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Friday, January 12, 2007
Time to bubble up
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
What does Dennnis Felton’s team have to do the rest of the season for the Bulldog Nation to feel that satisfactory progress is being made in rebuilding the men’s basketball program?
In talking with several fans this week about that, the consensus seemed to be that the Dawgs need to beat the midlevel teams in the conference and stay competitive with and surprise the occasional team like Kentucky. December brought the toughest streak of games in memory, and Georgia was favored in none of them, but the lone upset over Gonzaga looks less impressive considering their second-half collapses in subsequent games. The loss to the Bumblebees particularly rankles.
This week’s games against South Carolina and Vandy might even be considered make-or-break, one fan said. Wednesday night was a good start, now they need to continue Saturday against the Commodores.
As for the season’s end, the Dawgs need to at the very least be a strong choice for the NIT and on the bubble for the NCAA tournament. If there’s not even a chance of them making the NCAAs, then Felton and his players will have underperformed.
Agree or disagree?
