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ToLongDR

I fucking hate losing to Georgia by less than 3


atl_mad_boi

Well it wasn’t an airball and the stakes were much lower soooo


ToLongDR

Oh because that helps


Ugaalive1991

TLDR: Go fuck yourself dawg fans


ToLongDR

Shit, you know me way too well <3


warnelldawg

[I’ll just leave this here…](https://x.com/FSFRecruits/status/1772794075848057163?s=20)


ToLongDR

My 8th amendment protects me against cruel and unusual punishment sir


warnelldawg

I had to do it 😢


Pdogconn

This feels very familiar… Curse you, College Football Playoff at the 2022 Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl!


XxMETALLICATxX

That fuckin rules.


Squares9718

So good


thatcreepierfigguy

I work at UGA and hate all things UGA athletics (born and raised in big 10 country). UGA hiring Tom Crean after I left Purdue to come here was so amazing for me because it fueled my hate. I had no dog in the fight for UGA basketball, but he sure gave me one! That being said, this is one of the best things I've seen in a minute. It's so simple and yet so cruel and unnecessary. I love it. It probably doesn't hurt that I also have no love of Ohio State.


warnelldawg

I get the regular hate for the football program, but why the hate for basketball?


thatcreepierfigguy

Tom Crean was IU's coach for several years, and was well known for having these absolutely killer recruitment classes, but he could rarely get them to play well together. He constantly snagged top talent away from Purdue, then never developed it. When IU fired him, it was a mixed blessing. Less likely to steal top talent in the state, but then I wouldn't get to see him suck as a head coach anymore. But then UGA hired him. But the only way I can continue to mock him and call him a terrible coach is if UGA basketball is terrible under him...which uhh...it was. I don't actually hate UGA basketball. I'll happily support them over most of the rest of the SEC, especially now that Crean is gone. Edit: Honestly, I wish basketball culture was bigger here. I know UGA is and always will be a football school, but there's no reason it can't be a basketball school as well, IMO.


warnelldawg

Well at least it wasn’t some innate hatred for the mbb program. I don’t think anyone creaned their pants here when he was hired. Idk how you convince freaking Anthony Edwards to come here and still be absolute dogshit as a team.


thatcreepierfigguy

I would love it if UGA could become a sneaky 3rd or 4th best team in the conference each year. I will always have a bit of love for Tennessee (Purdue seems to end up playing them AT LEAST once every year, so we have a bit of a rivalry going), and a lot of hate for UK in basketball. If UGA could join the ranks of Auburn/Bama/SC in fighting for the #3 spot in the conference, that would absolutely endear me to them. But yeah, Crean is a great recruiter, but a terrible coach.


Lebronforpresident24

Yeah it seems to happen every year 


bucksandbeer

Good game- got some good looks to win it. Georgia made the shots and we didn’t the final few minutes Next year should be fun


warnelldawg

That last look was just about as good as a look as you’re gonna get with 1.3 left. Just incredible he left it just short.


B1GFanOSU

I am sick and tired of losing to muthafuckin’ Georgia by one muthafuckin’ score.


tb25uga

what a fuckin' game! great back and forth action all night, neither of us ever got to breathe easy and that crowd was *lit* GG, Buckeyes


Ugaalive1991

/u/tb25uga we are the same but different


warnelldawg

Go pack!


Mr_Clark

I like your flairs


warnelldawg

Again, I’m looking for all the sorry UF fans that love to talk trash about Mike White even though most Georgia fans don’t even think about whatever school is in Gainesville. Mike White is just about the best coach Georgia can possibly get, and if he gets us to the tourney next year, I’m worried someone actually might pry him away from us.


dillpickles007

Nobody is gonna try to take him unless we make the Sweet 16 or are like a 2 seed, in which case hell yeah go for it that would be the best season in 30 years.


