
MBB Game Notes: Bulldogs To Battle Kentucky At Rupp
January 07, 2022 | Men's Basketball
Georgia Basketball Game Notes
- Georgia (5-9, 0-1 SEC) vs. No. 13/16 Kentucky (11-3, 1-1 SEC)
- Sunday, January 8, 2022 | 6:00 p.m. ET
- Rupp Arena (20,500) in Lexington, Ky.
- Radio: Georgia Bulldog Sports Network (Flagship: WSB AM 750); (Scott Howard, play-by-play; Chuck Dowdle, analyst; Adam Gillespie, producer) | Affiliates
- TV: SEC Network (Kevin Fitzgerald, pbp; Dane Bradshaw, analyst)
- Video Stream: SECN+
- Audio Stream: georgiadogs.com
- Satellite: XM: 387; SXM App: 977
- History: UK 129-25 (Full History)
- Last Meeting: W, 63-62 (1/20/2021)
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Georgia Bulldogs | |||
Coach: Tom Crean | |||
46-58 in 4th season at UGA | |||
402-289 in 22nd season overall | |||
No. | Name | PPG | RPG |
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3 | Kario Oquendo | 10.9 | 2.9 |
(6-4; 215; Soph.; Titusville, Fla.) | |||
10 | Aaron Cook | 10.2 | 2.7 |
(6-2; 185; Grad.; St. Louis, Mo.) | |||
11 | Jaxon Etter | 5.3 | 3.2 |
(6-4; 205; Jr.; Woodstock, Ga.) | |||
20 | Noah Baumann | 7.8 | 3.3 |
(6-6; 210; Sr.; Phoenix, Ariz.) | |||
23 | Braelen Bridges | 12.5 | 5.5 |
(6-11; 240; Sr.; Atlanta, Ga.) |
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Kentucky Wildcats | ||||
Coach: John Calipari | ||||
350-96 in 13th season at UK | ||||
795-236 in 30th season overall | ||||
No. | Name | PPG | RPG | |
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2 | Sahvir Wheeler | 9.6 | 2.4 | |
(5-9; 180; Jr.; Houston, Texas) | ||||
3 | TyTy Washington | 13.4 | 4.3 | |
(6-3; 197; Fr.; Phoenix, Ariz.) | ||||
12 | Keion Brooks, Jr. | 10.5 | 4.8 | |
(6-7; 210; Jr.; Fort Wayne, Ind.) | ||||
31 | Kellan Grady | 11.9 | 2.0 | |
(6-5; 205; Gr.; Boston, Mass.) | ||||
34 | Oscar Tshiebwe | 15.2 | 15.1 | |
(6-9; 255; Jr.; Lubumbashi, Dem. Rep. of Congo) |
TEAM COMPARISON
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2020-21 STATISTICS | GEORGIA | KENTUCKY |
Points Per Game | 70.6 | 82.2 |
Opp. Point Per Game | 73.1 | 60.8 |
Scoring Margin | -2.5 | +21.4 |
Field Goal Pct. | .442 | .489 |
Opp. Field Goal Pct. | .446 | .382 |
3-Point Pct. | .312 | .336 |
3-Pointers Per Game | 6.6 | 6.6 |
Opp. 3-Point Pct. | .340 | .281 |
Free Throw Pct. | .714 | .719 |
Free Throws Per Game | 14.8 | 11.4 |
Rebounds Per Game | 35.4 | 44.4 |
Opp. Rebound Per Game | 34.2 | 28.7 |
Rebound Margin | +1.2 | +15.7 |
Assists Per Game | 14.4 | 17.1 |
Turnovers Per Game | 13.8 | 12.2 |
Assist-to-Turnover Ratio | 1.05 | 1.40 |
Turnover Margin | -2.6 | +0.7 |
Steals Per Game | 5.4 | 7.1 |
Blocks Per Game | 2.9 | 5.3 |
The Starting 5...
- Through games of 1/2 Aaron Cook ranked No. 6 nationally in assist average (6.8) and No. 9 in total assists (82).
- UGA has used 6 different starting lineups in the first 13 games, with no quintet starting more than three games together.
- Braelen Bridges leads UGA with nine double-figure outputs...and has two more games with nine points.
- Jaxon Etter has drawn 11 offensive fouls this year...and 19 in UGA's last 24 games dating back to last season.
- UGA's seven first-year transfers combined to score 4,782 points at their previous schools.
