I took a look at UGA's schedule this year. They were a 10 seed, which means that they were pretty comfortably in the field. Check out their schedule linked below:
http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/team/_/id/61/georgia-bulldogs
There's nothing particularly impressive about that schedule. UGA's only wins over a tourney team were 2 close wins over Ole Miss. That's it. Those two wins are the only wins of note on the schedule.
I have seen nothing this season to suggest that UGA is a significantly better basketball team than South Carolina. USC had a more difficult non-conference schedule and had more impressive non-conference wins.
The only difference between UGA and USC: UGA had a lot less losses to mediocre and crappy teams.
If Carolina can just beat the mediocre teams on our schedule we can make the Big Dance. Contrary to what it seems, we don't have to have a once-in-a-decade talent-stocked superteam just to squeak into the Big Dance. This year's UGA team was nothing special at all and they made the Dance.
http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/team/_/id/61/georgia-bulldogs
There's nothing particularly impressive about that schedule. UGA's only wins over a tourney team were 2 close wins over Ole Miss. That's it. Those two wins are the only wins of note on the schedule.
I have seen nothing this season to suggest that UGA is a significantly better basketball team than South Carolina. USC had a more difficult non-conference schedule and had more impressive non-conference wins.
The only difference between UGA and USC: UGA had a lot less losses to mediocre and crappy teams.
If Carolina can just beat the mediocre teams on our schedule we can make the Big Dance. Contrary to what it seems, we don't have to have a once-in-a-decade talent-stocked superteam just to squeak into the Big Dance. This year's UGA team was nothing special at all and they made the Dance.