Georgia Bulldogs Basketball Rooting Guide (March 1-2)
by T Kyle King on Mar 1, 2011 5:30 PM EST
in Georgia Bulldogs Basketball
Email
PrintIn light of the Georgia Bulldogs’ placement on the S-curve, the Fox Hounds need two things to happen. First of all, and most obviously, the Red and Black need to win. Secondly, though, it would help if some other teams did what we needed them to do, as well.
Bulldog Nation has rooting interests in the following contests:
Illinois Fighting Illini at Purdue Boilermakers (7:00 tonight on ESPN): The Illini are on the nine line, so it would be beneficial to the Athenians for Illinois to tumble. Go Boilers!
Alabama Crimson Tide at Florida Gators (7:00 tonight on ESPNU): The Sunshine State Saurians’ position is secure, but the Tide’s is precarious. A ‘Bama win in Gainesville would heighten the value of whatever happens when the Bulldogs travel to Tuscaloosa this weekend. Plus, a Gator loss objectively is a good thing on its merits. Roll Tide!
Vanderbilt Commodores at Kentucky Wildcats (9:00 tonight on ESPN): I’m conceding second and third place in the division to the Music City Mariners and the Bluegrass State Bobcats, so I want Georgia’s win over Kentucky to be as valuable as possible. Hence, go ‘Cats!
Boston College Eagles at Virginia Tech Hokies (9:00 tonight on ESPNU): Chris Dobbertean projects VPI as a ten seed and BC as a bubble team. I’d rather see the Hokies fall and take my chances with Boston College’s corresponding rise. Go Eagles!
Iowa Hawkeyes at Michigan St. Spartans (6:30 tomorrow on the Big Ten Network): Sparty shares the eleven line with the Fox Hounds, so Georgia would benefit directly from a Michigan State loss. Go Hawkeyes!
UAB Blazers at Southern Miss. Golden Eagles (7:00 tomorrow on CSS) and Colorado Buffaloes at Iowa St. Cyclones (7:30 tomorrow on Iowa State Sports/ESPN3/Full Court): I’m tying these two together because they’re in the same category for our purposes. Georgia’s two best non-conference wins were over Colorado and UAB. Therefore, go Buffs and go Blazers!
There, in a nutshell, is a handy guide to your rooting interests over the next couple of days . . . and I didn’t even ask vineyarddawg to root against the Duke Blue Devils! Hopefully, tomorrow night’s game against the LSU Tigers will get out of hand in a good way and allow us to keep one eye on those other scores of interest.
Go ‘Dawgs!
55 comments
|
0 recs |
Do you like this story?
Comments
Alabama winning the SEC...
…provides a real concern for UGA’s bubble status.
The SEC getting 6 teams is a stretch. The conference just doesn’t deserve it. But would the committee reject a 13-3 SEC champion in favor of a 9-7 UGA?
Better if we don’t have to deal with that possibility.
Right on cue
Florida bricking everything. Thanks guys.
by D.N. Nation on Mar 1, 2011 7:17 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
You're probably right, Rangers100; I just have a hard time bringing myself to root for Florida . . .
. . . under any circumstances.
Assuming I blew the call on that one, it’s been a pretty good night for Georgia hoops so far. Alabama blew its shot at creeping onto the bubble, Purdue beat Illinois, Kentucky has a 57-51 lead on Vanderbilt, and Boston College has a 63-43 lead on Virginia Tech.
I love it when a plan comes together!
Go 'Dawgs!
Nope. Can't do it.
I hate Florida.
(But I can acknowledge that Bama losing was good for us.)
(But I still hate Florida.)
They're now playing "Kernkraft 400" for at least the third time.
I don’t get how this song became so ubiquitous at sporting events.
Go 'Dawgs!
Kevin Stallings is Robbie Caldwell without the charm.
Also, Boston College beat Virginia Tech, and Kentucky held on to win 68-66, so we appear to have gotten nothing but helpful outcomes tonight.
Go 'Dawgs!
