RIP Jeff Beck
UGA Men’s Basketball
May UGA Sports: Georgia grinds out 'unique' win over Mississippi State
UGASports - Georgia grinds out 'unique' win over Mississippi State
Gadogs.com: Georgia Earns Hard-Fought Win Over Mississippi State
https://georgiadogs.com/news/2023/1...-earns-hard-fought-win-over-mississippi-state
Notes & Quotes
GEORGIA HEAD COACH MIKE WHITE
Opening Statement
“Good win. What a weird game. My goodness, two really good teams that struggled to get going offensively. They are one of the best defensive teams in the country. We really guarded at a high clip tonight. We got some stops down the stretch when needed. I thought our bench was really good. Jusaun Holt was plus 17. Frank Anselem really defended the glass at a high level I thought did pretty good offensively. Justin Hill was arguably as effective for us offensively as anyone with some timely shots. It was a gritty win — a hard-fought win. Two teams that I thought played really hard. We did a great job, despite them getting 14 offensive rebounds. I think that number is a little bit misleading because they missed a bunch of free throws. Thank God for us. They missed a few from the field and gave us opportunities. That 14-0 could have been a lot higher. They are one of the best offensive rebound teams in the country. Obviously, they are one of the best teams in the country turning you over. I want to say top five in the country if I am not mistaken. We get 18 there, so we have to continue to improve. I am thankful to the crowd that came out. I thought they were a really big factor in the win, especially defensively late in the game. Mississippi State is very, very good. Every team in this league is. We take every one that we can get. This is a good win for us.”
On free throw line performance...
“It was huge. Little swagger at the foul line, that’s awesome. It gives you chances in close games. Our guys continue to step up there with con- fidence. This team has gotten to the foul line a lot. We’re almost elite leaders in free throw percentage as well. We’ll continue to do that. We’ll continue to shoot a ton of them, but bottom line is we have pretty good free throw shooters.”
On playing at home versus on the road...
“Connection, we’re connected at home. Our crowd is a factor, especially late in the game defensively for us. I thought it got really loud, and I thought that our crowd was a factor down the stretch in helping us get stops. You’re fighting that on the road in this league. Every environment in this league is tough to play in and to have success against, especially offensively. We had a game the other night that we couldn’t get a goal offensively, of course we had another one earlier in the season where we actually played well offensively but couldn’t get a stop. So we’ll have to continue to search, and we’ll have plenty of opportunities in this league but they’ll all be very tough.”
On building a program and finding ways to win ...
“It’s really big. It’s really big. We talked postgame in the locker room that it’s a step. A step for us is winning a hard-fought, physical, tough-nose, gritty game versus a team that just gets after you and who has had a lot of success. When you don’t play great offensively, and they had 90% to do with that, they are terrific offensively. We played really well against Auburn. This was a different performance for our guys, so that’s a step in the right direction not only for this team but for our program. The next step is to at some point break through on the road.”
MISSISSIPPI STATE HEAD COACH CHRIS JANS
On what the team needs to clean up heading into the next game...
“When you’re on the road, there’s always pivotal possessions, there’s always pivotal shots for both teams. I don’t know if it was tied or there was one point difference with the last media timeout with three minutes and 45 seconds, there were going to be a bunch of them, and, certainly, everyone on the team had wanted do overs up until that point, but with under four [minutes] to play, it was going to come down to making some big plays. We had some great looks. We had guys shooting the ball that we wanted to shoot the ball, we got some offensive rebound kick outs, and we didn’t knock them down. There’s shots that, when you watch the game of basketball unfold, you expect that that ball to go in, and we just didn’t. We didn’t make the critical shots at critical times down the stretch, and it got away from us a little bit, and they made their free throws down the stretch to keep us at bay.”
On the impact of free throws making a difference in the outcome of the game...
“I’ll let you guys smarter than me try to dissect that and figure all that out. [We went] 7-for-22, and it’s become contagious for us. I never remem- ber a four-game stretch of anything quite like this. Certainly, I’ve been around teams that had poor free throw shooting numbers for a season, some individual games where that cost the win, but it’s like it’s become a disease within our program and it’s my job, obviously, to try to help them and I’m not helping them enough. I’ve tried different things, mentally, I’ve tried to work with guys individually, and our staff is doing the same.”
On pivotal shots not falling in the final
stage of the team’s games...