The Opening Tip
The Georgia Bulldogs will play their first game away from Athens in 46 days when they venture to Lexington to face No. 13/16 Kentucky on Saturday evening at 6:00 p.m. in Rupp Arena.
Georgia's last outing outside of Stegeman Coliseum was on Nov. 23 – the Tuesday before Thanksgiving – in the Roman Legends Classic at the Prudential Center in Newark. Since then, the Bulldogs have conducted an eight-game homestand in Athens.
Georgia is currently 5-9 on the season, 0-1 in SEC play, and looking to snap a three-game losing skid. Two of those setbacks have been painful, last-second decisions.
The Bulldogs lost to ETSU, 86-84, on Dec. 22 when a potential game-winning 3-pointer in the closing seconds was off the mark.
On Tuesday, Georgia battled back from an 18-point, first-half-deficit to Texas A&M and grabbed a one-point lead with 5.5 seconds remaining before the Aggies sunk a game-winner with 1.2 left on the clock.
Prior to the A&M game, head coach Tom Crean stated: "I like the spirit. I like the energy. We just need something to go right for us. These kids are working so hard, so hard...I like the way they're working."
Following the contest Crean offered: "There are so many things that I don't care about. What I do care about is how much better we get every day, and not allowing distractions and disappointments and discouragement and all those kind of things to enter into us... They are getting better. It would be hard to say some guys aren't getting better. We certainly don't have record the last few weeks to show for it, but we are improving and we'll get there."
Keeping An Eye On . . . Entering Today's Game:
Aaron Cook is...
• 3 assists from 400 for his career
• 4 outings from 150 games played in his career
• 15 steals from 200 for his career
Series History With UK
Kentucky owns a 129-27 advantage in the all-time series between UGA and UK, including a 62-5 edge in Lexington.
Last season on Jan. 21, Georgia snapped a 14-game losing streak to Kentucky with a dramatic 63-62 victory at Stegeman Coliseum.The Bulldogs outscored the Wildcats 7-0 over the final 109 seconds to secure the victory, their first over UK since March 7, 2013.
Graduate transfer P.J. Horne scored on a layup with 1.3 seconds remaining to give Georgia the win.
In the most recent matchup at Rupp Arena, Kentucky earned an 89-79 victory on Jan. 21, 2020. Anthony Edwards and Rayshaun Hammonds led a quartet of Bulldogs in double digits with 16 points each.
After the Bulldogs trailed 41-35 at halftime, Georgia scored consecutive buckets in 29 seconds to close the gap to two points and force the Wildcats into a timeout. Kentucky answered with two baskets in 31 seconds to regain its six-point edge.
The Bulldogs pulled within a single possession two more times, lastly at 57-54 at the 12:38 mark before the Wildcats regained control with a 12-2 surge.
Scouting The Cats
Kentucky, which is ranked No. 13 and No. 16 in this week's AP and coaches' polls, respectively, enters Saturday's game at 11-3 overall and 1-1 in SEC play.
The Wildcats are coming off a 65-60 setback at No. 21 LSU on Tuesday.
Oscar Tshiebwe paces a quartet double-digit scorers for UK, averaging 15.2 ppg and a nation-leading 15.1 rpg. The transfer from West Virginia is hauling 1.5 rebounds per game more than any other Division I player.
TyTy Washington Jr. is Kentucky's second-leading scorer at 13.4 ppg, while Kellan Grady adds 11.9 ppg and Keion Brooks Jr. chips in 10.5 ppg. Former Bulldog Sahvir Wheeler is contributing 9.6 ppg and a team-best 7.3 apg.
Last Time Out
Despite a valiant comeback, Georgia dropped an 81-79 heart-breaker to Texas A&M on Tuesday in the SEC opener.
"It's a long game," head coach Tom Crean said. "We've had too many games where we've been down and we lose our spirit and we get discouraged, get distracted. Tonight they didn't. It's a long game. It's a great learning lesson for them."
Kario Oquendo led Georgia with 21 points on 9-for-12 shooting, along with a team- and career-high 36 minutes. Noah Baumann tallied 19, and Braelen Bridges pitched in with 12 points and a team-best seven boards.
After A&M opened up a 46-28 lead late in the first half, the Bulldogs closed the period and opened the second stanza with an 8-0 surge. Georgia then used a 13-0 run to pull within 55-51 with 14:42 remaining.
