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The Georgia Bulldogs lost 102-77 to the Saint Louis Billikens in the first-round of the NCAA Tournament. The loss marker Georgia's second straight season that ended in a disastrous performance in March Madness.
Saint Louis controlled the game from the start and even built up a 40-point lead at one point. The Billikens outclassed Georgia in pretty much every facet of the game. Saint Louis was especially dominant in the paint, where the Billikens outscored the Bulldogs by 38 points. Saint Louis also crushed Georgia on the glass, outrebounding Georgia 47-36.
"We didn't play hard at all," Georgia basketball star Jeremiah Wilkinson said after the game. Wilkinson scored 30 points in the defeat, but it was too little, too later.
"Turnovers, we're not getting back. And, you know, I'm guilty of it a couple of times too, but as a team, they got out and ran on us. And we couldn't get rebounds, and they went and got rebounds. We were the bigger team today, so we have no excuse for that. We were probably the more athletic team, so there's no excuse for what happened today."
Saint Louis simply did a better job of executing and playing their style of basketball. Georgia has faced strong SEC teams and several tough nonconference opponents, but nobody embarrassed Georgia like this. After the game, many Georgia basketball fans were upset with the showing.
"Kanon Catchings and Somto Cyril combined for zero points against St. Louis," Olivia Sayer said via social media. "Catchings shot 0-of-11, while Cyril finished 0-of-1."
"Gonzaga was at least good," Brent Rollins said. "This Saint Louis team isn’t. Georgia’s way more athletic and can get to the rim whenever they want. They are just choosing to chuck 3’s, make it easy for Billikens and playing minimal defense."
"Dawgs that was globally awful," former Georgia football player Matt Stinchomb said after the game.
"Georgia’s last three postseason tournament games," Graham Coffey said. "Down 67-32 to Saint Louis at 15:32 in the second half in 2026 NCAA Tournament. Down 46-24 to Ole Miss at 16:37 in the second half in 2026 SEC Tournament. Down 27-3 to Gonzaga in 11:44 first half in 2025 NCAA Tournament."
"Two games in a row you don’t come to play," Trent Smallwood said via social media. "That's on coaching. Look completely lost on both sides of the floor."
This article originally appeared on UGA Wire: Georgia basketball fans react to awful NCAA Tournament loss
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Saint Louis controlled the game from the start and even built up a 40-point lead at one point. The Billikens outclassed Georgia in pretty much every facet of the game. Saint Louis was especially dominant in the paint, where the Billikens outscored the Bulldogs by 38 points. Saint Louis also crushed Georgia on the glass, outrebounding Georgia 47-36.
"We didn't play hard at all," Georgia basketball star Jeremiah Wilkinson said after the game. Wilkinson scored 30 points in the defeat, but it was too little, too later.
"Turnovers, we're not getting back. And, you know, I'm guilty of it a couple of times too, but as a team, they got out and ran on us. And we couldn't get rebounds, and they went and got rebounds. We were the bigger team today, so we have no excuse for that. We were probably the more athletic team, so there's no excuse for what happened today."
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Saint Louis simply did a better job of executing and playing their style of basketball. Georgia has faced strong SEC teams and several tough nonconference opponents, but nobody embarrassed Georgia like this. After the game, many Georgia basketball fans were upset with the showing.
Georgia basketball reacts to loss to Saint Louis
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"Kanon Catchings and Somto Cyril combined for zero points against St. Louis," Olivia Sayer said via social media. "Catchings shot 0-of-11, while Cyril finished 0-of-1."
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"Gonzaga was at least good," Brent Rollins said. "This Saint Louis team isn’t. Georgia’s way more athletic and can get to the rim whenever they want. They are just choosing to chuck 3’s, make it easy for Billikens and playing minimal defense."
Just awful
"Dawgs that was globally awful," former Georgia football player Matt Stinchomb said after the game.
Georgia has collapsed in tournament games
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"Georgia’s last three postseason tournament games," Graham Coffey said. "Down 67-32 to Saint Louis at 15:32 in the second half in 2026 NCAA Tournament. Down 46-24 to Ole Miss at 16:37 in the second half in 2026 SEC Tournament. Down 27-3 to Gonzaga in 11:44 first half in 2025 NCAA Tournament."
Georgia coach Mike White takes some heat
"Two games in a row you don’t come to play," Trent Smallwood said via social media. "That's on coaching. Look completely lost on both sides of the floor."
This article originally appeared on UGA Wire: Georgia basketball fans react to awful NCAA Tournament loss
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