2018–19 Georgia Bulldogs basketball team explained

Sport:Basketball
Sex:none
Year:2018–19
Team:Georgia Bulldogs
Conference:Southeastern Conference
Short Conf:SEC
Record:11–21
Conf Record:2-16
Hc Year:1st
Asst Coach2:Chad Dollar

The 2018–19 Georgia bulldogs basketball team represented the University of Georgia during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team's head coach was Tom Crean in his first year at Georgia. They played their home games at Stegeman Coliseum in Athens, Georgia as members of the Southeastern Conference.

Previous season

The Bulldogs finished the 2017–18 season 18–15, 7–11 in SEC play to finish in a tie for 11th place. As the No. 12 seed in the SEC tournament, they defeated Vanderbilt[1] and Missouri[2] before losing to Kentucky in the quarterfinals.[3]

On March 10, 2018, the school fired head coach Mark Fox after nine seasons at Georgia.[4] [5] On March 13, the school hired former Marquette and Indiana coach Tom Crean to replace Fox.[6] [7]

Offseason

Departures

Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure
1 F 6'8" 240 Senior Graduated
Juwan Parker 3 G 6'4" 205 RS Senior Graduated
Pape Diatta 5 F 6'7" 220 Senior Graduated
Isaac Kante 30 F 6'7" 236 Freshman Transferred to Hofstra

2018 recruiting class

Schedule and results

|-!colspan=12 style=|Exhibition|-!colspan=12 style=| Regular season|-!colspan=9 style=| SEC Tournament

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Vanderbilt vs. Georgia - Game Recap - March 7, 2018 - ESPN. ESPN.com. 2018-03-16.
  2. Web site: Georgia vs. Missouri - Game Recap - March 8, 2018 - ESPN. ESPN.com. 2018-03-16.
  3. Web site: Georgia vs. Kentucky - Game Recap - March 9, 2018 - ESPN. ESPN.com. 2018-03-16.
  4. News: Georgia fires Mark Fox after disappointing 9th season. https://web.archive.org/web/20180317035743/https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/colleges/georgia-fires-mark-fox-after-disappointing-9th-season/2018/03/10/9a57100c-24c0-11e8-946c-9420060cb7bd_story.html. dead. 2018-03-17. Odum  AP. Charles. 2018-03-10. Washington Post. 2018-03-16. en-US. 0190-8286.
  5. News: Report: Georgia fires coach Mark Fox after nine seasons. SI.com. 2018-03-16. en.
  6. News: Georgia hires former Indiana coach Tom Crean to take over program. CBSSports.com. 2018-03-16. en.
  7. News: IU's financial obligation to Tom Crean may drop after he's hired by Georgia. Indianapolis Star. 2018-03-16. en.