1-30 Tuesday’s Hoops News & Notes

WRDefenderDog · Jan 30, 2024

UGA MBB

Next Opponent: Alabama

Ken Pom

8 ALA

70 Pittsburgh

71 UGA

72 Central Florida

Evan

8 ALA

85 UGA

Alabama

36 Sears

41 Estrada

59 Griffen

103 Nelson

152 Wague

161 Wrightsell

269 Walters

476 Pringle

537 Stevenson

Georgia

396 JAR

512 Hill

584 DeLoach

602 Demary, Jr.

690 Melendez

704 Cain

992 Thomasson

1154 Tchewa

NET

7 Alabama

79 Cornell

80 UGA

81 Maryland

Mike White previews the matchup:

Alabama: No. 24/22 Men's Basketball Faces Georgia Wednesday Night in SEC Road Test

The Crimson Tide travel to Athens for the first time since 2022

About Alabama

• Alabama is ranked in the AP Top-25 (No. 24) and USA Today Coaches Poll (No. 22) for the first time since Nov. 27

Alabama has scored 100 points in eight SEC games during the tenure of Nate Oats. The rest of the SEC has 10 100-point games during that span.
Mark Sears was named SEC Player of the Week for the second time this season and is the second SEC player (Tennessee's Dalton Knecht) to earn the honor multiple times on the year
Sears is one of four players in Division I and the only Power 5 player that has 395 points, 75 assists, 75 rebounds and 45 three-pointers this season
Sears ranks No. 1 in the SEC in scoring (20.0 ppg), No. 5 in field goal percentage (52.0) and No. 7 in assists (3.9 apg)
Sears (21.1 ppg) is one of four SEC players (Tennessee's Dalton Knecht, 28.0 ppg, Texas A&M's Wade Taylor IV, 24.4 ppg and Kentucky's Antonio Reeves, 20.3 ppg) that is averaging over 20 points per game during conference play
The Crimson Tide owns the No. 1-ranked offense, according to KenPom and the No. 1 scoring offense in the country (89.7 ppg)
The Tide (No. 7) is one of the three SEC teams currently ranked in the top-10 in the NET Rankings
Alabama has scored 1,793 points this season, the most any UA team has scored in the first 20 games of the season, surpassing last year's team (1,663 points)
Alabama is one of three schools (Purdue and Wright State) in the country that has two players on its current roster that has scored at least 1,700 points throughout their career in Sears (1,753 points) and Estrada (1,732 points)”

About Georgia

Georgia is currently 14-6 overall and 4-3 in SEC play – two victories shy of matching the Bulldogs' overall and SEC win totals from a year ago with 11 regular-season outings remaining
Georgia is 11-1 in games at Stegeman Coliseum this season. During Georgia's 10-game winning streak at home this season, which was snapped by Tennessee, UGA matched the seventh-longest home winning-streak ever and their fifth-longest since moving into the Coliseum in 1964.
Georgia ranks No. 20 nationally in bench points at 31.4 ppg. The Bulldogs' reserves have won the bench point battle in 18 of 20 games to date and currently sport a scoring margin of +292 (+14.6 ppg).
Georgia is one of three teams with a higher scoring offense in SEC games over non-conference play. Three Bulldogs have upped their production significantly in league outings – Silas Demary Jr. from 8.5-13.8 ppg (+5.3), Justin Hill from 8.5-10.3 ppg (+1.8) and Jabri Abdur-Rahim from 13.2-14.8 ppg (+1.6).
After compiling an assist-to-turnover ratio of 0.93 in the first eight games, Georgia's effort has improved considerably to 1.20 in the last 11 outings.
The Bulldogs are converting 17.8 free throws per game this season, which ranks No. 13 in Division I

https://rolltide.com/news/2024/1/30...georgia-wednesday-night-in-sec-road-test.aspx

Montgomery Advertiser: Alabama basketball vs. Georgia: Score prediction, scouting report

“How Georgia stacks up with Alabama in scoring, defense and tempo

KenPom tracks adjusted offensive and defensive efficiency, which are points scored and allowed per 100 possessions. Georgia's defense is better than its offense, but both are solid in the top 100 of college basketball teams.

Alabama will look to play faster than the Bulldogs. KenPom measures the adjusted tempo statistic based on the number of possessions per 40 minutes.

Adjusted offensive efficiency:

Georgia: 111 (84th nationally)

Alabama: 125.2 (1st)

Adjusted defensive efficiency:

Georgia: 99.3 (53rd nationally)

Alabama: 100.2 (66th)

Tempo

Georgia: 69.7 (87th nationally)

Alabama: 72.3 (21st)

Score prediction

Alabama 84, Georgia 75: The Crimson Tide isn't near as good on the road as it is at home, but Alabama still has a solid outing and leaves Athens with the victory.”

https://www.montgomeryadvertiser.co...orgia-scouting-report-prediction/72371976007/

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Florida

Gainesville Sun: Where Florida basketball stands in updated March Madness bracket projections

https://www.gainesville.com/story/s...ll-stands-in-latest-bracketology/72356757007/

WRDefenderDog · Jan 30, 2024