Great game.
UK finally gets some luck to end a close one as Ezeli drops the ball out of bounds to end the game.
Conference game records in games that were within 2 in the final 90 seconds:
Florida: 6-2
South Carolina: 3-1
Alabama: 3-2
Arkansas: 3-2
Mississippi State: 3-2
Georgia: 3-3
Mississippi: 2-2
Tennessee: 3-4
Vanderbilt: 3-4
LSU: 1-2
Auburn: 1-3
Kentucky: 1-5
Oh, and no worries about talking to yourself.
I’m a big fan of the play-by-play that can be referenced later. Well done.
Thanks.
Along similar lines, your running play-by-play in the game threads is helpful, particularly for 7:00 weeknight games that I have to track on the computer for the first half because I’m in the process of getting my kids ready for bed. Much obliged.
Go 'Dawgs!
Bama @ Florida
kinda sloppy right now. Gators probably win this one going away.
"If we score, we may win. If they never score, we'll never lose."
-Erk Russell
If we do anything other than zone Alabama
I will not be pleased.
by D.N. Nation on Mar 1, 2011 7:25 PM EST via mobile reply actions
Dick Vitale
exhausts me.
"If we score, we may win. If they never score, we'll never lose."
-Erk Russell
"I think Georgia has got work to do..." - Vitale
"If we score, we may win. If they never score, we'll never lose."
-Erk Russell
Well yeah.
Have to beat LSU.
by D.N. Nation on Mar 1, 2011 7:43 PM EST via mobile up reply actions 1 recs
He also said Virginia Tech is without a doubt in the tournament after beating Duke.
They’re the #51 RPI.
I'm not surprised.
Dickie V’s top five teams are Duke, Duke, Duke, Duke, and Duke, so it stands to reason that any team that beats Duke is, by definition, a tournament-worthy team, never mind losses to Virginia and Georgia Tech.
Go 'Dawgs!
I like Vitale.
But he shouldn’t be treated as any expert on the game. Just a lovable, senile old man barking at the moon.
That's a specious, one-sided remark.
Dick Vitale’s top 5 teams are Duke, Duke, North Carolina, Duke, and North Carolina.
How high could we be seeded
if we beat LSU, @Bama and win a game (or 2) in the tourney?
"If we score, we may win. If they never score, we'll never lose."
-Erk Russell
In my entirely uneducated and unresearched opinion
UGA’s highest seed would be around a 7 with those wins and a trip to the SEC Tournament finals, depending on who we beat in the SEC Tournament. I could see us as high as a 6 if we win out (including beating two of Kentucky/Vandy/Florida en route to an SEC Tournament championship).
Both would require large amounts of luck in actually winning those games and with the selection committee.
It could happen
…caught lightning in a bottle in ’83…caught a Tornado in a Dome in ’08…
Just hope we can avoid the dreaded 8 v. 9 matchup.
"If we score, we may win. If they never score, we'll never lose."
-Erk Russell
Just for the sake of argument...
… I remember a year (possibly 1542… or the Tubby years, whichever was more recent) when Georgia was in the 8/9 matchup, won, and went on to upset #1-seeded Purdue to advance to the Sweet 16. And this year, the Boilermakers are making a strong argument to be included as a #1 seed…
All I’m sayin’ is, I’m just sayin’.
'96, I believe...
Lost to Syracuse in a thriller.
"If we score, we may win. If they never score, we'll never lose."
-Erk Russell
by DavetheDawg on Mar 1, 2011 8:54 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Every time I look at the SEC standings, Alabama looks impressive.
Every time I see the Crimson Tide play basketball, not so much.
I know Georgia has to take care of business tomorrow night, but the Bulldogs certainly could beat ’Bama, and arguably should.
Go 'Dawgs!
I think we
should beat them…and as D.N. Nation alluded to we’ve got to zone them and rebound. They play solid defense, but are prone to scoring droughts.
…and the blowout is well underway in G’Ville.
