An Hour to Go

Most folks on this board are football-heads. I approve of that, as pigskin is UGA's most popular sports export. In terms of basketball, we rarely pay attention until and unless UGA is in the NCAA tournament, unless we're playing Tech.

So anyway, as I post this, we're about an hour away from tipoff in the first round of the SEC Tournament as Georgia faces DSOR counterpart Auburn on SEC Network. After a 20-10 season featuring no bad wins, more than a few good losses, and a couple of great upsets, Georgia is firmly on the bubble for a low NCAA tourney seed. How we perform in the SEC tournament will determine whether or not we get in. We almost certainly don't have to win the thing to be in, but we will need to beat the entire state of Alabama this week to have a shot.

Personally, I think we can do it. Auburn shouldn't be as difficult this time around as they were the first; after all, we gave up a 20-point lead in order to beat them in OT. I think that we'll still carry that chip despite the win and rout Aubie today. We just played Alabama. The winner of that game is probably the last team into the NCAA tourney. They beat us by 8; I don't figure they'll do it again a week later. So yeah; I'm picking UGA to get to the semis of the SEC tournament in the Dome. Beyond that? Well, as we proved in 2008, it's always anybody's game.

Hey dapolla, great to hear from you. Spot on with your BB thread, who will surprise in this years madness

Yeah dapolla, great to see your post.....hang around, will ya?

I'm trying, kids, I'm trying. The economy and a number of other things have bit me hard, but I've been keeping up with our Dawgs just the same.

Personally, I don't think there's a team in the SEC that we can't beat, with the POSSIBLE exception of Vandy. We should have swept Tennessee, and definitely should have beaten Florida in the first game. You ask me my top Georgia moments of all time, and even including football moments, the 2008 Dream Dawgs are still in my top ten. Ole Miss and Kentucky on buzzer-beaters before a beatdown of Arkansas on Tech's home court. Losing record going in. Good GOD what a year!

Here's a link so you can relive the 2008 tourney before the 2011 tourney begins: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_Bulldogs_m...ent:_The_Dream_Dawgs

By the way, I'm @dapolla on Twitter. What're everyone else's handles? I'd love to have an ongoing discussion during the game!

Greetings dapolla. Have the game on in my man cave, 14/8 at the present. Wow did you see Price with the take down . . . . Good to have you back.