Georgia opened the night with five dunks. The sold-out Stegeman Coliseum crowd — the first of many sellouts this season, according to the university — was as into the game as it’d been all winter. It was just like Tom Crean envisioned it, and despite a four-point halftime deficit, there wasn’t a hint of pessimism amongst the Bulldogs fans or players.
Then the second half happened.
That four-point deficit quickly turned into 10. Then 13. The turnovers came back (Georgia finished with 14) and the shots stopped falling. The dunks stopped, too, at least for the home side.