Georgia to play Florida State in inaugural ACC/SEC Challenge
Georgia Basketball fans can add another game to their calendar for 2023-24. Announced on Wednesday by ESPN, the Bulldogs will travel to Tallahassee to play Florida State on Wednesday, November 29th as a part of the first-ever ACC/SEC Challenge.
The matchup will be the 30th all time between Georgia and Florida State on the hardwood but the first since the 1981-82 campaign. The Seminoles hold a 19-10 advantage overall including an edge of 9-3 in Tallahassee.
With the addition of Florida State to the schedule, Georgia now has four games against ACC opponents lined up as a part of the non-conference slate. The Bulldogs will host Georgia Tech (TBA) and Wake Forest (November 10th) in previously scheduled matchups. Also, Mike White and company will take on Miami in the opening round of the Baha Mar Bahamas Championship on November 17th.
Other non-conference games include a season-opening matchup with Oregon (November 6th) in Las Vegas, a second game in the Bahamas against the same-result opponent from the Kansas State-Providence matchup, plus a slew of home games against opponents like Mount St. Mary’s (December 20th), North Florida (December 22nd) and Alabama A&M (December 30th).
Georgia Going Overseas This Summer
Georgia began offseason workouts earlier this month in preparation for a trip overseas in July. The Bulldogs have partnered with The VII Group – who also puts on the Holiday Hoopsgiving event at State Farm Arena in Atlanta that Georgia played in last year against Notre Dame – for a trip to take place July 20-29. Georgia will play three games against elite Italian professional teams and experience all that the country has to offer in Florence, Rome, Pompeii and Sorrento.
Georgia is breaking in nine new players on its roster for 2023-24. The Bulldogs signed four newcomers from the high school ranks – a group that ranks 18th nationally and fourth in the SEC – plus five more from the transfer portal, coming in at No. 10 in the country there.
Of the nine newcomers, seven decided to come aboard since the season ended. After signing Dylan James and Mari Jordan last November in the Class of 2023.
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The Bulldogs picked up RJ Melendez (Illinois), Jalen DeLoach (VCU), Russel Tchewa (South Florida), Noah Thomasson (Niagara) and RJ Sunahara (Nova Southeastern) out of the transfer portal. Sunahara seems to be the biggest addition from the portal as the reigning Division II Player of the Year, but don’t count out possible contributions from Melendez as a shooter, DeLoach and Tchewa as big men and Thomasson as a scorer.
Blue Cain and Silas Demary joined Georgia’s Class of 2023 this spring. Including James and Jordan three of the four rank in the top 100 according to the On3 Industry Ranking with all four having at least one of the major recruiting services ranking them within the top 100 including Cain, a consensus top-100 player.
SEC Opponents Set for the Bulldogs
The SEC recently announced matchups for the 2023-24 conference schedule where Mike White and company will look to improve upon a 16-16 finish last season, one that saw them go 6-12 in conference play.
Georgia will play home-and-homes with Arkansas, Auburn, Florida, LSU and South Carolina. The Bulldogs will host Alabama, Ole Miss, Tennessee and Texas A&M while traveling to Kentucky, Mississippi State, Missouri and Vanderbilt.
Dates for the games have yet to be announced. However, some have been for the non-conference slate that Georgia will play prior to SEC competition.