The Bulldogs made it a one-possession game three times before a Baumann 3-pointer tied the game with 36 seconds on the clock. Following a pair of A&M free throws, Oquendo gave Georgia its first lead of the night on a 3-point play with 5.5 seconds left; however, Marcus Williams canned a 3-pointer with 1.2 remaining to secure the victory for the Aggies.
Bulldogs Battle Through
Georgia dressed only 10 players for the SEC opener against Texas A&M, the second time this season that's happened.
All told, seven of 13 "currently active" Bulldogs have a combined 14 DNPs, and Georgia has had its full complement of players for six of 14 outings.
The Bulldogs' 15-player roster was cut by two due to season-ending injuries to P.J. Horne in the preseason and Jailyn Ingram against Jacksonville on Dec. 7.
From there, additional DNPs include:
• T. Baker vs. Virginia and Northwestern (illness);
• N. Baumann vs. Northwestern (illness);
• A. Cook vs. Memphis (illness);
• J. Etter vs. Gardner-Webb (injury);
• C. McDowell vs. Texas A&M (illness);
• J. Ned vs. Virginia, Northwestern (illness) and George Mason, Western Carolina, ETSU, Gardner-Webb and Texas A&M (injury);
• D. Ridgnal vs. Texas A&M (illness).
Bulldogs Switch Lineups
Georgia has utilized six different starting lineups in 14 games this season, mixing and matching eight Bulldogs to comprise those quintets.
The Bulldogs have not used the same starting five more than three times this season. Three groups have started thrice, including the most recent pairing of Noah Baumann, Braelen Bridges, Aaron Cook, Jaxon Etter and Kario Oquendo.
Only Bridges and Oquendo have gotten the nod for every contest, although Cook and Jailyn Ingram have started every game they've played. Cook missed the Memphis game due to an illness, and Ingram suffered a season-ending injury in the ninth contest versus Jacksonville.
Kario Likes The Bright Lights
Kario Oquendo has a history of producing big games against the best opposition.
Last season, the Titusville, Fla., native averaged 13.5 points while shooting 55.4 percent from the field for the Florida SouthWestern College.
In Buccaneers' four contests against ranked opponents, those stats jumped to 22.0 points and 63.6 percent.
The trend of big nights continued against No. 19 Memphis, with Oquendo pouring in 24 points and shooting 69.2 percent (9-of-13) from the floor.
In five outings versus ranked foes as a collegian, Oquendo is averaging 22.4 points and connecting on 64.7 (44-of-68) of his field goal attempts.
B.B. Is Consistent, Efficient
Braelen Bridges is not only Georgia's leading scorer, he's also the Bulldogs' most consistent point producer and among the nation's most efficient.
Bridges has posted double-digit scoring outputs in a team-best 10 of Georgia's 14 games, and he has notched nine points in two of the other four outings.
The graduate transfer senior Atlanta native is shooting a sizzling 65.4 percent from the field, connecting on 68 of his 104 field goal attempts.
Bridges' effort almost puts him in elite company in the SEC and nationally. To be ranked among statistical leaders in FG percentage, a player has to make a minimum of five shots per game.
With 68 field goals made, Bridges falls two shy of that standard...or he would lead the SEC and rank No. 6 in the nation through games played Wednesday.
Cook Among Assist Leaders
Through Wednesday's games, Aaron Cook ranked No. 6 nationally in assist average (6.8 apg) and No. 7 in total assists (88).
Cook's assist average is on pace to be the second-best ever by a Bulldog. In fact, he has a nice cushion between the current No. 2 in Georgia history – 6.3 apg by Pertha Robinson in 1994-95.
Noah Continues Scoring Trend
In five seasons of college basketball, Noah Baumann has established a trend of scoring most of his points from behind the 3-point arc...and doing so in a highly efficient manner.
Through 14 games, 76.5 percent (26 of 34) of Baumann's 34 made field goals have been 3-pointers, and he's shooting a higher percentage from 3-point range (.464) than on 2-point attempts (.444).
Career-wise, 72.0 percent (172 of 239) of Baumann's made FGs are 3-pointers, and he is converting on a considerably better clip from outside the arc (.439) than inside that stripe (.368).
Etter Accepting Charges
Defensively, Jaxon Etter is like Visa...as in "everywhere you want (him) to be."
