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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Wednesday, November 7, 2007
Outlook blurry on Dogs’ hoops season
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
We interrupt all this talk about blackouts and old football rivalries to bring you this bulletin: Basketball season has arrived. In fact, it’s right on top of us. The Bulldogs — that’d be both the male and female variety — open the season Friday night in a rare twin bill at Stegeman Coliseum.
Coach Andy Landers’ squad are sort of stumbling into the first game. They suffered a rather unsightly loss to something called the “Premier Team” in their last exhibition Tuesday night. Not sure what to make of that but the Lady Dogs are usually pretty good and I don’t have any reason to think any different.
Now to coach Dennis Felton’s men’s team. I’m sure many of you will recall my discussions of them back in the offseason. I talked about how they finally resembled a real SEC team and that this was their year to make a move in the league, what with Florida and Kentucky in transition and Georgia finally having a full complement of talented players.
Of course, that was before all the news regarding suspensions and dismissals and the like came down. Now leading scorer Takais Brown is gone, second-leading scorer and best overall athlete Mike Mercer is suspended for 15 games (or half the season) and 6-10 center Albert Jackson is out for the first six games. I’m holding my breath that they’ll get to this first game without any further negative developments.
But, as they say, it is what it is. Once again the Bulldogs are going to have to overachieve in what has been the toughest division of the toughest conference in basketball. I will say this: I see much more potential in the 10 scholarship players that will start the season than those I have witnessed in the not-too-distant past.
These freshmen Georgia has brought in are closer to being able to compete on this level than usual and they will have to. The Dogs will have to get major contributions from Jeremy Price, Chris Barne, Jeremy Jacob and Troy Brewer. And a big X factor could be the play of freshman Zac Swansey at point guard. He won’t have to play a bunch behind the warrior Sundiata Gaines but he’ll have to prove a capable stopgap.
So, all that said, what do you guys think the outlook is for the basketball team? Think they’ll make the NCAA tournament? The NIT? No postseason? Do you believe it’s NCAA or else for coach Dennis Felton and his staff?
There has been record season-ticket sales so apparently there is some optimism out there. Let’s hear what you think.
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