Georgia lost at Rupp Arena last night while using a seven-man rotation, which was to be expected (especially when the home team is shooting 72% on threes in the second half).But it probably won't matter much if the Dogs can hold serve at home on Saturday against Tennessee, which would give them their first winning season in the SEC since '03-'04 and, I hope, first NCAA Tournament berth since '02-'03.
So what can we take out of Georgia's 107th all-time loss to Kentucky?
Well, with Levi Stukes suspended and Dave Bliss (hip) and Albert Jackson (shoulder) injured, they were forced to gut it out with just six scholarship players (walk-on Corey Butler also played significant minutes).
Terrance Woodbury played one of the best games of his career, Sundiata Gaines played all but about 20 seconds, and Steve Newman played 39 minutes.
This morning's post on the Georgia Sports Blog says it all, I think:
UK fans leaving the building heard the following announcement on the PA system...Looking at last night's performance, coupled with what he did last Saturday against Mississippi State, you've got to think Newman will really go out with a bang on Senior Day.
"Attention Rupp Arena janitors:
Please bring mops to the court.
It's covered with Steve Newman's guts."
I make this post to set up my next post, where I plan to offer up some thoughts about Saturday's monumental game with Tennessee.
2 comments:
I read that Albert Jackson dislocated his shoulder during pregame warmups. Anyone want to venture out and say it happened during the pregame dunk contest?
You're probably right.
He should be fine, though.
Felton said he did it before the game at Vanderbilt a few weeks ago and was ready to go for the next one.
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