Yes, it's that bad for UGA Basketball

What are we to do? Ten losses in the SEC, no coach, lack of playmakers, and no BONECRUSHER (note: BONECRUSHER, pictured to the left is David Bliss). Simply put the Bulldogs have not won a game this year. The last win came from against lowly Kennesaw State on December 31st, 2008. The Bulldogs are winless in the SEC and give up more points on average then they score. After ten straight losses, clearly all the blame is on Felton. Just kidding. We will look on to next year, ignoring this year ever happened -- hey, similar to football! Hopefully we can get a good coach, one that will bring publicity to a much maligned program. If we get a good coach, I think things will fall into place. Unlike football, basketball teams can turn around in one year with a great recruiting class. UGA has the ability to offer these talented youngsters what they want -- a guaranteed opportunity to play right away. Lord knows we can't floor a good team now. I ask this team only one thing: Don't go winless in the SEC and try not to go winless in the east. That would be disappointing.
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Bob Knight Interested in UGA

How would you like the winningest coach in the history of college basketball? Maybe we need some chairs thrown to spark some interest. If Knight came to UGA, it would be a great thing. Even if just for a few years, he could bring the UGA program back into the spotlight. He has won 902 games, and there’s something about coaching in the SEC that intrigues him…probably the fact he could get to 1000 wins in 5 seasons in a weak SEC. Why does Knight want to leave Texas Tech? According to one of this friends, he feels he has done all he can for the Red Raiders. Damen Evans has an easy decision. UGA needs a great coach, a proven leader, and a proven winner. Most of all, UGA needs someone who’ll bring the program into the spotlight and have the ability to recruit. The job that he did for the Red Raiders was incredible. He brought a team that has won 3 Big-12 games per year, and got them to average 10 in his tenure. UGA is not as bad as Texas Tech. They will always lose recruits to Texas, Oklahoma, USC, etc. The competition UGA has is with Kentucky, Duke, and UNC. There are great athletes in the state and area and Knight could recruit them. His knowledge of the game and proven record will allow UGA to rise. My words to Evans, “Sic Em” and go get this legend.

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Felton Out at Georgia

Looks like Damon Evans is a fan of me and Dirty South Sports. He must have taken what I said to heart. Just kidding.

Evans did, however, fire Dennis Felton after a brutal 83-57 loss to Florida. Look two posts down and I'll say I told you so. This decision came after the fifth consecutive conference loss. The team is now 9 - 11, winless in the SEC, and the only coachless team. Georgia will have to pay Felton 1.5 million to say goodbye, but that clearly had no bearing on the athletic association's decision to fire him. My opinion, Felton conceded when he went to the inauguration with his team riding a four game losing streak. He tapped out and he should be fired.
Coach Pete Herrman will coach the team for the remainder of the season, then a new coach will be named. Barring a miracle season and trip to the postseason, Herrman will leave at the end of the season. Let's hope the next coach is better. I think UGA is ready to spend a ton of money on the upcoming basketball coach. We will see.
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Georgia vs Florida

The biannual basketball version of the "Worlds Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party" is set for Wednesday night. I fear that UGA is going to get beat by a larger margin than in football. This year, along with most of Felton's tenure have been a relative disappointment, but losing to Florida two times (which I'm assuming will happen this year) is not cool. I would honestly be suprised if the Bulldogs were within 10 at the start of the second half. Florida has owned Georgia as of late in the major sports -- football and basketball (at least we have gymnastics, baseball, and swimming). Wednesday night should have no suprises becuase, well Felton sucks. I said it, he's a good person and very likable, but he is a terrible coach. You can turn a team around in one year in basketball, he's had over five. Time to give him the boot. Here are the stats on the UGA team. Note the home and away for UGA and UF as well as the streak each team is on. Nevertheless, I will cheer for my beloved Bulldogs to win, although I will not be watching.

	W-L	PF	PA	HOME	ROAD	STK
GA	9-10	65.7	65.1	8-5	0-4	L6
FLA	17-3	79.2	64.8	12-0	3-2	W1

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Basketball teams are supposed to win right?

Georgia has a basketball tradition. Georgia had Dominique Wilkins and well, that’s about it. UGA has made mistakes with their past two coaches (Herrick and Felton) and now it’s time to get rid of Felton.

Felton got his start coaching high school in 1984. The following year, he coached community college, and then served as an assistant coach until 1998. At Clemson during the six years he was there, the team averaged 19 wins. In 1999, Felton took over at Western Kentucky. As the head coach, the Hill toppers went won the Sun Belt Conference tournament from 2001-2003, when Felton was offered the head coaching position at UGA. In his first four seasons in Athens Felton has a losing record at 58 – 63. While Felton had to deal with the mess Herrick left, there’s a limit on time. He would have been fired last year had it not been for an unprecedented 4 wins in 3 days to win the SEC Tournament. Now, the Bulldogs are 9 – 9 overall and 0-3 in the SEC. I’ll be surprised if they win 4 games in a down SEC this year. I think Georgia got a great person in Felton, but it’s clear, he’s not the coach Georgia needs. Felton came in under terrible circumstances and it looked at first as if he would be successful. The crowds were bigger and everyone was starting to get excited about Georgia basketball. Unfortunately, he never made it over the top. Maybe he needs pointers from Sylvester Stallone about getting “Over the Top,” maybe he needs to learn to recruit, maybe he needs to wear Dominique's short shorts. He has failed over his tenure at Georgia and he needs to move on.

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Big Blue's Meeks Drops 54, New School Record

In SEC news, Kentucky F Jodie Meeks scored 54 POINTS on the highly overrated Tennessee Volunteers in a huge road win for the Wildcats. Meeks' 54 is a new school record. Its also the second time he's scored 40+ this season. The Norcross native broke a 39-year-old record for one of the most storied basketball programs in history (definitely top 3), which is kind of a big deal. Kudos sir! But also damn you for leaving town for the Big Blue.
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From the Gridiron to the Hardwood, Tech Upends Georgia

[photo from espn.com]


Sure, its not a big rivalry game this year. Both programs are down, bottom-feeding their respective conferences. Sure, its a Tuesday night when more people are likely to watch Tulsa beat up Ball State or replay the end of the Fiesta Bowl than to tune into FSN. But hey - its still Georgia vs. Georgia Tech. And once again, Georgia Tech has bragging rights.

The 9-5 Bulldogs rolled into Alexander Memorial Tuesday night with a plan to hand the 8-5 Jackets their second straight loss, after being pounded by Alabama. But Tech, led by Zachery Peacock's 18 points and 13 boards, overcame a double-digit deficit to take down a Bulldogs team equally low on talent. They won 67-62. Georgia F Howard Thompkins led the team with 20 points and 9 rebounds.

Last year was a pleasant surprise for Georgia basketball, especially for the seniors who I personally thought had been underachievers most of their last two seasons. Then they roll into the SEC Tournament and win the whole thing, gaining a lot of momentum for their trip to the Big Dance. Too bad we were one and done, but still - looking at our prospects for this season and possibly for the near future, it was great to have made it there last year. Its hard to swallow but we all know it by now that UGA is a premier football program, but is a long long way from contending as a basketball program. At least on the men's side.

*Fun basketball note, Dick Vitale will lend his exhuberant antics to the NBA as his broadcast team switches with ESPN's NBA crew (Mike Tirico, etc.) to call tonight's double header. Vitale will skip Duke vs. Davidson (a great matchup) to call the Nuggets/Heat game, where he can try extremely hard to not call Michael Beasley a 'diaper dandy'. Yeah baby!
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