“We got great shots. I’ll be honest with you, with how the game unfolded, it’s how we need the game to unfold. It’s choppy and possessions were big, we changed our defenses up and that helped us. We struggled with the middle ball screen during the second half, and we had to switch our coverage we did a good job on the fly of doing that. At the end of the day, to win on the road, you’ve got to make crucial baskets down the stretch when it’s a one possession game. And they did. Give Georgia a lot of credit. They made the shots when they counted. But if you would have told me before the game we’d had nine turnovers again, 14 offensive rebounds, I would have said I like our chances, but unfor- tunately it wasn’t enough.”
https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.si...uments/2023/1/11/23MBB_PostGameQuotes_MSU.pdf
Box Score
https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.si...ia_58__Mississippi_State_50_-_Final_Stats.pdf
Mississippi State
Commercial Dispatch: Foul performance at free throw line costs Mississippi State in loss at Georgia
https://www.djournal.com/sports/col...cle_f7e420d7-1136-5a68-aac5-183f5caf40e1.html
Recruiting
Montverde (Asa Newell) defeated Winter Haven (Dylan James) last night
Montverde romps Winter Haven in homecoming
The nationally ranked Eagles overwhelm the fourth ranked team in Florida with a second quarter surge
“We knew they had a very good team, one of the best public-school teams in Florida, if not the best or second best. But we probably played as good as we have this year,” said Montverde coach Kevin Boyle, winner of six national championships at the school.
Winter Haven was led by junior shooting guard Isaac Celiscar and senior point guard Kjei Parker with 16 points each while senior forward and Georgia-signee Dylan James and junior guard Jamie Phillips scored 10 apiece.”
https://news.scorebooklive.com/florida/2023/01/12/montverde-romps-winter-haven-in-homecoming
Recruiting Notes from OTS’s
Asa Newell - read the Gadogs interview with Jaden Newell that was posted the other day about the family’s connections to Athens, UGA still firmly in the mix…
Chase McCarty - 2024 SF Chase McCarty (2) 6-6 Huntsville, AL Atlanta Express (UGA offer 4-25-22)
His sister goes to school at UGA…
It’s a Dawgs World:
UGA Women’s Basketball
Gadogs.com: WBB Notes: Georgia Hosts Ole Miss in SEC Clash
https://georgiadogs.com/news/2023/1...wbb-notes-georgia-hosts-ole-miss-in-sec-clash
Game Notes
https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.si...cuments/2023/1/11/22WBB_GameNotes_OleMiss.pdf
Mississippi
UM: Women's Basketball Puts Win Streak to the Test, Heads to Georgia Thursday
https://olemisssports.com/news/2023...ak-to-the-test-heads-to-georgia-thursday.aspx
Game Notes
https://s3.amazonaws.com/olemisssports.com/documents/2023/1/10/18-at_Georgia_Notes.pdf
SEC Basketball
St.Louis Post Dispatch: Tipsheet: Calipari feels heat as Kentucky falls back into SEC basketball pack
“Kentucky is unlikely to fire Calipari, given a buyout that approaches $46 million. But it’s not hard to imagine this relationship ending in an amicable split if another school comes calling.
While the Wildcats will get healthier this season and win some games. it’s getting harder to project enough victories to get them a decent seed in the NCAA Tournament.
Again, there are no soft spots on the SEC slate in 2023.
“I got to be a little bit of everything with this team,” Calipari said. “First of all, I’ve got to build them up. But I’ve still got to hold them accountable. And you’re looking at guys, like going nuts on people right now is not the answer. It’s just not the answer.
“Now can I be tougher on them in practice and all that? Yeah, I can. But, you know, again, there were things today that I look at and I just say, ‘We’re better than that.’
“Now, for me, this is a marathon. I still think this team could be good. Got to have a full roster and then we got to go.”
https://www.stltoday.com/sports/col...cle_2087c209-7661-5219-845b-1366e17b82fd.html
Alabama
Alabama.com: Alabama withstands Hogs’ charges to beat Arkansas, improve to 4-0 in SEC
https://www.al.com/alabamabasketbal...s-to-beat-arkansas-improve-to-4-0-in-sec.html
Kentucky
Joe Lunardi, ESPN.com: “There's no sugarcoating the obvious. Kentucky is fighting for its NCAA tournament life after losing at home to SEC bottom-dweller South Carolina. The Wildcats will not be part of our next bracket on Friday, and they can forget about any Final Four or national championship aspirations (including from yours truly). We've reached the point at which simple postseason odds come into play. A team with Kentucky's profile -- NET 62, 0-4 in Quad 1, zero wins against the field -- is less than 50/50 to make the tourney (46.5% in our Bracketology model). The saving grace is that the Cats have at least eight Q1 games remaining, plus the SEC tournament. So a turnaround can and may happen. But I'm only betting on it with someone else's money.”
David Cobb, CBSSports.com: “Kentucky plays an antiquated offensive style that is defined by a methodical pace and limited floor spacing. Without an elite defense that can consistently create transition opportunities, UK is getting bogged down in half-court sets and struggling to find a rhythm or build momentum. Schematically speaking, Calipari just doesn't have it in him at this point in his career to pull the strings necessary to unlock the potential of this roster.”
