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Georgia basketball sets season attendance record

Anthony Edwards and company have helped the Georgia Bulldogs basketball program set their single season attendance record.

In what’s been an up and down basketball season to say the least, the Georgia Bulldogs have set their record for single season attendance. At 15-14 the Dawgs have had a somewhat disappointing season. UGA had arguably their best basketball recruiting class ever and is now 12th in the SEC.

Fans can pat themselves on the back for supporting the team throughout a tough season. A huge factor in Georgia’s impressive attendance is freshman stud Anthony Edwards. Edwards is projected as the top pick in the 2020 NBA Draft.

Georgia basketball coach Tom Crean thanked the fans following the Dawgs’ win over Arkansas this Saturday:

Anthony Edwards and Tom Crean have helped energize Georgia’s program, but can the Bulldogs make a run in the SEC Tournament. Georgia will have to win the SEC Tournament in order to make the NCAA Tournament.

Georgia set a new attendance record last season. With better home attendance, UGA will win more home games and have a better team. Georgia has gone an impressive 12-4 at home this season.

The fans are making a difference as they do throughout college basketball (look at home-away records for every team). Georgia can get even better at home. Elite teams in the NCAA rarely lose at home. Tom Crean and the young Bulldog team will be better on the road next season. This year’s 3-8 record won’t cut it for UGA to make the NCAA Tournament.

Feb 1, 2020; Athens, Georgia, USA; Georgia Bulldogs guard Anthony Edwards (5) encourages the crowd to make noise during the game against the Texas A&M Aggies during the first half at Stegeman Coliseum. Credit: Dale Zanine-USA TODAY Sports

Anthony Edwards has been a treat to watch!

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Georgia basketball earns much-needed win over Arkansas

Tom Crean’s Georgia Bulldogs came out on top over Arkansas in a contest filled with one-sided scoring streaks.

Needing a win to stay in contention for a first-round bye in the SEC tournament, Tom Crean’s Georgia Bulldogs came out on top over Arkansas in a contest filled with one-sided scoring streaks.

Amidst a season plagued with blown leads and resultant losses, Georgia faithful could never feel comfortable with the Bulldogs’ 18-point lead.

The visiting Hogs twice cut the lead to a single point before the home Dawgs sealed the game.

Projected top NBA Draft pick Anthony Edwards took over the final 1:07 of the game, scoring nine of his 26 points in crunch time. Edwards punctuated the game with a ferocious two-handed dunk that sunk Arkansas.

Fellow NBA prospect Rayshaun Hammonds posted 22 points and nine boards.

Despite a lackluster season for Georgia basketball, the NBA’s projected top pick Anthony Edwards has thrown together a rather modest highlight film in what will almost certainly be his only season in Athens.

Watch: Georgia basketball’s Anthony Edwards runs court, lifts for two-handed slam

The NBA’s projected top pick Anthony Edwards has thrown together a highlight film in what will almost certainly be his only season at UGA.

Despite a lackluster season for Georgia basketball, the NBA’s projected top pick Anthony Edwards has thrown together a rather modest highlight film in what will almost certainly be his only season in Athens.

For your viewing pleasure, our own James Morgan gathered and posted a compilation of Ant Man’s nastiest dunks sporting red and black.

In the Bulldogs’ home game against Arkansas, Edwards added another clip to his human highlight reel (if you’re reading this, Dominique Wilkins, we love you).

In the game’s closing moments, Edwards reassured fans that the proper phrase is “Dawgs on Top” as opposed to “Hogs on top.”

To emphasize, here’s another look at how Edwards sprinted down-court and embarrassed five other adults at once:

 

Georgia closed out the game to improve to 15-14 on the season.

Edwards finished the game with 26 points and seven boards.

Watch: Georgia basketball sinks Commodores with sunken buzzer beater

Hoping for a couple of misses and hoping to rebound, Tyree Crump and company needed a miracle. Tom Crean’s team got just what they needed.

To a pessimist, it was a battle between bordering states’ basketball bottom dwellers.

To an optimist, it was a glass-half-full of fun.

Georgia pulled off a rare come-from-behind win in Nashville against Vanderbilt amidst a season plagued with blown leads.

Trailing by a single point with just over five seconds remaining in regulation, Tyree Crump lined up outside the paint prior to a pair of Vanderbilt free throws. Hoping for a couple of misses and then hoping to rebound, Crump and company needed a miracle.

Tom Crean’s team got just what they needed.

One of this college basketball season’s best back-and-forth contests played out the ending we all deserved, and thankfully for Dawg Nation, the good guys came out on top.

