“Getting Close is Not What We Came Here to do.” Georgia 78, Florida 76
Posted on Feb 27, 2010 by Ryan Scates |
The Dawgs tried to give Florida an NCAA-bid assuring win in Athens Saturday, but Florida just couldn’t quite come up with the second half heroics to beat Georgia. Albert Jackson’s huge block with .1 seconds remaining sealed a 78-76 victory for the Dawgs, and sent the home crowd of 9,262 into a barking frenzy.
After the game, Coach Fox remarked, “We were fortunate the clock ran out. (in the second half)”
The victory was the first SEC home game of 2010 where Georgia did not surrender the lead in the second half.
Notes, Quotes, Pictures and Links Below!
1. While playing on the road has been no fun for the Dawgs this year, this week showed just how difficult playing on the road in the SEC has been across the conference. Tennessee, Florida and Georgia all beat teams at home that they lost to on the road this week. With the SEC Tourney coming up in Nashville, I am starting to like the Dawgs’ chances at making a tournament run on neutral ground.
2. There was a very crowded press area for the game Saturday, and why Bulldawg Illustrated was sitting behind publications like Alligator, GatorCountry.com, and FightinGators.com I have no idea. I did get a pretty good view of the Florida press’ sweet mullets though, so I had that going for me.
3. Georgia was coming off of a heartbreaking loss at Vandy that occurred less than 48 hours before tipoff. The two-day turnaround between games may have been the norm for Mark Fox when he previously coached Nevada in the WAC, but was a definite change of pace for his team. After the game, Fox told reporters that he had been saving his timeouts for the end of the game just so the team could make it all 40 minutes. “During shootarounds I could tell that we were very fatigued.” Explained Fox.
4. Florida, Georgia’s most common basketball opponent, leads the overall series 103-96. Florida has one 12 of the last 14 games. As you probably noticed the basketball series is kind of like déjà vu all over again.
5. The Florida Gators have reached 20 wins for 12 straight years, the longest such streak in the SEC.
6. The Florida game marked the fourth Saturday home game in a row for the Hoop Dawgs. Saturday’s contest marked a departure from the previous three games, however, as the Dawgs did not have to overcome a second-half deficit to win.
7. There are two teams I will never pull for in anything, ever, no matter what. Said teams are Florida and Tech, and just being around the Florida hoops fans quickly reminded me why. One look at the gator chomp, the orange and blue, the denim shorts, it all reminded me why I am all about keeping the World’s Largest Cocktail Party in Jacksonville. I’m not in love with Jacksonville’s rickety municipal stadium, driving 6 hours to the game, scrambling to find a bus ride from St. Simons to Jacksonville and back or the lovely confines of the Touchdown Tailgating lot.
The biggest reason I say keep the game in Jacksonville is that Florida fans shouldn’t be allowed to come to Athens. Our campus is too nice, too historic, and just flat out too good to be polluted with a bunch of booger eatin’, sister kissin’, aloe rubbin’, arm chompin’ nutbags with gelled hair.
Ah, okay I feel better now. Win or lose, it’s great to be a Gator Hater, but even better to be a Georgia Bulldawg!
They Said It:
Mark Fox:
“That was a hard fought, great game. We beat an excellent basketball team, a team I thought was playing as well if not better than any team in the league.”
On using the Georgia bench
“I told them (the Georgia bench) before the game that we were going to play a lot of players tonight…foul trouble probably forced us to play them a little earlier than we would like.”
On playing on a Thursday-Saturday schedule
“We didn’t operate with much authority in the first half, and it was probably because we were feeling a little sluggish.”
“We were fortunate the clock ran out, we were having a hard time getting stops in the second half.”
“I told (The Georgia team) after the game the other night, ‘you are tough enough to come back and beat Florida…I told the team that it’s important to be tough enough to come back and pick yourself up when you’re down. Getting close is not what we came here to do.”
See Also:
Official UGA Release
BI Photo Gallery
Connor Nolte’s Gameday Trick Shot Featuring Mark Fox
SEC Digital Network Video Highlights
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Comments
As far a a tourney run, I can see 1 or 2 wins. After that I think with our bench depth, we may have issues. Against the gators it wasn't bad. We got some points and some good minutes. If we don't figure a way to rest the starters without compromising the teams flow and ability to score, then it will be a short tourney for that dawgs. That being said, to see the dawgs run it for 3 wins or even 4 I wouldn't be totally surprised.
C'mon, Alan! Where's the hope!?
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