On March 11, Georgia beat Ole Miss in the SEC tournament in Nashville. That same night, Georgia State lost at home to Georgia Southern in the Sun Belt quarterfinals. Just up the street, the Hawks lost to the Knicks in overtime. The next afternoon, the Braves lost an exhibition game to the Tigers in Lakeland, Fla.
Those were our last sightings of any local team. We have no idea when we’ll set eyes on them again. We’ve just completed a 10-day span that was to have seen the Braves open against the Marlins at the rechristened Truist Park, a men’s basketball champion crowned at Mercedes-Benz Stadium and a green jacket awarded in Augusta.