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Georgia Basketball: 2019-20 season preview for Bulldogs

By Brian Rauf

MARIETTA, GA - MARCH 25: Anthony Edwards reacts during the 2019 Powerade Jam Fest on March 25, 2019 in Marietta, Georgia. (Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images for Powerade)
MARIETTA, GA - MARCH 25: Anthony Edwards reacts during the 2019 Powerade Jam Fest on March 25, 2019 in Marietta, Georgia. (Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images for Powerade) /
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ATHENS, GA – MARCH 03: A general view of the court at Stegeman Coliseum prior to the game between the Georgia Bulldogs and the Kentucky Wildcats on March 3, 2015 in Athens, Georgia. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)
ATHENS, GA – MARCH 03: A general view of the court at Stegeman Coliseum prior to the game between the Georgia Bulldogs and the Kentucky Wildcats on March 3, 2015 in Athens, Georgia. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images) /

Season outlook

Edwards is a truly phenomenal player – the kind who can win games by himself – and the NCAA Tournament is the kind of goal a program should have with someone like him on the roster. However, viewing this season as a disappointment if they don’t make the Big Dance would be wrong.

Crean is a good coach and Edwards is a good player, but Georgia is still in the early stages of a rebuild. The presence of Edwards can speed that up from a relevancy and star-power standpoint, yet the rest of this roster is still very much a work in progress.

This squad is made up of five returning players and 10 newcomers, seven of whom come from Georgia’s highly-rated recruiting class. Brown, Walton, and Weaver were also Top 100 prospects, but everyone other than Edwards is expected to be a four-year college player, meaning they may not be great right away.

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Georgia is trending in the right direction and the future is looking bright, yet even Crean acknowledged earlier this month that this group needs to come together quickly if they’re going to reach their goals.

"“We had a really good summer. We had eight strong weeks, and we’ve been back at it since school started last month. But we’ve got a lot to learn and how we’re going to respond when we start having to deal with physicality is going to be key. We’ve got to get our team to understand as quick as possible what’s going to cause us to lose before we truly understand what it’s going to take for us to win.”"

So go ahead, Georgia fans, be excited about your team. You should be. The Bulldogs are going to be nationally relevant for the first time since they won two games in a day on their way to winning the 2008 SEC Tournament – but the NIT is probably a more realistic ending to their season than the NCAA Tournament.

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