Missouri
St. Louis Post Dispatch: Defensive fouls, foul shooting hamper Mizzou’s comeback in latest SEC road loss
https://www.stltoday.com/sports/col...cle_3296d3e7-e7a9-5de5-9b85-e34605c2eb64.html
Columbia Daily Tribune: Texas A&M blows out Mizzou basketball. What happened to the Tigers?
https://www.columbiatribune.com/sto...-am-blows-out-tigers-in-sec-play/69800975007/
Vanderbilt
Knoxville News: Why Tennessee basketball is the SEC's best team to Vanderbilt's Jerry Stackhouse
https://www.knoxnews.com/story/spor...ball-jerry-stackhouse-vanderbilt/69768095007/
College Basketball
Rothstein: The Breakfast Buffet: A.J. Hoggard, Oregon’s big week, why college basketball needs a sixth man award
https://collegehoopstoday.com/index...y-college-basketball-needs-a-sixth-man-award/
Charleston
No. 22 Charleston Slips Past Seahawks, 71-69
No. 22 Charleston Slips Past Seahawks, 71-69 - UNC Wilmington Athletics
Cincinnati
Cincinnati Enquirer: Cincinnati Bearcats beat ECU Pirates from perimeter for AAC victory
https://www.cincinnati.com/story/sp...menting-ecu-at-fifth-third-arena/69797082007/
Clemson
SB Nation: Clemson Holds Off Louisville to Reach 6-0
Clemson is off to their best start in ACC play ever.
https://www.shakinthesouthland.com/...lds-off-louisville-cardinals-to-reach-6-0-acc
Duke
Raleigh News Observer: Duke starts key ACC stretch with comeback win over Pittsburgh
https://www.newsobserver.com/sports/spt-columns-blogs/luke-decock/article271067182.html
East Tennessee State
King goes off for 42; Bucs rout The Citadel, 96-74
https://www.etsubucs.com/mbasketbal...-96-74/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
Furman
FURMAN RIDES BIG FIRST HALF TO VICTORY AT MERCER, 84-66
“Marcus Foster netted a career-high 25 points…Foster, a native of Atlanta, Ga., connected on all five of his first half three-point attempts to score 18 of his 25 points in the opening 20 minutes…”
Furman Rides Big First Half To Victory At Mercer, 84-66 - Furman University
Indiana
Indianapolis Star: Penn State 3-point barrage buries IU, pushes preseason favorites closer to the bubble
https://www.indystar.com/story/spor...-in-big-ten-indiana-mike-woodson/69787940007/
Louisville
Louisville Courier Journal: Louisville basketball can't catch Clemson, on the court or in dramatic ACC turnaround
https://www.courier-journal.com/sto...acc-college-mens-basketball-game/69787258007/
Marquette
Mil JS: Marquette takes down another No. 6 team at Fiserv Forum. This time it is Connecticut.
https://www.jsonline.com/story/spor...cut-at-fiserv-forum-game-updates/69796811007/
Memphis
Memphis Commercial Appeal: Memphis basketball comes up short in double-overtime thriller at UCF
https://www.commercialappeal.com/st...gers-in-double-overtime-thriller/69757231007/
Miami
Miami Herald: Sharpshooting Hurricanes improve to 10-0 at home with 88-72 win over Boston College
https://amp.miamiherald.com/sports/college/acc/university-of-miami/article270996047.html
Missouri-St. Louis
St. Louis Post Dispatch: UMSL men's basketball had low expectations, instead enjoying a special season
https://www.stltoday.com/sports/col...cle_be3b33c8-2812-556f-a44d-d5e3f49c364f.html
Penn State
Daily Collegian: Penn State men’s basketball fixes its second-half play to dominate Indiana
https://www.collegian.psu.edu/sport...cle_d1173d7c-9231-11ed-956b-7792568e8463.html
Purdue
Norlander CBS Sports: Court Report: Formula that won Kansas a national title might also help Purdue win 2023 NCAA Tournament
“An interesting thing on NPOY frontrunner Zach Edey: Painter told me he recruited Edey only after striking out on Hunter Dickinson + Ryan Kalkbrenner.
What's more, Edey was supposed to take a post-grad year in Houston, but never did, which led to him picking Purdue over Baylor.”
https://www.cbssports.com/college-b...ht-also-help-purdue-win-2023-ncaa-tournament/
Syracuse
Syracuse.com: Joe Girard, Maliq Brown lead Syracuse basketball past Virginia Tech, 82-72
https://www.syracuse.com/orangebask...-basketball-vs-virginia-tech-quick-gamer.html
Western Kentucky
Hilltoppers Overcome Adversities in Key Conference Road Win
“At the 7:42 mark, WKU embarked on an 11-3 run that eventually game them a 67-66 lead with just under five minutes remaining.
The game continued to go back and forth, ultimately having 12 lead changes and seven ties. UAB (12-5, 3-3) tied it up twice in the waning minutes, 70-all with 3:47 left and 73-all with 1:59 left.
Both Jairus Hamilton and Jamarion Sharp fouled out in that time frame, continuing to provide key opportunities for Hilltoppers off the bench to step up in the adversity.
As time ticked away, WKU's Dontaie Allen hit a long-range 3-pointer from the top of the key with 30 seconds on the clock, giving the Hilltoppers a 76-73 lead.
UAB's Jelly Walker would hit a 3-pointer with just over a second on the clock, but WKU staved off the Blazers final attempts.
