University of Georgia Athletics
Lady Bulldogs Look For 750th All-Time Victory
November 30, 2008 | Women's Basketball
Georgia has compiled a 749-311 record in 35 seasons of intercollegiate competition in women’s basketball.
Georgia has been climbing the ledger listing the nation’s winningest all-time program’s at a rapid pace. The Lady Bulldogs became the 22nd team to 500 wins on Dec. 1, 1998; the 17th program to post 600 victories on Feb. 21, 2002; and the 15th team to record 700 “Ws” on Nov. 29, 2006.
Obtaining the milestone versus the Lady Bucaneers will be a challenging task. Georgia will be playing its fourth game in six days following wins over North Carolina Central last Wednesday, Cal State Fullerton on Friday and Eastern Washington on Saturday.
Georgia's ultra-busy stretch continues with four more contests in the next week. Beginning Monday, the Lady Bulldogs will face three teams East Tennessee State, Georgia Tech and Rutgers that advanced to the 2008 NCAA Tournament. Also included in that span is a matchup with Tennessee Tech, a perennial mid-major power with a double-digit tally of NCAA bids of its own.
While Andy Landers doesn’t think the wins or losses accumulated over the next week will make or break Georgia’s season, he is a firm believer that the Lady Bulldogs’ opponents during that span all have a winner’s swagger.
“There’s no question when you play an NCAA Tournament team it’s an attention getter,” Landers said. “You’re talking about teams that know how to win, the process it takes to win and what it takes to do just that. You don’t make it to the NCAA Tournament without that understanding. In order to qualify, you’ve had to win games at home, win games on the road, win games against teams you’re supposed to beat and beaten your chief rivals or competitors. That’s the only way to qualify for the NCAA Tournament.”
Reserved seat tickets for Lady Bulldog Basketball games are $5 for adults and $3 for youth. UGA faculty, staff and students are admitted to Lady Bulldog games free of charge with a valid UGA ID and can claim their tickets beginning at 5:30 at Ticket Booth 4 at Stegeman Coliseum.
Tickets are available online at www.georgiadogs.com, by phone at 1-877-542-1231 or in person at the UGA Ticket Office in the Butts-Mehre Building from 8:30-4:30. On Monay, tickets will go on sale at Stegeman Coliseum Ticket Booths 1, 2 and 5 beginning at 3:30 p.m.