The junior walk-on from Woodstock, Ga., took three charges against Western Carolina, the second game this season when he's drawn a trio of offensive fouls...the other outing being versus Georgia Tech.
On the season, Etter has now collected a team-high 12 charges.
The trend actually began last season when Etter drew eight offensive fouls in the final 11 games, giving him 20 charges taken in UGA's last 25 contests.
Bulldogs Post Career Highs
There were several of career-best statistical performances in Georgia's outings against Western Carolina and ETSU.
Aaron Cook dished out 12 assists versus the Catamounts, bettering his previous high of 10 at Cincinnati earlier this season and against Howard on Nov. 19, 2018. With 13 points versus WCU, the "super senior" from St. Louis also recorded his second career double-double...the first also coming at Cincinnati.
Noah Baumann grabbed 11 rebounds against Western Carolina, more than doubling his previous career-most of five in seven different games including this year's season opener against FIU. Joked Tom Crean: "I don't know if he's done that since grade school. Somewhere out West, he might have had 11 boards in a CYO game in the eighth grade."
Baumann followed that performance with an extremely efficient 25-point showing versus ETSU, connecting on 8-of-10 field goals and 7-of-9 3-pointers.
Dalen Ridgnal scored 10 points and collected nine rebounds versus Western Carolina, just shy a double-double. Those tallies are even more impressive considering he did so in 12 minutes of PT.
Dogs Look To Regroup...Again
Georgia lost Jailyn Ingram to a knee injury during the Jacksonville game on Dec. 7. The "super senior" from Madison, Ga., and Morgan County High School was the Bulldogs' leading rebounder (6.0 rpg) and third-leading scorer (10.7 ppg).
Ingram went down in a non-contact situation while trying to save a ball along the baseline with 14:21 left in the contest.
Following an MRI on Dec. 8, Tom Crean confirmed the prognosis on Dec. 9 with a Tweet stating: "Unfortunately, Jailyn Ingram will have to have surgery to repair his ACL in his right knee. It's heartbreaking because Jailyn has been emerging in so many areas and has been a model of consistency day in and day out. He's an incredible young man... Jailyn has brought a spirit and seriousness to us. He is a guy that is in the gym most mornings before we would lift weights at 8:45 and was stabilizing for a young team. We plan to appeal for the waiver to get another year since he's under the 30% games played. Pray for him."
Ingram's injury was UGA's second season-ending setback. On Oct. 20, Crean announced P.J. Horne, one of just two Bulldogs to start every game last season, would miss the campaign.
Tweeted Crean: "It's with genuine sadness that I let you know that P.J. Horne will miss this season after undergoing surgery on his right knee this past weekend. In practice, he bumped knees in a scrimmage, lost footing and went down awkwardly. This is such a major blow to us because P.J. was playing so well and showing great leadership as our leading returning player, but more so because he is such a great person and one of the finest people I've ever coached."
Jabri's Contributions Soar
It's probably glossed over too much that this fall is the first time Jabri Abdur-Rahim has played extended minutes in nearly two years. He suffered a foot injury during his senior season at Blair Academy and only played in two games and only appeared in eight games last season at Virginia.
Jabri, who was ranked as one of the nation's top-40 prospects in the Class of 2020, showed signs of returning to form in three early-December outings.
Abdur-Rahim exploded for a career-high 20 points against Wofford and followed that with a 15 and 10-point showings versus No. 18 Memphis and Jacksonville, respectively.
Equally impressive as the totals was the efficiency in which he scored.
In those three games, Abdur-Rahim scored more points, connected on more shots and upped his shooting percentages by massive amounts over his 14 previous career outings.
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Abdur-Rahim's Increases | |||
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Stat | 1st 14 | Next 3 | Diff. |
Total Points | 32 | 45 | +13 |
Scoring Average | 2.3 | 15.0 | 12.7 |
FGs Made | 9 | 13 | +4 |
FG Percentage | .214 | .650 | +.436 |
3FGs Made | 3 | 9 | +6 |
3FG Percentage | .125 | .600 | +.475 |
Crean Captures Win No. 400
Tom Crean secured his 400th career victory with Georgia's upset of No. 18 Memphis on December 1.
Prior to arriving in Athens, Crean compiled 366 W's in his first 18 campaigns as a collegiate head coach. He earned the first 190 in nine seasons at Marquette from 1998-2008 and added 166 more at Indiana between 2008-17 before arriving in Athens and securing the final 44 of his 400.
