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Bulldog basketball bracket set

Georgia will face Saint Joseph’s at 8:30 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 21 in the semifinals of the 2022 Sunshine Slam in Daytona Beach, Fla. The game times and television assignments for the Thanksgiving week tournament’s two, four-team brackets were announced on Tuesday by the Gazelle Group, which manages the event.

The matchup between the Bulldogs and the Hawks will air on the CBS Sports Network. UAB will face USF at 6:00 p.m. in the other “Beach Bracket” contest at the Ocean Center in Daytona Beach. The championship game between Monday’s winners will also air on the CBS Sports Network on Tuesday at 4:00 p.m., with the consolation game to follow at 6:30.

The event also will feature an “Ocean Bracket” that includes Albany, Austin Peay, Bucknell and Presbyterian competing during the afternoon on Monday and Tuesday.

In addition to the games in Florida, the multi-team event includes the four “Beach Bracket” teams hosting an “Ocean Bracket” school for an on-campus game. Georgia will welcome Bucknell to Stegeman Coliseum on Friday, Nov. 18 in the Bulldogs’ third Sunshine Slam contest.

Georgia fans interested in purchasing seats to the Sunshine Slam within the Bulldogs’ ticket block should call 706-542-9045.

Georgia will be led by first-year head coach Mike White during the 2022-23 season. White averaged more than 22 wins per season in 11 combined campaigns at Louisiana Tech (2012-15) and Florida (2015-22). His teams reached postseason play during every season possible and also was a consensus selection by bracketologists for an NCAA bid in 2020 before the tournament was cancelled.

The Bulldogs’ 2022-23 roster features five returning letterwinners and nine newcomers.

The returnees include Jabri Abdur-Rahim, Braelen Bridges, Jaxon Etter, Jailyn Ingram and Kario Oquendo. Oquendo is the SEC’s top returning scorer in league action after averaging 18.3 points in conference contests last season, while Bridges became the first Bulldog to lead the SEC in field goal percentage in more than 40 years.

Georgia’s newcomers include six transfers and three freshmen. Five of the transfers – Frank Anselem, Justin Hill, Jusaun Holt, Mardrez McBride and Matthew-Alexander Moncrieffe – played on teams that reached the NCAA Tournament in either 2021 or 2022, and the sixth – Terry Roberts – was the Missouri Valley Conference Newcomer of the Year at Bradley last season. The freshmen include top-100 prospect KyeRon Lindsay and walk-ons Brandon Klatsky and Jaden Newell.

New orders for renewable Georgia Basketball season tickets are currently available. Season tickets include reserved seats for all of Georgia’s non-conference games and the Bulldogs’ nine home SEC dates. Season tickets cost $285 each, plus a $150 donation to the Men’s Basketball Fund (MBF). Fans wishing to reserve season tickets may do so here.

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