SEC Basketball: Each team’s worst performance of the last decade

Georgia

November 17, 2008 (Loyola-Chicago 74, Georgia 53) (GS: 2)

Look who’s back! Long before their surprise Final Four run in 2018, Loyola was apparently terrorizing SEC teams left and right. Georgia’s another one of those teams who’s been pretty down the last decade, but there’s good reason that this game was selected among other choices. As you read the explanation below, remember that this is the year after Georgia went 4-12 in conference play before winning the SEC Tournament, and know that this was not that team anymore.

For starters, Loyola was certainly not the talented Final Four team that they are today. In their previous game, they lost at home to Division II Rockhurst and they struggled mightily in Horizon League play for the rest of the season. The day after beating Georgia they were blasted by Purdue by 32, and this wasn’t their last bad loss.

As for the game itself, JR Blount led Loyola with 16 points while Andy Polka (12 points), Justin Cerasoli (12 points) and Ross Forman (10 points) were all in double digits themselves. Offensive balance was not a thing for the Bulldogs, who got all but 11 of their points from Terrance Woodbury (19) and Travis Leslie (23). The game was tied at 29 at the half before Georgia fell apart, letting this below average Loyola squad run away late in the second half.

Like with the Alabama write-up, this game happened almost ten years ago, but when considering the Bulldog’s decade and history, this was a pretty bad one. The opponent was really sub-par and Georgia making just 1 of their 13 3-point attempts surely didn’t help. This game was the beginning of the end for Dennis Felton in his last season but at least Georgia can rest easy knowing there hasn’t been too many painful moments recently.