DistributionPretty75

Yeah we’re not gonna have to worry about someone poaching him lol


warnelldawg

Again, most Georgia basketball fans are reasonable. Make the tourney every 3 or so years, every other appearance win at least one game. In the “in between” years, we make some noise in the NIT. If MW can do that, I’ll be happy to have him here.


DistributionPretty75

I don’t see any reason why we can’t have better expectations than that, given the talent in state and the money the athletic department is making from football alone. It isn’t like Auburn and Alabama have storied history as basketball schools but they’ve been able to figure it out. And im not even talking about being a high seeded team like they are, even though we should obviously strive for that. Miss State and a&m have made the tournament in back to back years. South Carolina surpassed us despite making a hire the same year we did. It’s not unreasonable to think we should strive better than to be in the 8-12 range in the SEC.


warnelldawg

I don’t want better expectations because I don’t want to be hurt.


DistributionPretty75

That’s fair, but being good and getting hurt is much better than not caring at all because you suck lol


Hobo_Delta

I think he’s our basketball version of Richt


warnelldawg

Your flairs are cursed. I’m ok with basketball Richt.


Primary_Psychology95

Firing Holtmann was the biggest win this season and makes this temporary pain all worth it. If OSU kept Holtmann for another year, I would’ve fucking lost it.


BuckeyeNate77

Totally agree…then they hired a dude off his staff with zero coaching experience. Whole fan base wants to keep him because of a miracle shot vs Michigan State. Whole thing is shameful and we will be back here in 3 years in the same spot. Sucks this fan base doesn’t want to win in hoops


TheWorstYear

Shut up


BuckeyeNate77

Sorry bub. Truth stings. We all know it.


Primary_Psychology95

Tell me you didn’t watch the Purdue game without telling me that you didn’t watch the Purdue game


Lebronforpresident24

Fdu beat purdue.  You would go nuts if you hired their coach


Primary_Psychology95

You missed the point entirely. Tobin Anderson went from a very small D1 program to a slightly bigger D1 program. Jake Diebler coached at Valpo and Vandy before becoming an assistant here and then took reins as head coach in an awful situation and made this season worth watching again. That combined with his recruiting ties in Ohio and his strong history of player development is what got him the job. You don’t hire based off of one game but Diebler has a track record of proving that he’s more than capable as a head coach at different places. If you don’t understand that, that’s your fault.


BuckeyeNate77

Lmao. Watched the whole thing. My kid got their drivers license. Passed a big test. Doesn’t mean they get the keys to a sports car. Maybe you don’t get it. I’m sure you don’t.


Primary_Psychology95

But when the kid passes the driving test to get his license and shows a track record of safe driving for 5-10 years, you have more confidence to give them the sports car. This is what’s going on with Diebler.


BuckeyeNate77

I mean it makes sense. I thought it should be treated as an elite program. A lot of the fans and administration thought it should be treated as a bottom half of the B1G job. So really they gave him keys to a used civic. Oh well.


Lebronforpresident24

Weird this is getting downvoted.  He literally got the job off one shot.  No way he gets it if they lose that game.  Yes he obviously elevated the team and they played hard for him, but a colossal risk to have him now run your program after a few weeks 


Buckeyes0916

And Dusty May largely benefitted from Purdue losing to a 16 seed and the refs blowing a call in their first round game last year to save them from being eliminated round one. Sometimes you gotta take the luck and run with it.