WKU's bench outscored UAB's 33-11, with 16 of those points coming at the hands of Jordan Rawls. The senior scored a season high along with four assists against just one turnover in his return from a hand injury…”
https://wkusports.com/news/2023/1/1...ercome-adversities-in-key-conference-road-win
West Virginia
Exponent Telegraph: Second-half improvements not enough as WVU's skid continues
Final at the Coliseum: Baylor 83, WVU 78. Bears George had 32 points and 7 rebounds. Bridges had a double-double with 10 points, 11 rebounds. WVU 0-4 in Big 12, at Oklahoma next…
https://www.wvnews.com/bluegoldnews...cle_d0d9ab7a-9230-11ed-a053-6bfb0f200b4d.html
Xavier
Cincinnati Enquirer: No. 12 Xavier storms back late, beats Creighton to win its 10th in a row
https://www.cincinnati.com/story/sp...eighton-to-win-its-10th-in-a-row/69792303007/
NBA
Memphis
NBA.com: Grizzlies win season-high eighth straight game, sweep two-game home series with Spurs
https://www.nba.com/grizzlies/news/...ht-game-sweep-two-game-home-series-with-spurs
Milwaukee
Mil JS: Bucks blow 24-point lead but Jrue Holiday comes up big in 114-105 victory over Hawks
https://www.jsonline.com/story/spor...rm-arena-atlanta-january-11-2023/69796804007/
History
Hoops Birthdays 1-12
Art Becker PF Arizona State HOU, IND, DEN, NYA, DAL 1967-1973 1-12-1942 81 YOA
Scott Burrrell SF Connecticut CHA, GS, CHI, NJ 1993-2001 1-12-1971 52 YOA
Charles Jones PF Louisville PHO, POR, WAS 1984-1989 1-12-1962 61 YOA
Campy Russell SF Michigan CLE, NYK 1974-1985 1-12-1952 71 YOA
Claude Terry SG Stanford DEN, BUF, ATL 1972-1978 1-12-1950 73 YOA
Xavier Tillman PF Michigan State MEM 2020-present 1-12-1999 24 YOA
HOF Dominique Wilkins SF Georgia ATL, LAC, BOS, SA, ORL 1982-1999 1-12-1960 63 YOA
HOF
In the pantheon of basketball’s greatest dunkers, Dominique Wilkins deserves mention alongside such legends as Elgin Baylor, Connie Hawkins, and the great Julius Erving. Wilkins was a high flyer who electrified fans with his trademark windmill dunk and all-out effort. Whether going through someone or over someone, the “Human Highlight Film” as he came to be known was an artist with grace, power, and purpose. His style battles fought above the rim with Michael Jordan were epic and left crowds begging for more. Drafted out of Georgia by the Utah Jazz in 1982, Wilkins spent the majority of his career with the Atlanta Hawks where he remains the franchise’s all-time scoring and steals leader. In only his second season in the NBA, Wilkins began a streak of 11 consecutive seasons in which he averaged more than 20 points per game. During the 1985-86 season, Wilkins led the NBA in scoring with a 30.3 points per game average further solidifying his status as one of the game’s all-time scoring greats.
SI.com: DOMINIQUE WILKINS TURNED DOWN THE PROS, AND THAT TURNS ON GEORGIANS WHO LOVE HIS LEAPING (11-30-1981)
https://vault.si.com/.amp/vault/198...-that-turns-on-georgians-who-love-his-leaping
Gadogs.com: Talent And Drive Elevated Wilkins At Georgia (2022)
"The thing that impressed me the most about him was that he practiced just as hard as he played," said former teammate Derrick Floyd. "He made everybody in practice work harder. If you stole the ball from him, he was going to follow you down the court and block your shot."
"I think when you're in college you're always pretty raw, but Coach Durham did a great job of teaching us the fundamentals of the game. He was a great teacher," Wilkins said.
"That was a great time to be a part of Georgia sports," Wilkins said. "The football team was always great, basketball was being put on the map for really the first time, and we had a lot of fun. It set up for a great stay at Georgia for me.
"The three years I was there, I had a wonderful time. I didn't want to leave, actually, but it was time for me to go and show my talents in the pros."
Floyd, the longtime Director of Operations at the Boys & Girls Clubs of Athens and official scorer at Georgia men's and women's basketball games, has seen maybe more games at Stegeman Coliseum over the past 40-plus years than anyone. His favorite memory from Wilkins' days didn't come during a game, though.
"We were running this play in practice where I threw it to him and then I get it back while he pretends like he's going away from the play, but then I throw it up to him at the rim. LSU was in the gym waiting to practice before we played them the next day and Coach Durham was talking to (LSU coach) Dale Brown," Floyd said with a laugh.