 

Former Crean apprentice Dwyane Wade chimed in to express some enthusiasm for his collegiate coach’s current squad.

Georgia improves to 14-13 on the season and picked up their fourth conference win of the year. The Bulldogs’ next appearance will be in Columbia to take on the South Carolina Gamecocks on Wednesday, February 26.

Twitter reacts to Georgia basketball’s upset win over Auburn

The Georgia Bulldogs and Anthony Edwards knocked off the 13th ranked Auburn Tigers 65-55 in Athens.

The Georgia Bulldogs and Anthony Edwards knocked off the 13th ranked Auburn Tigers 65-55 in Athens. The win is a bright spot in Georgia’s up and down season. Hopes were high following UGA’s big-time win over Memphis before conference play begin.

Tom Crean and the Dawgs have struggled in SEC play, but with this upset win they’re now 13-13 overall. They’ll have to win the SEC tournament to make the NCAA tournament. Still, it was the biggest win of the year for Bulldogs and it came at the expense of hated rival Auburn.

Georgia fans rejoiced on social media:

UGA hoop’s win wasn’t the only upset of the night:

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Georgia basketball suffers painful overtime defeat

The Dawgs fought until the end, coming up just short by a final score of 105 to 102.

In a conference matchup between two teams sporting losing SEC records (despite both maintaining winning overall records), the Georgia Bulldogs lost a heart-breaker against Alabama. The Dawgs fought until the end, coming up just short by a final score of 105 to 102.

The game was tied at 92 points apiece with 21.6 seconds remaining. The score at the end of regulation remained the same, sending the SEC foes to the conference’s third overtime contest of the day.

In the Bulldogs’ first 100-point offensive performance of the year, projected top-five NBA Draft selection Anthony Edwards was limited to 14 points on 5-17 from the field.

Freshman Sahvir Wheeler led the Dawgs with 24 points and 8 assists.

Rayshaun Hammonds posted 20 points. Toumani Camara recorded 12.

The Dawgs will play their next game on Wednesday at home against South Carolina. Tom Crean’s squad somehow maintains 12-11 overall record while having gone 2-8 against SEC opponents.

Georgia’s Anthony Edwards stays home in latest NBA Mock Draft

Georgia Bulldogs freshman Anthony Edwards is projected to go home to the Atlanta Hawk in the latest 2020 NBA Mock Draft.

Georgia Bulldogs star freshman shooting guard Anthony Edwards is averaging 19.3 points per game with 5.3 boards and 3.0 assists. Edwards is projected to be a top-five pick in the 2020 NBA Draft.

There’s no consensus number one overall pick yet for the class of 2020. With improved efficiency, Edwards could vault to the top of his class. Edwards is a 6’5″ shooting guard from Atlanta, Georgia. Despite UGA basketball’s struggles on the season, Edwards has remained impressive to NBA scouts.

There’s a decent chance Edwards ends up with the Atlanta Hawks in the 2020 NBA Draft. The Hawks currently have the tied for second worst record in the NBA at 13-37. A bottom three record gives them a 52.1% shot at a top four pick in the NBA Draft and a 14% chance at the top pick.

Will Anthony Edwards go number one overall? The latest NBA Mock Draft, from NBC Sports, has Edwards going second to the Atlanta Hawks. It’d be a base case scenario for many Georgia fans and Edwards, who went to high school in the Atlanta area (Holy Spirit Preparatory School).

Nov 27, 2019; Lahaina, HI, USA; Georgia Bulldogs guard Anthony Edwards (5) congratulated by forward Mike Peake (30) after defeating the Chaminade Silverswords during the final round of the Maui Jim Maui Invitational at the Lahaina Civic Center. Credit: Brian Spurlock-USA TODAY Sports

Edwards would be able to help the Hawks immediately. With several months left of both college basketball and the NBA, the rankings of prospects and the NBA standings will change a lot in the next few months. The Hawks are poised to play better post-All-Star break with Trae Young.

Even if the Hawks play well in their next thirty plus games, the Hawks will still have a shot to select Edwards if they get a little lucky in the lottery.

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Georgia’s Anthony Edwards throws down crazy windmill dunk

The Georgia Bulldogs defeated Texas A&M 63-48. Georgia’s Anthony Edwards was the star with 29 points and 15 boards. and a windmill dunk.

The Georgia Bulldogs defeated the Texas A&M Aggies in a grind-it-out 63-48 game in Athens. Georgia’s Anthony Edwards was the star of the show with 29 points and 15 boards.