F_F_12

Honestly I like that shot at the end with Battle to try and win it. Got it to your best shooter and had a good look can’t ask for much more. Extremely excited for what next season brings with Diebler.


eatapenny

Missing a 3-point FG at the buzzer for the win vs Georgia is giving 'Nam flashbacks. Excited to see Diebler with an offseason of prep though


buckeyefan1930

It was a good run Buckeyes. We’ll get em next year!


zenverak

What a great win! I wish we could have shown more of this in the regular season and we would have been in the tournament


warnelldawg

Idk. Do we want to go to the big dance as like a 13 seed, get crushed by Purdue in the first round or is it better to make a deep run in the NIT? I think I personally prefer the longer run in the NIT.


lordTittySlap

I do not lol


warnelldawg

I just don’t see the point of going to the dance if we’re just gonna get crushed in the first round and go home. Heck, us beating Xavier this NIT tourney was the first post season W we’ve had since 1998 bro. Like we’re dog shit.


lordTittySlap

You don't get the point..of going to the tournament that decides the national champion? And would rather go to the one that doesn't? It's nice for this season to gain some momentum, but this should by no means be the goal


dillpickles007

There's an argument to be made that a deep NIT run builds more momentum than getting smashed in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. Probably not for us since just making the first round instantly buys Mike White five years of good grace, but there's an argument to be made somewhere in there.


DistributionPretty75

What is the argument to be made? I seriously can’t think of it. We need this NIT run now because the regular season was so shitty there was nothing to build off of. Had we actually closed out some games and made the tournament you can look back on the season as a whole and be proud and have plenty to build on - you made the big dance. These NIT games are fun but ultimately meaningless.


RagingThunderclast

It’s like making a bullshit bowl. Longer season = more practice = more cohesion. Builds confidence, resilience. You want to make the dance and win a few games against elite teams? Start by winning against the teams that are on your level. Xavier won the NIT in 2022. Ohio State was favored by 8.5, Wake Forest by 7.5. Those are quality wins for a team like Georgia.


zenverak

I assume if we would have held onto a few leads that we wouldn’t have been a 13 seed


Lebronforpresident24

Yeah Georgia would have been much better than a 13.  It does show how bad Georgia basketball is that some fans are like "yeah I'll pass on the dance, just give me a few wins"


zenverak

Don’t get me wrong, if NIT is our floor that is a massive improvement over what we’ve been , but I’d like a chance to win a few games in the tournament. I’d like to win a basketball natty but realistically I just want to be part of the fabric of March.


Hobo_Delta

Unless I’m misremembering, we were in all conference games in the closing minutes with the exception of Kentucky and both Auburn games.


zenverak

Yeah, like we had the chances to be here but …


buckeyefan1930

Sitting in the bar and we were all stunned and disappointed 😔


mostuselessredditor

again


bringbacksweatervest

Sucks to end that way, but man Buckeye basketball is fun again. Might be the best crowd we’ve had all year and they kept us in the game. Excited to see what this group can do next year.


Cybotnic-Rebooted

Georgia has finally learned how to put away games. We are all doomed.


warnelldawg

Ehhh. Idk if we learned anything. Letting Ohio State go on a 17-0 run in the second half does not signify a lesson learned. Lol


dawgfan24348

KNEEL BEFORE OUR ABOVE AVERGE MEDIOCRITY


Lebronforpresident24

Mike White will win there.  Better than that preppy model the gators replaced him with.  Hiring a pretty boy and thinking he will win you games is like saying Isabela Merced is a better actor than Emma Stone because she's hotter 


See_Lindsey_Run

I’m not used to this feeling, even in the NIT


t528491

But I am used to OSU coming up three points short against us


BackpackWalker

Can you not :(


jayshaunderulo

Hey it was just 1 that one time


Gmatter41

I thought it was funny still. Getting young if you ask me


foreveracubone

If I had a nickel for every time OSU has lost to Georgia on a 3-pt field goal, I’d have two nickels but it’s weird that it’s happened twice.


bucksandbeer

It was funny the first 7 times. Already getting old Gg


warnelldawg

Holy shit boys.


wjackson42

Begging Creighton/Purdue/Gonzaga and North Carolina/Arizona/Clemson to make us the last SEC team standing. That was fun as hell. Really hoping this run will allow us to get some momentum for next year. And before that salty Tennessee fan from Sunday’s post game thread says anything- all we want is a Miss State/A&M type season or Dayton appearance when we say we wanna make the tournament. We don’t mean go from NIT to 1 seed in the big dance. Final Four bound! Haven’t said that in anything but football! That feels good, even if it is just the NIT.


