Hoop Thoughts: If you're looking for Hope

"Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things,
and no good thing ever dies."
Andy Dufresne (Shawshank Redemption)
The Georgia Bulldogs fell to the Vols at home in basketball bursting our NCAA bubble almost completely. With a relevant record of 16-12 and an RPI of around 63, things are very bleak.

(Preface: I screwed up reading the seedings. We're playing Auburn in the first round. Not Alabama)

Next week at the SEC Tourney, we're the East 5 seed. The official bracket shows Georgia tipping off vs. Alabama Auburn at 7:30 pm in the Georgia Dome. The last time the two teams played Georgia ran out to a 20+ point lead in the first half before collapsing and losing on a controversial last second shot by Ronald Steele. Ughhh...we beat Auburn when we played them.

(Image: georgiadogs.com)

PollyAnnaDawg Says:
Let's find the silver lining. We drew the toughest path possible to the SEC Tourney Championship. Our path likely would look like this on the best case scenario:

Thursday vs. Alabama Auburn
Friday vs. UF (Top 10 RPI)
Saturday vs. UT (Top 10 RPI) most likely given the bracket)
Sunday vs. UK or Vandy (Most likely)

How is that a good thing? Well, if Georgia beat the first three teams, they could still lose the finals and make the tourney. Our tourney resume in that case would be:

19 RPI wins
11-9 SEC record
5 wins vs. the RPI Top 50
3 wins vs the RPI 15
Road/Neutral Record of 7-9

So...if you're looking for Hope. There it is. Will it happen? Right now, I feel more like Ellis Boyd 'Red' Redding than Mr. Dufresne.

See Also:
-- SEC Tourney Official Site - SECSports.com
-- Pop goes the Bubble - ABH
-- Lofton breaks lose late - AJC
-- Photo Gallery from Sat. - Georgiadogs.com

PWD

(sorry about the confusion. It's definitely Auburn in Round 1. Not Alabama)

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