Three extra Georgia basketball nonconference opponents for the coming season are set.
That features two in what’s being known as the Peach State Traditional, a multi-team occasion (MTE) in November hosted by Georgia and Georgia Tech.
Georgia will play residence video games in opposition to Texas Southern and North Florida within the MTE, based on a contract obtained from Texas Southern by way of an open data request.
The Georgia-Texas Southern sport is Sunday Nov. 10 with the SWAC faculty receiving a $90,000 assure. No date is listed for the North Florida sport at Georgia, however CBSSports’ Jon Rothstein reported it’s on Nov. 12, the identical day Texas Southern is taking part in at Georgia Tech.
Texas Southern went 16-17 final season and tied for third within the SWAC. Its solely different sport in opposition to Georgia was a 17-point loss in December 2018.
North Florida is coming off a 16-16 season and fifth place end within the Atlantic Solar. It misplaced at Georgia 78-60 on Dec. 22.
The NCAA permits groups to play 29 video games and one multi-team occasion if it would not exceed greater than two video games per workforce.
One other Georgia nonconference sport in opposition to Charleston Southern can be performed on Sunday Dec. 22 in Stegeman Coliseum, based on a contract signed by the colleges in January that was obtained from Georgia by way of an open data request. That assure is $85,000.
Georgia has gained all 4 earlier conferences with Charleston Southern together with the final, 84-64 on Dec. 17, 2016. Charleston Southern went 10-20 final season together with 6-10 within the Large South.
Georgia’s different recognized nonconference video games are in opposition to Marquette on Nov. 23 and St. John’s on Nov. 24 within the Bahamas and residential video games in opposition to Notre Dame on Dec. 3 and South Carolina State on Dec. 29. The date for the Bulldogs’ sport at rival Georgia Tech has not been introduced.
Coach Mike White’s third Georgia workforce is coming off a visit to the NIT semifinals and completed with a 20-17 file.
The Bulldogs return guards Silas Demary and Blue Cain and ahead Dylan James and have added 9 newcomers—5 transfers and 4 highschool signees.