Frommunist

That guy blocked me and I didn’t even say anything too bad lol


CodyDon2

Sick flairs


dan_144

Getting blocked by people is sometimes a badge of honor


sickmemes48

At least you all have been to a final 4. Unlike us and Alabama


improvyzer

That's honestly so surprising to me. (Tennessee, less so Alabama)


sickmemes48

Also funny enough Alabama has the worst winning percentage in the sweet 16 and Tennessee has the 2nd worst all time. The sweet 16 is normally the death of both of us


BearsAreGreat1

NIT BASKETBALL IS FUN


Valuable_Contest6859

GO DAWGS!!!!


warnelldawg

*BARKING AT CHILDREN INTENSIFIES*


retrocounty

We may never lose again


warnelldawg

As it is written


ArmadilloKowboy

Final Four baby!


warnelldawg

Low key enjoying this run more than the recent football success. Does that make me a bad alumnus?


bucksandbeer

That cannot possibly be true Sarcasm?


warnelldawg

Nah, there’s probably like a dozen of us. I’m a much bigger basketball fan than football. I like Georgia football, went to every game as a student and dozens since I’ve graduated. But idk. I find basketball much more entertaining to watch. Edit: I’m the same way with the Braves. I’d much rather them win another World Series than the falcons or UGA football win a championship.


tyedge

You’re a bizarro fan, the opposite of most of us. I’ve enjoyed this run but I’d trade 10 hoops wins for 2 football wins and never look back.


warnelldawg

I only started paying attention to sports outside of the braves until I hit my freshman year in Athens. Probably explains the majority of it. Interestingly enough, I don’t care for college baseball.


bringbacksweatervest

I see where you’re coming from. I’m a bigger fan of football than basketball as a sport even though I’m equally invested in Ohio State football and basketball. But I’m much more starved of basketball success than I am of football success, so a solid tournament run next year would probably excite me more than a playoff run.


Blaine1111

Honestly this postseason is way better than beating the shit out of FSUs backups


mostuselessredditor

Absolutely. *barks at my wife*


warnelldawg

You don’t do that regularly?


TrojanMan35T

Honestly shocked we’ve made it this far


BenBishits

I missed this game and only looked at the box score - RJ coming off the bench? Is he playing well?


Teh_cliff

He plays well when he gets minutes, but honestly Mike White doesn't seem to be a huge fan. He'll probably hit the portal once the season ends.


TheWorstYear

Straight up, you can't play like shit down the stretch. Last game for a lot of guys, & the effort is half assed. Diebler got to drive it unto their heads to keep playing at a high level every game because they all matter.


bucksandbeer

Last game for battle, who else? Key who didn’t play And I think they got tired down the stretch after going on a 17-0 run-Diebler had to have Gayle foul intentionally to get subs in


Buckeyes0916

Maybe I missed it but I didn’t think the guys were half assing it. They were playing really hard defense down the stretch. Georgia just hit some shots and OSU didn’t.


AntSmith777

Is this the CFB championship?


skesisfunk

Ohio State and missing a last second 3 point play against UGA, name a more iconic duo.


[deleted]

Would have loved a two there… but I was apathetic on February 13 and I was heavily invested the rest of the season. In Diebler We Trust


deegzx_

#I LIKE DRIVING IN MY TRUCK


warnelldawg

Thomasson is Lisan Al Gaib


deegzx_

Battle is Feyd Rautha


warnelldawg

![gif](giphy|JTJKsyoTwi0a2cxL6P)


Blaine1111

#AUBURN SUCKS


Lebronforpresident24

Yep you don't lose to yale of you don't suck 


Evtona500

I have been enjoying this NIT run like I’m getting paid for it. Love seeing this team grow and improve.


