Georgia Bulldogs

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How the game was won: South Carolina (10-15, 2-9 SEC) outlasted Georgia (12-13, 3-8) in a game that featured very little offense, outscoring the Bulldogs 18-10 in the game’s closing minutes to overcome a seven-point deficit midway through the second half. Malik Cooke banked in the game-winning shot with 19 seconds to play and the Gamecocks barely held on to snap a five-game losing streak.

Turning point: Damontre Harris blocked a Gerald Robinson runner with 12 seconds to play and South Carolina leading 57-56, forcing Georgia to foul. To that point, the teams had traded the lead several times in the closing minutes.

Stat of the game: 14-15. In a game with such a small margin for error, South Carolina won with its precision from the foul line. The Gamecocks hit their first 14 shots from the line and finished 14-for-15 in the one-point victory. Conversely, Georgia went 10-for-14.

Player of the game: Harris. Not only did Harris finish with nine points, eight rebounds and five blocks, he denied Robinson’s attempt at a game-winning shot and later deflected Connor Nolte’s last-gasp inbounds pass with 0.2 seconds remaining to prevent the Bulldogs from attempting a final shot.

What it means: South Carolina gained a much-needed SEC win after losing nine of its first 10, including the last five in a row. The Gamecocks did so at the expense of a Georgia club that had just won back-to-back SEC games for the first time all season. However, the confidence boost that came from those wins against Arkansas and Mississippi State can quickly evaporate after falling against the team with the league’s worst record.

In this episode of RecruitingNation 411, we focus on the defensive side of the ball in the 2013 recruiting class. Our experts tell you which prospects are primed to be the stars of the class, and which ones have already given a verbal commitment

The University of Georgia returns nine starters from last year's 10-win team, including one whom Edward Aschoff ranks as one of the top 25 players in the SEC.

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ESPN.com's Aschoff and Chris Low are counting down the SEC's best 25 players from the 2011 season, based on the impact each player had on his team.

[Today: Georgia at South Carolina, 7 p.m. ET. Watch the game here.]

ATHENS, Ga. -- As much as he tries to avoid thinking about it, Gerald Robinson knows his college basketball career is winding to a close.

The last thing Georgia’s senior point guard wanted was to go out like a chump -- which is why his standout performances in two wins last week were so important.

“I’m pretty sure that was a couple of our focus, just focusing on the latter part of the season kind of like its own mini season itself, having 10 games left and focusing on winning those,” said Robinson, who led the Bulldogs to wins against Arkansas and then-No. 20 Mississippi State -- Georgia’s first consecutive wins in SEC play this season.

Robinson was named SEC Player of the Week on Monday after leading Georgia to an 81-59 win against Arkansas with a career-high 27 points, then forcing overtime with the game-tying layup at Mississippi State and scoring eight of his 13 points in the extra session as Georgia escaped with a 70-68 victory.

Just as important as his point production was the tone Robinson set for his numerous young teammates.

“We talked about how important his approach would be for our new players because it was going to be important for them to see this guy function the right way,” said Georgia coach Mark Fox, whose Bulldogs (12-12, 3-7 SEC) visit South Carolina (9-15, 1-9) on Wednesday at 7 p.m. ET. “If we were going to continue to get better, they had to see Gerald functioning the right way so we had lots of conversations about that and he’s been a pretty good worker.”

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ATHENS, Ga. -- Thomas Brown became the most recent defection from Georgia's football strength and conditioning staff on Tuesday when he accepted a job at UT-Chattanooga as running backs coach.

Following stints in the NFL with the Atlanta Falcons and Cleveland Browns, Brown worked at his alma mater for the last year as an assistant strength coach under Joe Tereshinski.

He joins Keith Gray among UGA strength coaches who have accepted other positions since the end of football season. Gray recently took a job with the NFL's Philadelphia Eagles.

In addition, strength assistant John Kasay recently re-retired after working with Tereshinski's staff over the last year.

Brown, 25, was a standout running back at Georgia between 2004-07. He rushed for 2,646 yards and 23 touchdowns in his UGA career and also set numerous team weightlifting records for running backs. According to his entry in Georgia's football media guide, Brown was "the strongest pound-for-pound football player in the history of Georgia football during his playing career."

What started as a “Blind Side”-esque look at one high school football player’s story turned into so much more as the documentary “Undefeated” chronicles the 2009 season of the Manassas (Memphis, Tenn.) football team. The film was nominated for an Academy Award and opens Feb. 17 in limited release.

And read here about ESPNHS's look at Life imitating art imitating football, and how the four main "characters" in the documentary -- three players and the coach -- compare with four fictional football equivalents.

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Parker Blog No. 1

Tony Parker, a senior at Miller Grove (Lithonia, Ga.), is the No. 21 player in the Class of 2012 and one of the most sought-after recruits in the nation, with UConn, Duke, UCLA, Ohio State, Georgetown, Memphis, Kentucky and Kansas all in the running for his services. He has agreed to chronicle the remainder of his final season and recruiting experiences leading up to his decision through a diary with ESPNHS.

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