Tom Crean's Milestone Wins
No. 1 – Nov. 20, 1999 – Marquette defeats Chicago State, 62-43, in Tom Crean's first game as a collegiate head coach.
No. 100 – March 6, 2004 – Freshman Dameon Mason's three-point play with eight-tenths of a second left lifts Marquette over No. 25 Louisville, 81-80.
No. 200 – Dec. 8, 2009 – Indiana knocks off Pittsburgh, 74-64, in the Big Ten/ACC Challenge.
No. 250 – Nov. 20, 2012 – A day after beating Georgia, 66-53, in the first round, IU tops Georgetown, 82-72, to win the Progressive Legends Classic.
No. 300 – Dec. 20, 2014 – Indiana tops No. 23 Butler, 82-73, as Yogi Ferrell became IU's 48th 1,000-point scorer.
No. 400 – Dec. 1, 2021 – Kario Oquendo's 24-point outburst paces UGA in an 82-79 upset of No. 18 Memphis.
Wright Stellar In Upset
Freshman Christian Wright started at point guard against No. 18 Memphis for Aaron Cook, who was out of action due to an illness. That task was taller considering the Tigers entered the game forcing an average of 18.0 turnovers per game.
While Wright's career-high totals of 17 points, six boards and 38 minutes tallies drew significant attention, his turnover tally – a meager one TO – was the most significant digit in his linescore. And he did so logging the most PT of any Bulldog in any game this season to date.
Also of note, Wright drew seven fouls, including two on the offensive end, and converted on 6-of-7 free throw attempts.
The SportsCenter "Top-Quen"
Kario Oquendo has emphatically made his way in the top-10 plays on ESPN's SportsCenter twice this season.
On Nov. 16, Oquendo came in at No. 3 on SportsCenter's top-10 plays after his third highlight reel effort against S.C. State. He stole the ball at midcourt and windmilled home an uncontested dunk.
A posterized effort on Nov. 23 was tabbed No. 6. Oquendo, who's 6-4, gathered a steal in Northwestern's lane and drove the length of the floor before a thunderous dunk over a 6-9 Wildcat.
If you want to rate Oquendo's SportsCenter dunks, you can find the S.C. State slam at gado.gs/kariosctop1116 and the Northwestern effort at gado.gs/kariosc1123.
Cook Tops Millennium Mark
Aaron Cook blew past the 1,000-point career scoring mark on Nov. 16 against South Carolina State.
The "super senior" was eight points shy of entering the game and inched past the milestone with 2:21 left in the first half. He finished with 22 points, three off his career high versus Indiana State on Jan. 24, 2018.
Cook scored 845 points at Southern Illinois from 2016-20 and added 127 points during Gonzaga's en route to their NCAA runner-up finish last season.
Cook was presented the game ball from the S.C. State game in a ceremony prior to the George Mason game that featured his mother, Regina, and brother, Anthony.
Dalen, Kario Draw Attention
Kario Oquendo and Dalen Ridgnal are among the top JUCO transfers expected to make the biggest marks this season.
On August 25, bustingbrackets.com ranked the top-25 junior college players moving to the "high-major" level. Ridgnal was tabbed No. 2 on that ledger, while Oquendo was ranked No. 23.
On Nov. 1, college basketball guru Jon Rothstein tabbed his top-10 "JUCOs to watch," an unranked list that also included Ridgnal.
Cook Among Most Experienced
Aaron Cook arrived in Athens having already participated in 133 games. Cook logged action in 103 contests in four seasons at Southern Illinois and played in 30 contests last season at Gonzaga.
As a point of reference for Georgia's record for career games played is 133 contests by Marcus Thornton from 2011-15. Thornton's tally covers five seasons, including a redshirt season with nine GPs.
Cook's was the third-most experienced player game wise in D-I entering this season
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D-I's career GPs Leaders | ||
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Rk. | Player, School | Games |
1. | Jordan Bohannon, Iowa | 142 |
2. | Chevez Goodwin, USC | 138 |
3. | Aaron Cook, Georgia | 133 |
Garrison Brooks, Miss. St. | 133 | |
Jalen Coleman-Lands, Kansas | 133 | |
Justin Kier, Arizona | 133 |
Experience Has Traveled
The phrase "defense travels" is a well-known in the sports world.
The slogan "experience has traveled" may become a more appropriate for the 2021-22 Georgia Bulldogs.
