Hoops Schedule: UGA vs. Duke next year?

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I missed this nugget in Thursday's Athens Banner Herald.

Georgia is trying to finalize a deal to play the Duke Blue Devils this December at Madison Square Garden in New York City, Bulldogs assistant coach Pete Herrmann has said. The Bulldogs have never faced the perennial ACC power from North Carolina.

It's a very classy move by Felton to give Sundiata Gaines the opportunity to play in front of his home town friends, family and fans in Madison Square Garden as a Senior. Next year, Dave Bliss will also get to play a game in his home state of Wisconsin as a senior. It helps recruiting players out of state when you can show them that you'll work to get a game in their hometown/state.

Playing Duke is also a win-win for the Dawgs. If you lose, so what. No one expected you to win anyway. If you win, it's on like donkey kong.

Next year's known match-ups (unofficial):

Georgia Tech (home)
Wake Forest (home)
Western Kentucky (away)
Wisconsin (away)
Gonzaga (away/neutral Seattle?) - not sure
Duke (away/neutral MSG)

Hopefully, we'll renew the Clemson series as well. It's been a competitive series with UGA winning the ATL and Athens games, and Clemson winning in Greenville and at Hartwelll U. The WKU deal is the final game of the required four year series that inherited when we hired Felton.

See Also:
-- UGA vs. Duke inMSG - Wishbone Blog

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