Georgia will face Florida State on Wednesday, Nov. 29 at 9:15 p.m. ET in Tallahassee as part of the ACC/SEC Challenge. ESPN announced the matchups for the first-ever event featuring each school’s men’s and women’s basketball programs on Wednesday. Television network designation for the game will be announced at a later date.
This year’s meeting will be the 30th all-time between the Bulldogs and the Seminoles but the first since the 1981-82 campaign. Florida State owns a 19-10 advantage in the series, including a 9-3 edge in Tallahassee.
The programs share a strong bond with former coach Hugh Durham, who was a standout guard at Florida State before becoming the Seminoles’ head coach in 1966. He was 229-96 over 12 seasons and led Florida State to three NCAA Tournaments, including a runner-up finish in 1972. Durham became Georgia’s head coach in 1979 and compiled a 297-215 record in 17 seasons. He led the Bulldogs to their first NCAA Tournament appearance in 1983, which culminated with a trip to the Final Four in Albuquerque.
With the addition of the Seminoles, the Bulldogs will now play four Atlantic Coast Conference opponents in non-conference play during the 2023-24 campaign. Georgia will host Georgia Tech and Wake Forest in previously scheduled matchups. Last week, it was announced that the Bulldogs will face Miami in the opening round of the Baha Mar Bahamas Championship on Nov. 17.
The Bulldogs are entering their second season under head coach Mike White. Last season, Georgia finished 16-16, a 10-game improvement in the win column over the 2021-22 season. The Bulldogs’ double-digit increase in victories equaled the second-most in regular-season play among all Power 5 programs.
Georgia’s 2023-24 roster will feature a mix of six returnees, five transfers and five freshmen. The Bulldogs are one of only two programs nationally with both their transfer and freshman classes ranked among the top-20 nationally by On3Sports.com. The transfer class has been ranked as high as No. 11 by On3Sports.com, and the freshman class’ highest ranking is No. 15 by 247Sports.com.
It was also announced that the Georgia Lady Bulldogs will host Duke at Stegeman Coliseum on Thursday, Nov. 30, as part of the ACC/SEC Challenge