"I threw it up to Dominique but the throw was way off and I was like, 'Man, he's not going to be able to get that.' And he went up and got it way outside the backboard and slammed it. LSU's players were like 'Oooh!' Dale Brown was under the basket like 'Oooh!' We ended up leaving practice after that. Coach Durham was like, 'All right, practice is over!'"
https://georgiadogs.com/news/2022/2/14/mens-basketball-talent-and-drive-elevated-wilkins-at-georgia
UGA Men’s Basketball
May UGA Sports: Georgia grinds out 'unique' win over Mississippi State
UGASports - Georgia grinds out 'unique' win over Mississippi State
Gadogs.com: Georgia Earns Hard-Fought Win Over Mississippi State
https://georgiadogs.com/news/2023/1...-earns-hard-fought-win-over-mississippi-state
Notes & Quotes
GEORGIA HEAD COACH MIKE WHITE
Opening Statement
“Good win. What a weird game. My goodness, two really good teams that struggled to get going offensively. They are one of the best defensive teams in the country. We really guarded at a high clip tonight. We got some stops down the stretch when needed. I thought our bench was really good. Jusaun Holt was plus 17. Frank Anselem really defended the glass at a high level I thought did pretty good offensively. Justin Hill was arguably as effective for us offensively as anyone with some timely shots. It was a gritty win — a hard-fought win. Two teams that I thought played really hard. We did a great job, despite them getting 14 offensive rebounds. I think that number is a little bit misleading because they missed a bunch of free throws. Thank God for us. They missed a few from the field and gave us opportunities. That 14-0 could have been a lot higher. They are one of the best offensive rebound teams in the country. Obviously, they are one of the best teams in the country turning you over. I want to say top five in the country if I am not mistaken. We get 18 there, so we have to continue to improve. I am thankful to the crowd that came out. I thought they were a really big factor in the win, especially defensively late in the game. Mississippi State is very, very good. Every team in this league is. We take every one that we can get. This is a good win for us.”
On free throw line performance...
“It was huge. Little swagger at the foul line, that’s awesome. It gives you chances in close games. Our guys continue to step up there with con- fidence. This team has gotten to the foul line a lot. We’re almost elite leaders in free throw percentage as well. We’ll continue to do that. We’ll continue to shoot a ton of them, but bottom line is we have pretty good free throw shooters.”
On playing at home versus on the road...
“Connection, we’re connected at home. Our crowd is a factor, especially late in the game defensively for us. I thought it got really loud, and I thought that our crowd was a factor down the stretch in helping us get stops. You’re fighting that on the road in this league. Every environment in this league is tough to play in and to have success against, especially offensively. We had a game the other night that we couldn’t get a goal offensively, of course we had another one earlier in the season where we actually played well offensively but couldn’t get a stop. So we’ll have to continue to search, and we’ll have plenty of opportunities in this league but they’ll all be very tough.”
On building a program and finding ways to win ...
“It’s really big. It’s really big. We talked postgame in the locker room that it’s a step. A step for us is winning a hard-fought, physical, tough-nose, gritty game versus a team that just gets after you and who has had a lot of success. When you don’t play great offensively, and they had 90% to do with that, they are terrific offensively. We played really well against Auburn. This was a different performance for our guys, so that’s a step in the right direction not only for this team but for our program. The next step is to at some point break through on the road.”
MISSISSIPPI STATE HEAD COACH CHRIS JANS
On what the team needs to clean up heading into the next game...
“When you’re on the road, there’s always pivotal possessions, there’s always pivotal shots for both teams. I don’t know if it was tied or there was one point difference with the last media timeout with three minutes and 45 seconds, there were going to be a bunch of them, and, certainly, everyone on the team had wanted do overs up until that point, but with under four [minutes] to play, it was going to come down to making some big plays. We had some great looks. We had guys shooting the ball that we wanted to shoot the ball, we got some offensive rebound kick outs, and we didn’t knock them down. There’s shots that, when you watch the game of basketball unfold, you expect that that ball to go in, and we just didn’t. We didn’t make the critical shots at critical times down the stretch, and it got away from us a little bit, and they made their free throws down the stretch to keep us at bay.”
On the impact of free throws making a difference in the outcome of the game...
“I’ll let you guys smarter than me try to dissect that and figure all that out. [We went] 7-for-22, and it’s become contagious for us. I never remem- ber a four-game stretch of anything quite like this. Certainly, I’ve been around teams that had poor free throw shooting numbers for a season, some individual games where that cost the win, but it’s like it’s become a disease within our program and it’s my job, obviously, to try to help them and I’m not helping them enough. I’ve tried different things, mentally, I’ve tried to work with guys individually, and our staff is doing the same.”
On pivotal shots not falling in the final
stage of the team’s games...
“We got great shots. I’ll be honest with you, with how the game unfolded, it’s how we need the game to unfold. It’s choppy and possessions were big, we changed our defenses up and that helped us. We struggled with the middle ball screen during the second half, and we had to switch our coverage we did a good job on the fly of doing that. At the end of the day, to win on the road, you’ve got to make crucial baskets down the stretch when it’s a one possession game. And they did. Give Georgia a lot of credit. They made the shots when they counted. But if you would have told me before the game we’d had nine turnovers again, 14 offensive rebounds, I would have said I like our chances, but unfor- tunately it wasn’t enough.”
https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.si...uments/2023/1/11/23MBB_PostGameQuotes_MSU.pdf
Box Score
https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.si...ia_58__Mississippi_State_50_-_Final_Stats.pdf
Mississippi State
Commercial Dispatch: Foul performance at free throw line costs Mississippi State in loss at Georgia
https://www.djournal.com/sports/col...cle_f7e420d7-1136-5a68-aac5-183f5caf40e1.html
Recruiting
Montverde (Asa Newell) defeated Winter Haven (Dylan James) last night
Montverde romps Winter Haven in homecoming
The nationally ranked Eagles overwhelm the fourth ranked team in Florida with a second quarter surge
“We knew they had a very good team, one of the best public-school teams in Florida, if not the best or second best. But we probably played as good as we have this year,” said Montverde coach Kevin Boyle, winner of six national championships at the school.
