December 10, 2020
Florida State (5-2) at The Georgia Redneck Farming Academy (aka University of Georgia)**
**Readers who don't follow college football threads at FOFC may be unaware that I attended Georgia Tech and that my dislike of UGA is actually much stronger than my dislike of Duke 
I only dislike Duke basketball... UGA gets my full wrath and disdain across the board
TEAM: FSU|UGA
OVR: 88|80
OFF: 87|81
DEF: 89|82
SHT: 89|84
REB: 92|85
COA: 86|85
Our shooting roster strength rating increases from 88->89 with recent development. Georgia has played 3 legit teams. A loss to mid-major power nevada, a loss to #12 Virginia Tech and a loss at Pepperdine, currently ranked 25
th. The pepperdine score was 115-62! They barely lost to Va Tech, just by 4 at home, so they're capable of giving good teams a tough run.
Through 8 games their starting center is averaging 23.5 points/game, with no one else in double figures.
Scouting
PG Frederick Stewart – FR – 69 OVR – 82 speed/78 quickness(that's an 'F' for quickness). 81 defense/85 steals. 84 hands/83 passing. 82 close/71 med/65 3/78 off the dribble. Other than being a decent passer... totally subpar. 5.4 ppg/4.3 apg.
SG Baher Ridnour – FR – 74 OVR – 83 speed/82 quickness. 81 defense/82 steals. 84 close/77 med/74 3/80 off the dribble. 82 hustle, just average elsewhere. He's a rather poor ball handler (76/C-). 8.9 ppg.
SF Shawn Bro – SR – 72 OVR – A 6'6” SF. C- speed/C- quickness. C defense(76). 82 close/68 med/71 3. 81 in traffic. Not really that good, not terrible, and a decent athlete (81 vert/74 str). 6 ppg/4.1 rpg.
PF Ije Ramsey – JR – 80 OVR – UGA's highest rated player. A 6'10” natural PF – 80 orb/79 drb. 86 post off/81 post def. 70 blocked shot rating. 92 close/87 in traffic. A- vert/B str/B+ hustle. Nope, this isn't the guy scoring 25/game. He's at 9/game, but he looks very good.
C Sidiki Waters – SR – 74 OVR – 7'2” 263 lbs – 81 orb/77 drb. 71 post off/80 post def. 77 str(b+). 91 close/84 in traffic. 23.5 ppg/8.3 rpg. I checked and he has played in all 8 games... sure he's big and good in close but his post skills on the offensive end aren't great, I'm stunned he's scoring so much. Heh great job in simmed games, he is shooting 40% but taking over 2.5x as many shots as anyone else.
They've got a 7 footer rated 71 OVR coming off the bench who can rebound and score ok. This is a lot different than Tennessee. Tennessee had some solid shooters, this is a team we ought to run out of the gym.
Half
| Time
| FSU
| UGA
| Notes
|
1
| 17:00
| 4
| 8
| Waters is 4-4, an offensive board and a steal after we got a rebound... right under their basket and straight up for a dunk. The rest of their team is 0-3.
|
1
| 12:00
| 15
| 18
| Backups are in. Waters has 10 for them, he came out at the 15 minute mark. He's coming back in now.
|
1
| 10:20
| 17
| 20
| Waters picks up foul #2 with a stupid reach in 15 feet out from the basket. He's 6-6 with 12 points, done now for the half presumably.
|
1
| 7:10
| 22
| 22
| Timeout UGA. Day has a 3 and Barrett two buckets driving to the hoop.
|
1
| 6:40
| 22
| 24
| I get a timeout to get the starters back in. McCants sits for a bit longer, Sanders in his place. McCants has significantly lower stamina than the rest of the starters.
|
1
| 4:20
| 24
| 34
| Damn...12-2 run and UGA is up by 10. I get McCants back in, we can't let teams that we are superior to go on runs like this!
|
1
| 3:20
| 24
| 36
| I hate zones... but they have 28 of their 34 points from these big men. So its 2-3 zone time.
|
1
| 2:00
| 27
| 43
| Oh my lord what is happening here! Moye just picked up foul #3 on a stupid reach... I get Barrett in.
|
| HALF
| 31
| 41
| Well we score the last 4... UGA is shooting 47%, but we are shooting 32%, its offensive ineptitude that's holding us back as much as anything, but their inside game.. WOW.
PF Ramsey has 17 points/7 boards. He's 6-10 and 5-5 at the line. Waters 12 points/4 bords. 6-6 from the floor. Their other 3 starters have 2 points. The backup center in for Waters has 4 points.
We are 9-28 from the floor. Improve on that and we'll be ok I think. Forte has 8, 2-3 from 3. Moye has 5, 1-4 from 3. We needed to go inside more often once Waters was sitting. Sneed 4, McCants just 2. Shoot better and hold their big men down some w/ the zone...
|
2
| 17:50
| 31
| 50
| Holy crap!!!! timeout....
|
2
| 16:37
| 33
| 50
| Ozier beats his man and hits a layin... we're on the board in the 2nd half!
|
2
| 15:42
| 34
| 56
| And thus ends the 2-3 zone experiment. They have hit 4 3's this half now.
|
2
| 15:24
| 36
| 58
| 3 fouls on Waters. He sits.
|
2
| 11:50
| 44
| 62
| Timeout UGA after a 4-0 run gets it under 20. Backups are in.
|
2
| 8:20
| 55
| 70
| Offense is clicking pretty nicely, we're running when they miss effectively and scoring alright in the half court. We just had it down to 12 but they hit a 3. They've hit 2 3's in this stretch to kill 6-0 stretches or so. We're cutting into the lead but if they keep nailling 3's every few possessions we'll run out of time.
|
2
| 7:40
| 55
| 70
| Starters back in. Frustrating defensive possession, especially down 15... we play solid defense for 30 seconds and commit a reach in foul 5 seconds left on the shot clock. Their ball, fresh clock.
|
2
| 4:50
| 64
| 79
| We had it down to 11... and they get 4 points in about 15 seconds, right back up to 15.
|
11 was as close as we got.
Georgia 91
Florida State 75
A higher score than normal since we pushed so hard and with such desparation in the final 10 minutes. Their big men were just incredible, and in the second half they added to it by hitting every open 3 they got. They had just 2 3's in the first half, they finish with 11...
PF Ramsey finishes with 28 points/11 boards, 11-18 and 6-6 from the line. Waters scores 16 with 8 baords, 8-10 from the field. SG Ridnour ends up with 13 and backup guard Helms with 15 as they start hitting 3's like crazy.
Forte: 11 points/3 assists
Moye: 20 points (2-8 from 3)
Ozier: 13 points
Sneed: 8 points/5 boards
McCants: 4 points/10 boards/3 blocks
Barrett: 8 points
It has to be an experience thing, a unity thing or something. We are just godawful on the road. Either that or the Pittsburgh game was a total fluke. I guess we'll find out when ACC play starts soon enough.