The goal Georgia basketball set when the season began was to make the NCAA Tournament. The Bulldogs were coming off of three-straight 20-win seasons for just the second time in school history and the first with only one head coach.
J.J. Frazier became the senior leader and Yante Maten was stepping into a leadership role as an upperclassmen. Juwan Parker was back, Derek Ogbeide was going into his second year starter as a sophomore. And Tyree Crump was the second 4-star recruit of the Mark Fox era.
This was going to be the team that took Georgia basketball to the next level.