UGA finalizes 2009-10 basketball schedule
Athens - Georgia's 2009-10 men's basketball schedule, which came together later than usual because of the change of head coaches, finally is complete.
Georgia's regular-season debut under new coach Mark Fox will come on Nov. 13 against New Orleans in Stegeman Coliseum. The Bulldogs will play an exhibition game against North Georgia in Athens on Nov. 6.
Other non-conference home opponents include St. Louis on Dec. 2, Pepperdine on Dec. 30 and Georgia Tech on Jan. 5.
Georgia plays non-conference road games at UAB, Virginia Tech and Missouri.
The Bulldogs will play St. John's in New York's Madison Square Garden on Dec. 9 and Illinois at the Gwinnett Arena on Dec. 19.
Georgia's SEC schedule opens Jan. 9 at Kentucky. The SEC home opener is Jan. 13 against Ole Miss.
2009-10 Basketball Schedule
Nov. 6 vs. North Georgia (exhibition)
Nov. 13 vs. New Orleans
Nov. 17 vs. Wofford
Nov. 21 at UAB
Nov. 24 vs. UNC-Asheville
Nov. 27 vs. Jacksonville State
Dec. 2 vs. St. Louis
Dec. 6 at Virginia Tech
Dec. 9 vs. St. John's (Madison Square Garden)
Dec. 19 vs. Ilinois in Duluth
Dec. 23 vs. Florida Atlantic
Dec. 30 vs. Pepperdine
Jan. 2 at Missouri
Jan. 5 vs. Georgia Tech
Jan. 9 at Kentucky
Jan. 13 vs. Ole Miss
Jan. 16 at Miss. State
Jan. 23 vs. Tennessee
Jan. 27 at Florida
Jan. 30 at South Carolina
Feb. 3 vs. Arkansas
Feb. 6 vs. Vanderbilt
Feb. 10 at Auburn
Feb. 13 vs. South Carolina
Feb. 17 at Tennessee
Feb. 20 vs. Alabama
Feb. 25 at Vanderbilt
Feb. 27 vs. Florida
March 3 vs. Kentucky
March 6 at LSU
March 11-14 SEC tournament in Nashville
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Tim Tucker, a long-time AJC sports reporter, often writes about the business side of the games. He also had stints as the AJC's Braves beat writer, UGA beat writer, sports notes columnist and executive sports editor. He was deputy managing editor of America's first all-sports newspaper, The National Sports Daily.