"If we score, we may win. If they never score, we'll never lose."
-Erk Russell
"prone to scoring droughts..."
that’s a pretty stupid statement. Everyone is prone to droughts. They just are plain offensively challenged.
"If we score, we may win. If they never score, we'll never lose."
-Erk Russell
Yeah, the alley-oop basically ended the game.
The Gators are just toying with the Tide now.
Go 'Dawgs!
I think I've figured out why I dislike Chandler Parsons even more than the average Gator:
He looks like Danny Noonan, which absolutely has ruined “Caddyshack” for me.
Go 'Dawgs!
but he did
bag Lacy Underhill…and gets a tip o’ the cap for that. Not much else. Then he went on to star in perhaps the worst movie ever filmed in the State of Georgia (only 2nd to the “Ramblin’ Wreck Story”), The Slugger’s Wife. I was an extra at old Fulton-County stadium for that turkey. There is a day in my life I wished I could have back.
"If we score, we may win. If they never score, we'll never lose."
-Erk Russell
my bad...
Lacy Underall. Still thinking of Fletch’s stolen Amex card ;-)
"If we score, we may win. If they never score, we'll never lose."
-Erk Russell
Oh, I'm not dissing on Danny Noonan (or Michael O'Keefe, for that matter).
My problem is that Chandler Parsons looks like Danny Noonan, so I’ll never be able to watch “Caddyshack” again without seeing Chandler Parsons, which will prevent me from enjoying “Caddyshack” on any future viewings.
To recap: Danny Noonan good, Chandler Parsons bad.
Go 'Dawgs!
I know the transitive property is not entirely reliable in sports, . . .
. . . but, if our respective games against the Gators in Gainesville are any indication, we clearly ought to beat ’Bama.
Go 'Dawgs!
Unless, of course, Ashley Judd is wearing her Daisy Dukes.
In which case, we’ll let it slide.
Go 'Dawgs!
Is there a better ...
pure shooter in college basketball than John Jenkins? Because if there is I really want to see that guy play.
by MaconDawg on Mar 1, 2011 10:45 PM EST via mobile reply actions
UGA's RPI has crept all the way up to #35.
Lots of games featuring teams once ahead of UGA have gone UGA’s way lately.
Sweet!
Where does that leave us in the event of a win over LSU and a loss to Alabama, or in the event of wins over both? In other words, what’s our margin for error?
Go 'Dawgs!
If we win either, we're in.
Even with a very unlikely upset loss to LSU/Auburn in the first round, I’d call the odds 95% in.
Amazingly, 2nd in the East is still open for us. Assuming we beat LSU tomorrow, then we enter the final Saturday needing this for 2nd:
Beat Alabama
UT over UK (in Knoxville)
Florida over Vandy (in Nashville)
At the same time we could also follow as low as 5th:
Lose to Alabama
UT beats UK
You know, I actually like our chances of that happening (2nd, that is).
We can certainly beat Bama (not guaranteeing we will, just saying we have a good chance), I like Florida’s odds against Vandy (even though it is in Nashville), and you can never count out a Bruce Pearl coached Tennessee team against Kentucky (especially at home). I didn’t think there was any way that Tennessee would beat Vanderbilt a few weeks ago, but they did. Kentucky is the other big time game that Rocky Top waits for all year, and it’s one of two games for which Bruce breaks out that hideous orange sports coat. My, wouldn’t that be a nice way to end the season.
by hailtogeorgia on Mar 2, 2011 8:34 AM EST up reply actions
Interesting
Beating LSU and Alabama is certainly doable. The few times that I have seen Bama play, they have looked absolutely dreadful.
While I want to finish 2nd, I certainly don’t want to finish 5th. Just keep winning, and we’re fine (obviously, if we never lost another game this season we’d be NCAA champs, but y’all probably know what I’m talking about).
I am bi-winning. I win not only here but also there.
Comments For This Post Are Closed
Secondary Sidebar
User Tools
FanPosts
Community blog posts and discussion.
