Georgia basketball took on South Carolina Saturday afternoon, and the men fell to the Gamecocks for the 12th straight time. The Dawgs are 6-19 overall and 1-11 in SEC play.
The Dawgs fought hard against the Gamecocks, but it wasn’t enough. They jumped out to a quick lead, gave it away, and hung around for most of the game. However, the mistakes made added up more than the points did.
Georgia men’s basketball has been sliding all season. There have been moments of greatness, but they are few and far between at this point in the season. The win over Alabama was great, but why weren’t they able to build on the momentum?
Things aren’t going to change overnight if Georgia fires Crean. It might help, but at this point, the Dawgs just need to get this season over as quickly as possible.
Georgia basketball needs a change after losing 12 straight to South Carolina.
It’s not like the Dawgs cannot score points because Kario Oquendo led with 18 points, Braelen Bridges tallied 16 points and Jabri Abdur-Rahim made 12 points. The defense is atrocious, though, and there seems to be no adjustment throughout games.
Why would a coach not make adjustments? Maybe he does, but it just isn’t the right one. Does this group just not have the right leader? Are they not mature enough?
This group has a lot of grit and tenacity when they want to, but there have been times where it’s just stale.
The first time Georgia played South Carolina this year, the Gamecocks went on a 24-0 run, and today they went on a 20-0 run. Those things are hard to swallow because these players are better than that.
I’m not blaming the players. They are fighting hard, but there is a disconnect. It’s getting beyond frustrating not only for the fans but those players too. Georgia basketball deserves to be better than one conference win. Look at the rest of the SEC and how they elevate their basketball programs.
Crean needs to sit this group of guys down and let them air it out. These players need to have a meeting and figure it out. How can they close this terrible season out on a positive note? It probably won’t save Crean’s job, but it’ll be a moral win for those players.
There are six regular-season games left, and this loss needs to motivate them, and it should not produce any excuses from them. They need to put their head down, find a way to bond and hunker down for six more games.
Hopefully, they stay in Athens another year, but we wouldn’t blame them if they chose to leave.
Georgia basketball deserves better than this, and the only way to begin making that happen is to change and end this chapter.