Winter Haven was led by junior shooting guard Isaac Celiscar and senior point guard Kjei Parker with 16 points each while senior forward and Georgia-signee Dylan James and junior guard Jamie Phillips scored 10 apiece.”
https://news.scorebooklive.com/florida/2023/01/12/montverde-romps-winter-haven-in-homecoming
Recruiting Notes from OTS’s
Asa Newell - read the Gadogs interview with Jaden Newell that was posted the other day about the family’s connections to Athens, UGA still firmly in the mix…
Chase McCarty - 2024 SF Chase McCarty (2) 6-6 Huntsville, AL Atlanta Express (UGA offer 4-25-22)
His sister goes to school at UGA…
It’s a Dawgs World:
UGA Women’s Basketball
Gadogs.com: WBB Notes: Georgia Hosts Ole Miss in SEC Clash
https://georgiadogs.com/news/2023/1...wbb-notes-georgia-hosts-ole-miss-in-sec-clash
Game Notes
https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.si...cuments/2023/1/11/22WBB_GameNotes_OleMiss.pdf
Mississippi
UM: Women's Basketball Puts Win Streak to the Test, Heads to Georgia Thursday
https://olemisssports.com/news/2023...ak-to-the-test-heads-to-georgia-thursday.aspx
Game Notes
https://s3.amazonaws.com/olemisssports.com/documents/2023/1/10/18-at_Georgia_Notes.pdf
SEC Basketball
St.Louis Post Dispatch: Tipsheet: Calipari feels heat as Kentucky falls back into SEC basketball pack
“Kentucky is unlikely to fire Calipari, given a buyout that approaches $46 million. But it’s not hard to imagine this relationship ending in an amicable split if another school comes calling.
While the Wildcats will get healthier this season and win some games. it’s getting harder to project enough victories to get them a decent seed in the NCAA Tournament.
Again, there are no soft spots on the SEC slate in 2023.
“I got to be a little bit of everything with this team,” Calipari said. “First of all, I’ve got to build them up. But I’ve still got to hold them accountable. And you’re looking at guys, like going nuts on people right now is not the answer. It’s just not the answer.
“Now can I be tougher on them in practice and all that? Yeah, I can. But, you know, again, there were things today that I look at and I just say, ‘We’re better than that.’
“Now, for me, this is a marathon. I still think this team could be good. Got to have a full roster and then we got to go.”
https://www.stltoday.com/sports/col...cle_2087c209-7661-5219-845b-1366e17b82fd.html
Alabama
Alabama.com: Alabama withstands Hogs’ charges to beat Arkansas, improve to 4-0 in SEC
https://www.al.com/alabamabasketbal...s-to-beat-arkansas-improve-to-4-0-in-sec.html
Kentucky
Joe Lunardi, ESPN.com: “There's no sugarcoating the obvious. Kentucky is fighting for its NCAA tournament life after losing at home to SEC bottom-dweller South Carolina. The Wildcats will not be part of our next bracket on Friday, and they can forget about any Final Four or national championship aspirations (including from yours truly). We've reached the point at which simple postseason odds come into play. A team with Kentucky's profile -- NET 62, 0-4 in Quad 1, zero wins against the field -- is less than 50/50 to make the tourney (46.5% in our Bracketology model). The saving grace is that the Cats have at least eight Q1 games remaining, plus the SEC tournament. So a turnaround can and may happen. But I'm only betting on it with someone else's money.”
David Cobb, CBSSports.com: “Kentucky plays an antiquated offensive style that is defined by a methodical pace and limited floor spacing. Without an elite defense that can consistently create transition opportunities, UK is getting bogged down in half-court sets and struggling to find a rhythm or build momentum. Schematically speaking, Calipari just doesn't have it in him at this point in his career to pull the strings necessary to unlock the potential of this roster.”
