing the previous in on another milestone. He has 145 victo- Atlanta Tipoff Club for the second straight season and a half with an Achilles injury. ries in his first nine seasons in Athens, five season. He became Georgia’s 10th winner Parker averaged 9.3 ppg, 5.3 rpg and 1.8 shy of his 150th “W” with the Bulldogs. and just the second Bulldog to be selected apg, considerably higher than his career as such twice, joining Jarvis Hayes. marks of 4.9 ppg, 3.7 rpg and 0.9 apg en- Freshmen Starters List Adds Two Maten was featured on the preseason tering his junior season. Jordan Harris and Tyree Crump became watch list for the Karl Malone Award as Parker also has established new ca- the 10th and 11th freshmen, respectively, the nation’s top power forward. He was reer highs for points (17 vs. both Florida to start for the Bulldogs over the last six then included on the 10-player final watch & Vanderbilt), rebounds (11 vs. George seasons. list for the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar award as Washington), assists (five vs. G. Washing- Harris made his first start against Louisi- the top center in the country. Maten was ton) and minutes (40 vs. Florida). ana on Dec. 14. Crump got his initial nod at the only player in the nation who moved Parker started the first 14 games for Tennessee on Feb. 11. from one watch list to another among the Georgia’s 2015 NCAA Tournament team They joined five 2016-17 teammates on national position player of the year awards before suffering the Achilles injury. He that list: senior Houston Kessler; juniors administered by the Naismith Memorial played limited minutes later that season Yante Maten and Juwan Parker; and soph- Basketball Hall of Fame. but redshirted in 2015-16. omores Mike Edwards and Derek Ogbeide.