Georgia's lineup is anchored by five D-I transfers, sixth-year "super seniors" Aaron Cook and Jailyn Ingram, graduate transfer seniors Noah Baumann and Braelen Bridges and sophomore Jabri Abdur-Rahim.
That quintet has accounted more than 60 percent of Georgia's points and assists and the majority of its production in every stat.
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D-I transfer contributions | |||
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Stat | Team | D-I Ts | Pct. |
Minutes | 2800 | 1553 | 55.5 |
Scoring | 988 | 614 | 61.2 |
Rebounds | 466 | 257 | 55.2 |
Assists | 202 | 138 | 68.3 |
Blocks | 41 | 23 | 56.1 |
Steals | 76 | 39 | 51.3 |
Welcoming A Slew Of Scoring
Of the 10 newcomers on the Bulldogs' roster seven are transfers – five D-I players (Jabri Abdur-Rahim, Noah Baumann, Braelen Bridges, Aaron Cook and Jailyn Ingram) and a pair from the junior college ranks (Kario Oquendo and Dalen Ridgnal).
Those players arrived in Athens having already scored 4,782 points at their previous schools, the largest addition of scoring by any D-I program this season as outlined in the next column.
In their previous stops, the D-I quintet of the group also logged 8813 minutes in 404 games played, while grabbing 1283 rebounds, dishing 643 assists, swatting 116 blocks and collecting 304 steals.
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Top Scoring Influx's In D-I hoops | |||
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Rk. | School | Players | Points |
1. | Georgia | 7 | 4782 |
2. | Duquesne | 5 | 4695 |
3. | Florida | 5 | 4144 |
4. | Arkansas | 6 | 4125 |
5. | Penn State | 7 | 5183 |
6. | Washington St. | 4 | 3785 |
7. | SMU | 4 | 3733 |
8. | Kentucky | 4 | 3538 |
9. | Utah | 6 | 3175 |
10. | Arizona St. | 3 | 3132 |
On The Flip Side...
While Georgia welcomed a huge influx of college scoring from its newcomers, the Bulldogs returned a minuscule portion of their scoring from last season.
P.J. Horne was Georgia's only returning starter but was lost for the season after suffering a knee injury during preseason practices. The Tifton, Ga., native put up 222 points – 8.5 ppg – last season, largely due to connecting on a team-high 46 3-pointers.
"This is such a major blow to us because P.J. was playing so well and showing great leadership as our leading returning player, but more so because he is such a great person and one of the finest people I've ever coached," Tom Crean tweeted on Oct. 20. "He cares about his teammates deeply."
With that, the four returning Bulldogs accounted for only 1110 of Georgia's 2014 points a year ago, or 5.5 percent. Walk-on Jaxon Etter is the top returning point producer with 47 points.
Putting Up Points Under Crean
Georgia has certainly been keeping scoreboard operators busy since Tom Crean arrived in Athens in 2018.
The Bulldogs reached the 90-point plateau 15 times in 90 games during Crean's first three seasons. That's a relatively healthy 16.7 percent of the team's total contests.
By comparison, Georgia scored 90 or more points just 15 times in 387 games before Crean's arrival, or .038 percent of the outings in a span that dates back a dozen seasons to the 2006-07 campaign.
The big numbers by the Bulldogs aren't just a single-game thing.
In three seasons under Crean, the Bulldogs have averaged two of their top-5 scoring outputs of the 2000s
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Top Scoring Averages In 2000s | ||||
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Rk. | Season | Points | Games | Avg. |
1. | 2002-03 | 2138 | 27 | 79.2 |
2. | 2020-21 | 1944 | 25 | 77.8 |
3. | 2001-02 | 2444 | 32 | 76.4 |
4. | 2019-20 | 2428 | 32 | 75.9 |
5. | 2006-07 | 2477 | 33 | 75.1 |
"B" Is For Basketball Player
You may notice on Georgia's roster that the Bulldogs have gone away from listing traditional positions – guard, forward and center. All 15 players are now simply listed as "B" for "Basketball Player."
Tom Crean is a proponent for "position-less basketball."
"That's what they are," Crean said. "It's not valid to call them centers and power forwards and things like that as much with the way that we're trying to play. They're being trained as basketball players, every day... in the sense of how we train with the ball handling, the driving, the shooting – all those type of things. That's big to me."
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