Edwards is projected as the number one overall pick in the 2020 NBA Draft. The Dawgs improved to 12-9 overall and 2-6 in SEC play with the win. Georgia and Anthony Edwards has their work cut out for them if they want to make the NCAA tournament.

Georgia’s Anthony Edwards threw down a windmill dunk in what was the play of the game:

Edwards shows off his incredible athleticism that makes him so coveted by NBA scouts. UGA basketball travels to face the Florida Gators in their next contest.

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Georgia basketball great Terry Fair dies at 59

Georgia basketball great Terry Fair, who was a key player on UGA’s Final Four team, has passed away at the age of 59.

Former Georgia basketball star Terry Fair has passed away at the age of 59, the school announced.

Fair, who was a four-year starter for the Bulldogs, was a key player on Georgia’s 1983 final four team.

According to the university, Fair died on Thursday of natural causes. He passed away in his hometown of Macon, Georgia.

A 6-foot-7 forward, Fair was selected in the fourth round of the 1983 NBA Draft by the Indiana Pacers.

He went on to play professionally in Israel for a decade and was inducted into the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame in 2013.

From UGA Sports Communications:

Fair arrived in Athens in the fall of 1979 as a centerpiece of what was then the Bulldogs’ greatest recruiting class ever along with Dominique Wilkins, Derrick Floyd and Lamar Heard. Fair was a consensus All-American as a senior at Southwest Macon High School after he led the Patriots to the 1979 national championship while averaging 21.1 points and 15.2 rebounds per game.

Fair, Wilkins, Heard and Floyd helped lead the Bulldogs reach numerous firsts during their careers. Georgia earned its first postseason bid ever in 1981 with an invitation to the NIT. The Bulldogs returned to the NIT in 1982 and advanced to the semifinals at Madison Square Garden.

In 1983, Georgia secured its first-ever invitation to the NCAA Tournament after winning the SEC Tournament. Fair was named the championship game’s MVP by CBS after scoring 19 points in the title tilt against Alabama.

Fair and the Bulldogs, to pull off their historic 1983 run, took down St. John’s in the Sweet Sixteen before facing UNC, a team that featured four future NBA players – Michael Jordan, Kenny Smith, Brad Daughtery and Sam Perkins.

In the Sweet Sixteen win over St. John’s, Fair was unstoppable. He scored 27 points, had 9 rebounds, 3 assists, 5 steals and 3 blocks in the 70-67 win over eventual NBA Hall of Famer Chris Mullin and St. John’s.

Georgia eventually fell to NC State in the Final Four. The Wolfpack would go on to win the 1983 NCAA Tournament, led by legendary coach Jimmy V.

At the conclusion of Fair’s collegiate career, he was the Bulldogs’ all-time leader in steals (194) and games played (123). He also ranked No. 2 in rebounds (923), No. 4 in points (1,492) and No. 9 in assists (177).

Years later, Fair’s 923 rebounds still ranks No. 2 in school history.

“Terry was a player who never thought about ‘me.’ He was always thinking about the team,” said Hugh Durham, Fair’s coach at Georgia. “He played so hard defensively and would do whatever you asked him to do for the team. Those are the things that I remember most about him as a player.”

Fair’s decision to stay in-state and play for Georgia was a monumental factor in making the Bulldogs a relevant basketball program.

Together, he, Dominique Wilkins, Vern Fleming, James Banks and team captain Lamar Heard (who passed away in 2017) put Georgia basketball on the map for arguably the first time in the program’s history.

Our thoughts and prayers go out to Fair’s family and the entire Georgia basketball community.

Preview: Dawgs get road rematch vs Kentucky

Georgia basketball has a tough test on Tuesday.

The Georgia Bulldogs are in need of a win after Mississippi State thrashed them on Saturday in Starkville, dropping them to eleventh place in the SEC early on in conference play.

On Tuesday, the Dawgs will get a chance to avenge another previous loss this season to the Kentucky Wildcats, in a game UGA led at halftime but faltered down the stretch to lose in front of a packed Stegeman Coliseum.

In order to beat the Wildcats this time around in enemy territory, the Dawgs will need to play a much more physical brand of basketball than they did during the matchup on January 7th, in which Kentucky dominated the glass in the second half and slowed the game down to play at their pace.

UGA will also need freshman sensation Anthony Edwards to replicate the Herculean performance he displayed last week in a home win over Tennessee, in which he scored 20 points in the first half alone.

Needless to say, this will not be an easy matchup for Tom Crean and company. We’ll see how they fare in this tough SEC contest.