Missouri
St. Louis Post Dispatch: Defensive fouls, foul shooting hamper Mizzou’s comeback in latest SEC road loss
https://www.stltoday.com/sports/col...cle_3296d3e7-e7a9-5de5-9b85-e34605c2eb64.html
Columbia Daily Tribune: Texas A&M blows out Mizzou basketball. What happened to the Tigers?
https://www.columbiatribune.com/sto...-am-blows-out-tigers-in-sec-play/69800975007/
Vanderbilt
Knoxville News: Why Tennessee basketball is the SEC's best team to Vanderbilt's Jerry Stackhouse
https://www.knoxnews.com/story/spor...ball-jerry-stackhouse-vanderbilt/69768095007/
College Basketball
Rothstein: The Breakfast Buffet: A.J. Hoggard, Oregon’s big week, why college basketball needs a sixth man award
https://collegehoopstoday.com/index...y-college-basketball-needs-a-sixth-man-award/
Charleston
No. 22 Charleston Slips Past Seahawks, 71-69
No. 22 Charleston Slips Past Seahawks, 71-69 - UNC Wilmington Athletics
Cincinnati
Cincinnati Enquirer: Cincinnati Bearcats beat ECU Pirates from perimeter for AAC victory
https://www.cincinnati.com/story/sp...menting-ecu-at-fifth-third-arena/69797082007/
Clemson
SB Nation: Clemson Holds Off Louisville to Reach 6-0
Clemson is off to their best start in ACC play ever.
https://www.shakinthesouthland.com/...lds-off-louisville-cardinals-to-reach-6-0-acc
Duke
Raleigh News Observer: Duke starts key ACC stretch with comeback win over Pittsburgh
https://www.newsobserver.com/sports/spt-columns-blogs/luke-decock/article271067182.html
East Tennessee State
King goes off for 42; Bucs rout The Citadel, 96-74
https://www.etsubucs.com/mbasketbal...-96-74/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
Furman
FURMAN RIDES BIG FIRST HALF TO VICTORY AT MERCER, 84-66
“Marcus Foster netted a career-high 25 points…Foster, a native of Atlanta, Ga., connected on all five of his first half three-point attempts to score 18 of his 25 points in the opening 20 minutes…”
Furman Rides Big First Half To Victory At Mercer, 84-66 - Furman University
Indiana
Indianapolis Star: Penn State 3-point barrage buries IU, pushes preseason favorites closer to the bubble
https://www.indystar.com/story/spor...-in-big-ten-indiana-mike-woodson/69787940007/
Louisville
Louisville Courier Journal: Louisville basketball can't catch Clemson, on the court or in dramatic ACC turnaround
https://www.courier-journal.com/sto...acc-college-mens-basketball-game/69787258007/
Marquette
Mil JS: Marquette takes down another No. 6 team at Fiserv Forum. This time it is Connecticut.
https://www.jsonline.com/story/spor...cut-at-fiserv-forum-game-updates/69796811007/
Memphis
Memphis Commercial Appeal: Memphis basketball comes up short in double-overtime thriller at UCF
https://www.commercialappeal.com/st...gers-in-double-overtime-thriller/69757231007/
Miami
Miami Herald: Sharpshooting Hurricanes improve to 10-0 at home with 88-72 win over Boston College
https://amp.miamiherald.com/sports/college/acc/university-of-miami/article270996047.html
Missouri-St. Louis
St. Louis Post Dispatch: UMSL men's basketball had low expectations, instead enjoying a special season
https://www.stltoday.com/sports/col...cle_be3b33c8-2812-556f-a44d-d5e3f49c364f.html
Penn State
Daily Collegian: Penn State men’s basketball fixes its second-half play to dominate Indiana
https://www.collegian.psu.edu/sport...cle_d1173d7c-9231-11ed-956b-7792568e8463.html
Purdue
Norlander CBS Sports: Court Report: Formula that won Kansas a national title might also help Purdue win 2023 NCAA Tournament
“An interesting thing on NPOY frontrunner Zach Edey: Painter told me he recruited Edey only after striking out on Hunter Dickinson + Ryan Kalkbrenner.
What's more, Edey was supposed to take a post-grad year in Houston, but never did, which led to him picking Purdue over Baylor.”
https://www.cbssports.com/college-b...ht-also-help-purdue-win-2023-ncaa-tournament/
Syracuse
Syracuse.com: Joe Girard, Maliq Brown lead Syracuse basketball past Virginia Tech, 82-72
https://www.syracuse.com/orangebask...-basketball-vs-virginia-tech-quick-gamer.html
Western Kentucky
Hilltoppers Overcome Adversities in Key Conference Road Win
“At the 7:42 mark, WKU embarked on an 11-3 run that eventually game them a 67-66 lead with just under five minutes remaining.
The game continued to go back and forth, ultimately having 12 lead changes and seven ties. UAB (12-5, 3-3) tied it up twice in the waning minutes, 70-all with 3:47 left and 73-all with 1:59 left.
Both Jairus Hamilton and Jamarion Sharp fouled out in that time frame, continuing to provide key opportunities for Hilltoppers off the bench to step up in the adversity.
As time ticked away, WKU's Dontaie Allen hit a long-range 3-pointer from the top of the key with 30 seconds on the clock, giving the Hilltoppers a 76-73 lead.
UAB's Jelly Walker would hit a 3-pointer with just over a second on the clock, but WKU staved off the Blazers final attempts.
