Texas A&M: post mortem

Georgia basketball enjoyed a Saturday off, something that's extremely valuable during the grind that is SEC play.  Unfortunately, no one told Texas A&M, so the Aggies showed up and took Georgia's lunch money.

I don't like to focus on the negative...so this is going to be really short:

• Taking into account the setting, the opponent, and the magnitude of the game, it's hard to come up with a worse loss, certainly in the Mark Fox era...but perhaps well beyond that.  This was at home, in front of a packed Stegeman Coliseum, against an Aggies team that is very good...but not nearly as good as Georgia made them look.  I mean, really, what was that?
• Bad games happen.  There are things you can't control.  Texas A&M shot the ball very well, even when contested.  However, you can control effort and execution, and neither was there on Saturday.  There wasn't a single moment when Georgia was in that game.
• We've reached a point in the season where we kind of know what Georgia is and what they are not.  Here's a hint: if J.J. Frazier and Kenny Gaines are both on, Georgia wins.  If one or the other is on, Georgia is in the game.  If neither are on, Georgia loses.  Yante Maten may very well be the most talented Bulldog, but as those two go, so goes the team.
• Mark Fox may owe Kirby Smart an apology...not the greatest recruiting atmosphere on Saturday...

Let's not dwell on this one.  We're going to learn a lot about the character and fight of this team on Wednesday night at Missouri.  It's a game Georgia should win handily, and it's a game they now have to win if they want any sort of postseason play.  As opportunities for resume wins slip away, there is no more margin for error (there wasn't much anyway).