Commit To The Georgia Basketball SEC Tourney Notes 2020-21 SCHEDULE Georgia: 14-11, 7-11 SEC VS. MISSOURI: 15-8, 8-8 SEC OVERALL RECORD: 14-11 DATE: Thursday, March 11 HOME: 125 • ROAD: 2-6 TIPOFF: 7:00 p.m. ET SEC RECORD: 7-11 HOME: 5-5 • ROAD: 2-6 ARENA: Bridgestone Arena (3,400) LOCATION: Nashville, Tenn. NOVEMBER SERIES RECORD: Series tied, 8-8 Sun. 29 Florida A&M (SECN) W 85-75 LAST MEETING: UGA, 80-70, on 2/16/21 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 will face Missouri in the Bulldogs’ Sat. 12 Samford (SECN+) W 79-75 opening matchup of the 2021 SEC Tournament on Sat. 19 Cincinnati (SECN) W 83-68 STATISTIC UGA MIZ Tues. 22 Northeastern (SECN+) W 76-58 Thursday evening at 7:00 p.m. ET at Bridgestone Points Per Game 77.8 74.1 Wed. 30 * Mississippi St. (SECN) L 73-83 Arena in Nashville. Opp. Point Per Game 78.2 72.1 JANUARY Georgia is the tourney’s No. 10 seed. The Ti- Scoring Margin -0.4 +2.0 Wed. 6 * at LSU (SECN) L OT-92-94 gers are the No. 7 seed...and also projected to be Field Goal Pct. .459 .451 Sat. 9 * at Arkansas (SECN) L 69-99 a No. 8 seed in the NCAA Tournament in the edi- Opp. Field Goal Pct. .458 .430 Wed. 13 * Auburn (SECN) L 77-95 tion of bracketology released last Sunday night. 3-Point Pct. .318 .319 Sat. 16 * at Ole Miss (ESPN2) W 78-74 3-Pointers Per Game 6.3 7.0 Wed. 20 * Kentucky (SECN) W 63-62 The Bulldogs have probably played as chal- Opp. 3-Point Pct. .339 .322 Sat. 23 * Florida (ESPN2) L 84-92 lenging a slate as anyone in the nation over the Free Throw Pct. .690 .697 Wed. 27 * at S. Carolina (ESPN2) L 59-83 past four weeks. Missouri represents the seventh Free Throws Per Game 14.8 15.1 Sat. 30 * Ole Miss (SECN) W 71-61 probable NCAA Tournament opponent in Geor- Rebounds Per Game 37.3 35.7 FEBRUARY gia’s last eight games. Opp. Rebound Per Game 36.1 35.4 Tues. 2 * at Auburn (SECN) W 91-86 The Bulldogs endured a “February Frenzy” Rebound Margin +1.1 +0.3 Sat. 6 * Vanderbilt (SECN) W 73-70 Assists Per Game 15.0 13.3 Wed. 10 * at Texas A&M (SECN) Postponed that will rival anything “March Madness” has Wed. 10 * at No. 16/15 Tennessee (ESPN2) L 89-81 to offer. Between Feb. 10-23, Georgia faced five Turnovers Per Game 16.8 13.2 Sat. 13 * at No. 11/11 Alabama (SECN) L 82-115 consecutive teams likely to receive NCAA bids – Assist-to-Turnover Ratio 0.89 1.00 Tues. 16 * No. 20/19 Missouri (SECN) W 80-70 Tennessee, Alabama, Missouri, Florida and LSU. Turnover Margin 0.0 -0.4 Sat. 20 * at Florida (SECN) L 63-70 Steals Per Game 8.6 6.6 Tues. 23 * LSU (SECN) W 91-78 Arkansas is the SEC’s other “March Madness” Blocks Per Game 2.4 3.5 Sat. 27 * South Carolina (SECN) L 70-91 lock. Georgia was the only SEC team to play five MARCH straight games this season versus the league’s UGA’s year-by-year results in the SEC Tourna- Sat. 6 * No. 8/5 Alabama (CBS) L 79-89 projected NCAA invitees without a break. ment can be found on Page 8 of these Game Notes. Thur. 11 & vs. Missouri (SECN) 7:00 The Bulldogs wrapped up the regular season A year ago, Georgia defeated Ole Miss, 81-63, * – SEC games ◊ & – SEC Tournament (Nashville) ◊ All times ET by hosting Alabama before drawing Missouri. in their first-round matchup, the Bulldogs’ most decisive win over a league foe last season. The GEORGIA’S SEC TOURNEY HISTORY rest of the tourney was canceled on March 12 just PRO-NUN-SEE-A-SHUN GUY’D Georgia sports a 48-57 an all-time record in 60 hours before Georgia was to face Florida. 5 Justin KIER (ky-er) (like tire with a “k”) appearances the SEC Tournament. The Bulldogs are 39-38 in SEC Tourney action SERIES HISTORY WITH MIZZOU 10 TOUMANI (Too-mah-knee) CAMARA (Cuh-mahr-uh) since the event resumed in 1979 after a 27-year The all-time series between Georgia and 11 JAXON (Jack-son) ETTER (eh-tuhr) hiatus from 1953-79. Missouri is currently tied at 8-8, including a 1-1 15 SAHVIR (SAH-veer) Wheeler The Bulldogs won the 1983 and 2008 SEC record in SEC Tournament matchups. Tournaments and finished as runners-up in 1940, Just over three weeks ago on Feb. 16 in Ath- 23 MIKAL (Michael) Starks 1981, 1988 and 1997. ens, Georgia upset No. 20/19 Missouri, 80-70, as 25 TYRON (Ty-ron) McMILLAN (mic-mill-uhn) Georgia has reached the semifinals 15 times, a hot-shooting Justin Kier led five Bulldogs in most recently doing so in 2016. double figures. t MEDIA COVERAGE THE STARTING 5... Sahvir Toumani Though he’s P.J. Horne, From Feb. WATCH: SEC NETWORK Wheeler’s Camara and only played who generally 10-23, when Tom Hart (play-by-play); current average Sahvir Wheeler are in 15 games, guards the UGA played five- Dane Bradshaw (analyst) of 7.2 assists one of just four freshman K.D. opposing team’s straight probable LISTEN: BULLDOG SPORTS NETWORK per game is the sets of Division I Johnson leads post player NCAA Tournament Scott Howard (play-by-play); highest by any teammates with the Bulldogs in a significant teams, the Dogs’ Chuck Dowdle (analyst); SEC player since seven or more 20-point scoring amount, leads NCAA strength of Adam Gillespie (producer) Mississippi State’s double-doubles performances with UGA with 44 schedule climbed Flagship: WSB AM 750; Chuck Evans’ 8.1 during the 2020-21 four such outings 3-pointers made from No. 99 to No. XM: TBD; Internet: TBD apg in 1992-93. season. this season. this season. 46 nationally. SID: Mike Mobley • Email: [email protected] • Cell: 706-540-7486 • Social Media: @UGABasketball PAGE 2 Georgia VS. MISSOURI SEC TOURNEY 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.