UGA blog finds new home
Morning all. As I’ve said a couple of times this week, we’re converting this blog over to a WordPress platform and it will be a permanent move the first of next week.
Those of you who are regulars probably know that I’m not what you’d call techno-wizard when it comes to these things. But from what I understand the technology offered in this new format should make the blogging and commenting experience better for all. Of course, I’ll be learning as we go along, too. But I’m hoping to provide more pictures and video and things like that which should bring the blog more to life.
Of course, this blog is nothing without all you guys so I want to heartily invite (read: beg) you to come over to the new site by CLICKING HERE ON THE NEW ADDRESS and save it in your browsers. As of Monday, Feb. 23rd, this will be the permanent home of the UGA blog you so love or, in the case of some of you, love to loathe. If you’d prefer to copy and paste or just memorize, the new address is: http://blogs.ajc.com/uga-sports-blog/.
See at the new place!
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Tuesday, February 27, 2007
Felton: 9-7 should do it
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
And then there were two.
That’s how many games are left in the regular season. That and the SEC tournament is all that Georgia has left to prove itself to the NCAA selection committee. Unless it wins the SEC tournament at the Georgia Dome outright, the Bulldogs (17-10, 8-6 SEC) will be seeking one of the 34 at-large bids. Depending on whom you believe, there are only about 17 such spots still remaining and nearly 30 teams vying for them. The debate of whether Georgia is deserving has been bantered about ad nauseum in this forum.
Basically it all comes down to two scenarios: One, the Bulldogs need to win one of their two remaining SEC games (at Kentucky Wednesday night and home against Tennessee on Saturday) and grab one or two more wins in the SEC tournament or; two, they need to sweep these two games (according to our own Tony Barnhart) to even to have a chance.
Of course, nobody really knows the answer until it all plays out and the committee is able to stack it up against all the other teams trying to get into the field. So I posed those very questions to Georgia coach Dennis Felton to see what he thinks about the situation.
See what y’all think …
Q: Do you think you’ve done enough to this point to warrant an NCAA tournament bid? A: No.
Q: Do you think a 9-7 SEC record should be good enough to get you in? A: Yes.
Q: Based on the strength of the league this year? A: Well, just based on everything. The strength of the league has something to do with it, but just the strength of our resume. We’d be 9-7 in the league and we’d have 18 wins against a good non-conference schedule. I’d think that puts us in. And we would have proved ourselves worthy all over again without Mike [Mercer]. All that.
Q: Do you believe a team with a lack of a recent NCAA tournament tradition would need to do something more to get noticed and get back into the minds of the committee members? A: The committee insists that is not the case. I have no way of telling you for sure. I don’t know because I’m not on the committee, but it insists that has nothing to do with anything.
Q: Do you think a win at Kentucky would be an attention-grabber? A: Absolutely.
