Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Men’s basketball

As Mark Fox continues his coaching career at Georgia, he continues having problems keeping big name recruits in the state. FILE/The Red & Black

Fox continuing to struggle keeping top Georgia prospects in-state

By on February 7, 2012

If you were caught up in all the drama that led up to National Signing Day last Wednesday and haven’t had a chance to follow up on Georgia basketball recruiting, don’t sweat it — you haven’t missed much. Here’s what’s happened so far: After securing three commitments from in-state prospects on the first day of [...]

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Bulldogs losing streak extended to four, fall to Volunteers 73-62

By on February 5, 2012

The Georgia men’s basketball team started the first five minutes of each half nearly perfect offensively. It was the other 30 minutes that was the problem. In Georgia’s 73-62 loss to Tennessee on Saturday, the Volunteers did not necessarily prove they were the better team, just the more consistent. “You got to give Tennessee credit [...]

Freshman Nemanja Djurisic did not expect to be thrown into a starting role immediately. However, after starting forward Marcus Thornton went down with a knee in December, Georgia head coach Mark Fox inserted him into the lineup. Allison Love/Staff

Freshman ‘adjusting to getting beaten up’

By on February 4, 2012

As Nemanja Djurisic walked into the media room after the game against Kentucky, he sported a new shiner underneath his right eye, a souvenir courtesy of the Wildcats’ big men. Lucky for him, Djurisic now simply had a matching pair of bruises, this one to match the shiner above his right eye, a token from [...]

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MEN’S BASKETBALL NOTEBOOK: Team working on fundamentals, remain optimistic

By on February 4, 2012

Team still working on offensive ‘fundamentals’ One of the key moves that Auburn head coach Tony Barbee employed against Georgia in its 59-51 defeat of the Bulldogs on Wednesday was a move to a zone defense, a change that Fox believes his team did not handle well. “We didn’t do some real fundamental things that [...]

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Fox has ‘not talked’ to dismissed Bulldog Marshall

By on February 4, 2012

With the dismissal of three Georgia freshmen football players — Nick Marshall, Chris Sanders and Sanford Seay — from the school, speculation on Marshall’s future have already begun. But Georgia head coach Mark Fox does not see a future with his team that involves Marshall, a player Fox recruited back in high school to play [...]

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Georgia falls on the road to Auburn 59-51

By on February 2, 2012

For about eight minutes on Wednesday night, it looked like the Georgia men’s basketball team may end its two-game losing streak. The Bulldogs jumped out to a 7-0 lead against their hosts from Auburn, and were up 9-2 at the 11:57 mark. That was as good as it would get the rest of the night [...]

MARK FOX

MEN’S BASKETBALL NOTEBOOK: Robinson trying to harness speed

By on January 31, 2012

As one of the fastest players in the Southeastern Conference, senior guard Gerald Robinson has a rare problem. His speed has single-handedly won Georgia games like it did against Winthrop, as Robinson drove the ball coast to coast before laying the ball in as time expired. But what may be his biggest asset to the team [...]

As Mark Fox continues his coaching career at Georgia, he continues having problems keeping big name recruits in the state. FILE/The Red & Black

Dogs an ‘immature’ team

By on January 29, 2012

The Georgia men’s basketball team has not started games well this season. In turn, the Bulldogs have grown accustomed to fighting back from big deficits. Against Ole Miss last Saturday — after being down as much as 15 midway through the second half — the Bulldogs played a complete five minutes to end the game and had [...]

RYAN BLACK

The Wildcats are who we thought they were

By on January 25, 2012

This is what we expected, isn’t it? We expected Kentucky, the No. 1 team in the nation, to come in to Athens and leave with a victory — which it did, 57-44. We expected them to not only leave with that victory, but for it to be a double-digit, no-doubt-about-it blowout, it’s-over-at-halftime victory. But I’m [...]

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PHOTO GALLERY: UGA vs. UK Men’s Basketball

By on January 25, 2012

(C. B. Schmelter/ Staff) (C. B. Schmelter/ Staff)