WKU's bench outscored UAB's 33-11, with 16 of those points coming at the hands of Jordan Rawls. The senior scored a season high along with four assists against just one turnover in his return from a hand injury…”
https://wkusports.com/news/2023/1/1...ercome-adversities-in-key-conference-road-win
West Virginia
Exponent Telegraph: Second-half improvements not enough as WVU's skid continues
Final at the Coliseum: Baylor 83, WVU 78. Bears George had 32 points and 7 rebounds. Bridges had a double-double with 10 points, 11 rebounds. WVU 0-4 in Big 12, at Oklahoma next…
https://www.wvnews.com/bluegoldnews...cle_d0d9ab7a-9230-11ed-a053-6bfb0f200b4d.html
Xavier
Cincinnati Enquirer: No. 12 Xavier storms back late, beats Creighton to win its 10th in a row
https://www.cincinnati.com/story/sp...eighton-to-win-its-10th-in-a-row/69792303007/
NBA
Memphis
NBA.com: Grizzlies win season-high eighth straight game, sweep two-game home series with Spurs
https://www.nba.com/grizzlies/news/...ht-game-sweep-two-game-home-series-with-spurs
Milwaukee
Mil JS: Bucks blow 24-point lead but Jrue Holiday comes up big in 114-105 victory over Hawks
https://www.jsonline.com/story/spor...rm-arena-atlanta-january-11-2023/69796804007/
History
Hoops Birthdays 1-12
Art Becker PF Arizona State HOU, IND, DEN, NYA, DAL 1967-1973 1-12-1942 81 YOA
Scott Burrrell SF Connecticut CHA, GS, CHI, NJ 1993-2001 1-12-1971 52 YOA
Charles Jones PF Louisville PHO, POR, WAS 1984-1989 1-12-1962 61 YOA
Campy Russell SF Michigan CLE, NYK 1974-1985 1-12-1952 71 YOA
Claude Terry SG Stanford DEN, BUF, ATL 1972-1978 1-12-1950 73 YOA
Xavier Tillman PF Michigan State MEM 2020-present 1-12-1999 24 YOA
HOF Dominique Wilkins SF Georgia ATL, LAC, BOS, SA, ORL 1982-1999 1-12-1960 63 YOA
HOF
In the pantheon of basketball’s greatest dunkers, Dominique Wilkins deserves mention alongside such legends as Elgin Baylor, Connie Hawkins, and the great Julius Erving. Wilkins was a high flyer who electrified fans with his trademark windmill dunk and all-out effort. Whether going through someone or over someone, the “Human Highlight Film” as he came to be known was an artist with grace, power, and purpose. His style battles fought above the rim with Michael Jordan were epic and left crowds begging for more. Drafted out of Georgia by the Utah Jazz in 1982, Wilkins spent the majority of his career with the Atlanta Hawks where he remains the franchise’s all-time scoring and steals leader. In only his second season in the NBA, Wilkins began a streak of 11 consecutive seasons in which he averaged more than 20 points per game. During the 1985-86 season, Wilkins led the NBA in scoring with a 30.3 points per game average further solidifying his status as one of the game’s all-time scoring greats.
SI.com: DOMINIQUE WILKINS TURNED DOWN THE PROS, AND THAT TURNS ON GEORGIANS WHO LOVE HIS LEAPING (11-30-1981)
https://vault.si.com/.amp/vault/198...-that-turns-on-georgians-who-love-his-leaping
Gadogs.com: Talent And Drive Elevated Wilkins At Georgia (2022)
"The thing that impressed me the most about him was that he practiced just as hard as he played," said former teammate Derrick Floyd. "He made everybody in practice work harder. If you stole the ball from him, he was going to follow you down the court and block your shot."
"I think when you're in college you're always pretty raw, but Coach Durham did a great job of teaching us the fundamentals of the game. He was a great teacher," Wilkins said.
"That was a great time to be a part of Georgia sports," Wilkins said. "The football team was always great, basketball was being put on the map for really the first time, and we had a lot of fun. It set up for a great stay at Georgia for me.
"The three years I was there, I had a wonderful time. I didn't want to leave, actually, but it was time for me to go and show my talents in the pros."
Floyd, the longtime Director of Operations at the Boys & Girls Clubs of Athens and official scorer at Georgia men's and women's basketball games, has seen maybe more games at Stegeman Coliseum over the past 40-plus years than anyone. His favorite memory from Wilkins' days didn't come during a game, though.
"We were running this play in practice where I threw it to him and then I get it back while he pretends like he's going away from the play, but then I throw it up to him at the rim. LSU was in the gym waiting to practice before we played them the next day and Coach Durham was talking to (LSU coach) Dale Brown," Floyd said with a laugh.
"I threw it up to Dominique but the throw was way off and I was like, 'Man, he's not going to be able to get that.' And he went up and got it way outside the backboard and slammed it. LSU's players were like 'Oooh!' Dale Brown was under the basket like 'Oooh!' We ended up leaving practice after that. Coach Durham was like, 'All right, practice is over!'"
https://georgiadogs.com/news/2022/2/14/mens-basketball-talent-and-drive-elevated-wilkins-at-georgia
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