Mode: | Basketball |
Sex: | none |
Year: | 2019–20 |
Team: | Georgia Bulldogs |
Conference: | Southeastern Conference |
Short Conf: | SEC |
Record: | 16–16 |
Conf Record: | 5–13 |
Hc Year: | 2nd |
Asst Coach2: | Chad Dollar |
The 2019–20 Georgia bulldogs basketball team represented the University of Georgia during the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team's head coach was Tom Crean, in his second year at Georgia. They played their home games at Stegeman Coliseum in Athens, Georgia as members of the Southeastern Conference. They finished the season 16–16, 5–13 in SEC play to finish in 13th place. They defeated Ole Miss in the first round of the SEC tournament and were set to take on Florida in the second round. However, the remainder of the SEC Tournament was cancelled amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Bulldogs finished the 2018–19 season 11–21, 2–16 in SEC play to finish in thirteenth place. As the No. 13 seed in the SEC tournament, they were defeated by Missouri in the first round.
Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Reason for departure | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
William Jackson II | 0 | G | 6'4" | 185 | Senior | Graduated | ||
TeShaun Hightower | 1 | G | 6'4" | 190 | Sophomore | Transferred to Tulane | ||
JoJo Toppin | 5 | F | 6'6" | 190 | Freshman | Transferred to Georgia State | ||
Jack Herring | 10 | F | 6'8" | 210 | Freshman | Walk-on; not on team roster | ||
Christian Harrison | 11 | G | 6'4" | 200 | RS Senior | Walk-on; graduate transferred | ||
E'Torrion Wilridge | 13 | F | 6'6" | 220 | Senior | Graduated | ||
Connor O'Neill | 24 | F | 6'6" | 220 | Senior | Walk-on; graduated | ||
Mike Edwards | 32 | F | 6'9" | 235 | Senior | Graduated | ||
33 | F | 6'11" | 220 | Sophomore | Declared for the 2019 NBA draft; selected 31st overall by the Brooklyn Nets | |||
34 | F | 6'9" | 250 | Senior | Graduated | |||
Ignas Sargiūnas | 43 | G | 6'5" | 205 | Freshman | Transferred to Colorado State |
The SEC media poll was released on October 15, 2019.[1]
Media poll | ||
1 | Kentucky | |
2 | Florida | |
3 | LSU | |
4 | Auburn | |
5 | Tennessee | |
6 | Alabama | |
7 | Mississippi State | |
8 | Ole Miss | |
9 | Georgia | |
10 | South Carolina | |
11 | Arkansas | |
12 | Texas A&M | |
13 | Missouri | |
14 | Vanderbilt |
The Bulldogs had one player selected to the preseason all-SEC teams.
First Team
Anthony Edwards
|-!colspan=12 style=| Exhibition|-!colspan=12 style=| Non-conference regular season|-!colspan=12 style=| SEC regular season|-!colspan=9 style=| SEC tournament|- style="background:#bbbbbb"| style="text-align:center"|March 12, 2020
3:30 pm, SECN| style="text-align:center"| (13)| vs. (5) Florida
Second round| colspan=5 rowspan=1 style="text-align:center"|Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[2] | style="text-align:center"|Bridgestone Arena
Nashville, TN|-
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