Thursday, January 8, 2015

Kenny Paul Geno out

It's not been the best year to be a Kenny in the Georgia basketball program.

I'll be honest, I didn't even see him get hurt.  In retrospect, it was a tad curious that he drained a corner three then wasn't heard from the rest of the game.  Regardless, an already thin Georgia squad is now down one more man.

I had been intending to post on the complete lack of production from the 3 spot for a while, and let's just say this won't help.  Fox has essentially made do with an 8-man rotation, and Geno was his 8th man.

What does it all mean?

First, it means Cameron Forte is the next man up.  There will be no outside shooting from Forte, as he's more of a hybrid 3-4, but that's ok.   The numbers are actually fairly encouraging.  Forte has only seen 3 minutes per game, but his points (1.5) and rebounds (1.2) reveal that he's been remarkably consistent.

It also means Houston Kessler is probably in for an expanded role.  This is less encouraging, as he hasn't done much with the almost 5 minutes per game he's been getting.

The last few days have been a bit of a gut punch, but it's not quite time to panic.  Let's wait and see how the team responds in Baton Rouge.

h/t Bulldawg Illustrated

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