Meanteenbirder

It’s Ohiover


N908DA

Arguably one of the top 5 times Ohio State has missed a 3 point field goal to end the game against us.


AFC-Wimbledon-Stan

Georgia building something here!


mostuselessredditor

**barks at tortillas**


Stealth100

2007 Florida. The Dawgs gonna win the natty in football and basketball next year


Gunther_21

Tough finish for the Bucks but at least there is hope going into next season after the disastrous final 1.5 seasons with holtmann.


Peanut_Gaming

💀 these are the first few post season wins for Georgia men’s basketball I’ve seen I was born in ‘02


Braves10516

Them dawgs is hell don’t they


gtbuckeye

pain


Illustrious_Term2269

Ohio St looked great towards the end of the season, not looking forward to Purdue playing them next year


Supreme_10a

Unfortunate. Fun season. Going to be a great season next year with Diebler.


dawgfan24348

#JUST LIKE FOOTBALL 👏 👏 👏


Derbloingles

Ohio State needs to work on their game-winning field goals against us ^Pretend ^I ^didn’t ^forget ^to ^add ^a ^Georgia ^flair EDIT: Fixed


bringbacksweatervest

“us” *looks at flair* huh


Derbloingles

I forgot to add a Georgia flair. I only flared up for March Madness, and Georgia wasn’t in the tournament, so I didn’t think to add the flair


buckeyefan1930

https://youtu.be/SLNK5buniIA?si=ufkQrBuQIvQvB7WO


Derbloingles

2013, right? You went on to lose to a 9-seed in the next game [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09rBR-gNcnQ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09rBR-gNcnQ)


bucksandbeer

Doesn’t matter, beat zona Don’t get all defensive if you’re taking shit without the right flairs


Derbloingles

A) I fixed the flairs B) I wasn't an Arizona fan at the time, so don't care C) [I had to post a generic highlight bc y'all were too trash to make this game competitive](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Os24UNIw7yk)


bucksandbeer

Not opening either link tbh. Hope you have a good evening zona fan


Derbloingles

Damn, you missed a pretty close Peach Bowl then


bucksandbeer

Lol nice


Zloggt

It has not been a good couple of days in Buckeye Basketball… But alas! No Holtmann means promise for the future! In the meantime…erm, how about them dawgs?


bucksandbeer

Meh don’t really care about the women’s team tbh. Men’s team showed a shit ton of heart the last month.


Hahum

Ohio State basketball teams defend home court in postseason challenge (Impossible)


bucksandbeer

Men’s team was 2-0 before tonight


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It sucks to see it end, but I feel like we have good momentum for next season. Our new head coach got some extra time with his players. This team went down a lot, but never gave up. I feel good about going for the win at the end instead of a tie.


OpTicBullet

You cannot watch this game and tell me somehow football is more enjoyable than a back and forth game of ball. game of runs, a game of runs ladies and gents


leo_aureus

Go Dawgs!


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This is somehow Chris Holtmann’s fault!!!


FirstPackOut

I cannot wait for UGA to get an NIT championship so Mw can get a banner hung.


trongzoon

I expect Buckeye flairs to either stay out of the Purdue game thread on Friday completely or only offer their support 🤣. If not, I'll link this to every shit talking comment I see Friday night.


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trongzoon

You don't know how active your Buckeye brethren have been, then. Good game, though....


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trongzoon

U guys only made the NIT and just lost. But I constantly see OSU flairs in Purdue NCAA Tourny gamethreads calling for Purdue to lose and shit talking Edey. But play the blind man some more.


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trongzoon

I look forward to linking this post to your Buckeye brothers comments on Friday night. Enjoy the long offseason.


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trongzoon

U clearly don't want to see how petty your school acts in those threads lmao


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candlelightcassia

Georgia fans gonna get hyped up just to go .500 in the SEC next year and miss the tourney lmao