As I see it, there are two ways to look at the Bulldogs' start to conference play.
The first is to acknowledge that, coming into the season, there were four teams in the SEC that were generally thought to be better than Georgia: Kentucky, Florida, Arkansas, and LSU. Georgia has now played two of those teams to the wire and narrowly lost both games (one on the road). One would have to assume, then, that similar efforts against the rest of the conference will produce enough wins to get the Bulldogs where they need to be.
The second is to lament the fact that Georgia couldn't close the deal against two likely-top 50 finishers, and to see the recurring problems (free throws and turnovers) as harbingers of doom which will leave them on the outside looking in come the ides of March.
I can't honestly tell you which camp I've settled into yet, though I tend to drift positive, so I'm really trying to nose my way into the first. Wednesday night is going to be very interesting, especially considering the setting. A game against Mississippi State would really hit the spot right about now, but instead Georgia is heading into its own personal lion's den.
How Mark Fox's group responds is going to tell us a lot about this team.
The first is to acknowledge that, coming into the season, there were four teams in the SEC that were generally thought to be better than Georgia: Kentucky, Florida, Arkansas, and LSU. Georgia has now played two of those teams to the wire and narrowly lost both games (one on the road). One would have to assume, then, that similar efforts against the rest of the conference will produce enough wins to get the Bulldogs where they need to be.
The second is to lament the fact that Georgia couldn't close the deal against two likely-top 50 finishers, and to see the recurring problems (free throws and turnovers) as harbingers of doom which will leave them on the outside looking in come the ides of March.
I can't honestly tell you which camp I've settled into yet, though I tend to drift positive, so I'm really trying to nose my way into the first. Wednesday night is going to be very interesting, especially considering the setting. A game against Mississippi State would really hit the spot right about now, but instead Georgia is heading into its own personal lion's den.
How Mark Fox's group responds is going to tell us a lot about this team.
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